Disposal experts detonated four WWII bombs in Göttingen early Sunday after a mass evacuation in the central Germany city.
The 500-kilo (1,102 pound) bombs with long-life fuses were dropped by the US military during the war.
After detonating the bombs, the teams checked the area for damage and allowed most of the residents to return home.
Windowpanes in three buildings were destroyed by the pressure wave from the explosion, which meant some residents could not immediately go home.
Rainer Nolte, head of the Göttingen police department, told local media that the evacuation went mostly according to plan.
The bomb disposal work had earlier been delayed twice because people remained in the restricted area after the evacuation order. Police escorted two of them out of the danger zone.
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