Quality of life in the JadeBay Growth Region

The JadeBay Region offers excellent transport connections via road and rail networks as well as by air. It's a region characterised by short, fast routes. Professionals and families appreciate the high quality of life here, just as much as the numerous tourists who annually visit our coastal region with its favourable scenic and climatic conditions.

Above-average infrastructure

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With its public institutions, such as kindergartens and schools, colleges and universities, hospitals and medical practices – all developed to above-average standards – the region guarantees its residents the best possible care. Competent schools and colleges enable everyone to obtain an excellent education, the foundations for which are laid by the 177 local primary and mainstream schools. Oldenburg/Ostfriesland/Wilhelmshaven University of Applied Sciences is represented at five locations. An internationally renowned reputation is enjoyed at the Elsfleth location, where degree courses are offered in: Nautical Science, Maritime Economics and Port Management, International Transport Management and Integral Port Management. A ship navigation simulator completes the offer.

The college and university cities of Oldenburg, Bremen and Bremerhaven are located in the direct catchment area and offer an additionally wide spectrum of innovative opportunities for study and cooperation.

High quality of life, low costs of living

The excellent quality of life offered by a residential location in the maritime North is determined by the first-rate, comprehensive range of culture, sport, and recreational activities, combined with rents, land and property which are more favourably priced than the national average. These factors are supplemented by positive employment prospects and a broad network of child-care institutions, competent schools and colleges. Children can still enjoy a carefree life here. A wide variety of financial support makes it easier to harmonise the commitments of a family, work and home.

The idyllic maritime living environment found in this region of unspoilt natural beauty can be comfortably combined with the amenities of larger cities. Wilhelmshaven, Oldenburg, Bremen and Bremerhaven are all extremely near.

Characterised predominantly by an economy of small and medium-sized enterprises, this "green region" provides outstanding living conditions and recreational surroundings for residents and tourists alike, while providing companies located here with the ideal environment for growth and success.

Where exactly you'd like to focus your life and business activities is something only you can decide. Whether in the regional centre of Wilhelmshaven www.wilhelmshaven.de, in Friesland www.friesland.de, www.frieslandtouristik.de, Wittmund www.landkreis.wittmund.de, www.wittmund.de or the Wesermarsch www.wesermarsch.de, www.landkreis-wesermarsch.de, www.urlaubwesermarsch.biz, the choice is yours – and it's tough.