Braunschweig () or Brunswick (BRUN-zwik; from Low German Brunswiek, local dialect: Bronswiek) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser. In 2024, it has a population of 272,417. The urban agglomeration of Braunschweig has an estimate population 476,000 during the year 2024.
