Lawer Saxony borders on (frae north an clockwise) the North Sea, the states o Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringie, Hesse an North Rhine-Westphalie, an the Kinrick o the Netherlands. In fact, Lawer Saxony borders mair neighbours than ony ither single federal state. The state o Bremen forms twa enclaves athin Lawer Saxony, ane being the ceety o Bremen, the ither, its seaport ceety o Bremerhaven. The state's principal ceeties include Hanover, Brunswick, Lüneburg, Osnabrück, Oldenburg, an Göttingen.