Fuel is available here and in the neighbouring villages, and the main street has bakeries and cafes. The country around it is flat and fertile, with the Weser some kilometres to the west and the low ridge of the Bückeberge to the south.
This is also an army town of a quiet sort. The German army's aviation school and a helicopter museum are based here, and the Hubschraubermuseum, a collection of rotary-wing aircraft from many countries, attracts visitors. The sight of helicopters clattering over the fields is a common one, and the museum has a decent collection, including some oddities from the Cold War.
The riding in the area is relaxed and rural, over small roads that run through villages and past fields of wheat and sugar beet. The surface varies, and bends are gentle, with the Bückeberge and the Weser offering a few hills. Traffic is light on the minor roads, though the main road to Hannover can be busy with trucks. The best times are spring, when the rapeseed is in bloom, and early autumn, when the beech woods turn red.
Bückeburg's town church, finished in 1615, was one of the first major Protestant churches built in Germany, and its Baroque facade is worth a look. The town is a pleasant place for a coffee, and the market square has a few attractive buildings. Ahnsen, a village three and a half kilometres away, has a quiet lane and a pub, but little else. If you intend to push on towards the Weserbergland or the Teutoburg Forest, fill up here, as services thin out in the hills. A short walk through the town park offers shade and a quiet bench.