Town Hall of Bremen, Medieval town hall in Mitte district, Bremen, Germany

The Town Hall of Bremen is a two-storey hall building of 41.5 by 15.8 metres, erected in 1405–1410 in Brick Gothic style. Its market facade was transformed between 1595 and 1612 by architect Lüder von Bentheim into Weser Renaissance, with a central avant-corps of slim pillars, large rectangular windows and a decorated Flemish gable. The steep roof carries a stepped central turret and smaller corner turrets.

The Gothic hall was built from 1405 to 1410 under burgomaster Johann Hemeling and councilmen Friedrich Wigger and Hinrich von der Trupe, replacing a Romanesque town hall first recorded in 1229. Its size and position deliberately outdid the archbishop's palace across the square. From 1595 to 1612 architect Lüder von Bentheim remodelled the market facade in Weser Renaissance style, adding the central avant-corps and Flemish gables.

The Ratskeller occupies the vaulted cellar beneath the two halls. The Gothic council building of 1405–1410 housed the Lower Hall, used by merchants and for theatre, and the Upper Hall for festivities; the cellar lay below both. On the market side, the ground-level arcade served as a court arcade and was barred from market use.

The main entrance faces the market square, with the Roland statue directly in front and the Liebfrauenkirchhof at the northern corner. The ground-floor arcade on the market side was reserved for court sessions, not merchants. The Ratskeller and the two halls lie inside; the upper hall is reached by stairs, and the four corner turrets once held staircases to the roof walkway.

The Ratskeller beneath the halls is documented in the sources as lying below the upper and lower halls, and it is named in the account of the Gothic building. The four small towers with staircases gave access from the upper hall to the roof walkway, a defensive feature visitors can still pick out on the roofline.