Hamburg is the city with the largest port in Germany. After
Berlin, it is the second largest German city with 1.8 million
inhabitants and is about 80 km away from the Baltic and North Sea
and at the confluence of the Alster and Bille with the Elbe. Hamburg
is an independent federal state between Schleswig-Holstein and Lower
Saxony. With the large overseas port, the dammed Alster and the many
canals, the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg lives on, by and with
the water.
In addition to the harbor, St. Pauli and the
Reeperbahn, musicals and festivals such as the harbor birthday
attract numerous visitors every year. International artists choose
it as a tour location and some just started their big breakthrough
here, like the Beatles in the Indra Club at the Große Freiheit.
Hamburg is divided into seven districts, each of
which in turn includes several districts, a total of 104:
Hamburg-center
Districts north of the Elbe: St. Pauli, Neustadt,
Altstadt, Hafencity, St. Georg, Borgfelde, Hammerbrook, Hamm,
Rothenburgsort, Horn, Billbrook and Billstedt.
Districts south of
the Norderelbe: Finkenwerder, Waltershof, Steinwerder, Kleiner
Grasbrook, Veddel and Wilhelmsburg.
District in the mouth of the
Elbe, 110 km away: Neuwerk with its three North Sea islands Neuwerk,
Scharhörn and Nigehörn.
Hamburg-Altona
Districts:
Altona-Altstadt, Altona-Nord, Sternschanze, Bahrenfeld, Groß
Flottbeck, Othmarschen, Ottensen, Blankenese, Iserbrook, Lurup,
Nienstedten, Osdorf, Sülldorf, Rissen.
Hamburg-Eimsbüttel
Districts: Eidelstedt, Eimsbüttel, Harvestehude, Hoheluft-West,
Lokstedt, Niendorf, Rotherbaum, Schnelsen, Stellingen.
Hamburg-North
Districts: Alsterdorf, Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd,
Dulsberg, Eppendorf, Fuhlsbüttel, Groß Borstel, Hohenfelde,
Hoheluft-Ost, Langenhorn, Ohlsdorf, Uhlenhorst, Winterhude.
Hamburg-Wandsbek
Districts: Bergstedt, Bramfeld, Duvenstedt,
Eilbek, Farmsen-Berne, Hummelsbüttel, Jenfeld, Lemsahl-Mellingstedt,
Marienthal, Poppenbüttel, Rahlstedt, Sasel, Steilshoop, Tonndorf,
Volksdorf, Wandsbek, Wellingsbüttel, Wohldorf-Ohlstedt.
Hamburg-Bergedorf
Districts: Allermöhe, Altengamme, Bergedorf,
Billwerder, Curslack, Kirchwerder, Lohbrügge, Moorfleet,
Neuallermöhe, Neuengamme, Ochsenwerder, Reitbrook, Spadenland,
Tatenberg.
Hamburg-Harburg
Districts: Altenwerder, Cranz,
Eißendorf, Francop, Gut Moor, Harburg, Hausbruch, Heimfeld,
Langenbek, Marmstorf, Moorburg, Neuenfelde, Neugraben-Fischbek,
Neuland, Rönneburg, Sinstorf, Wilstorf.
City districts of
great tourist interest
During the day: St. Pauli with the
Landungsbrücken, Neustadt, Altstadt, Hafencity with the
Speicherstadt
Around the Alster
Stairs district: Blankenese -
(villas on the banks of the Elbe with a lot of views)
evenings
and nights: St. Pauli with the Reeperbahn, Ottensen,
Schanzenviertel, Karolinenviertel, St. Georg.
The oldest permanent dwellings date back to the 4th century BC. BC
for the village, which was still called Treva by the ancient scientist
Claudius Ptolemy. From the 4th to the 6th century, Saxons settled in the
northern Elbe region.
The Hammaburg was built in the 8th century,
in which Charlemagne had a baptistery built in 810 to proselytize the
pagan north. In 831, Ludwig the Pious founded a diocese here, which
shortly afterwards became an archbishopric. But shortly after the
division of Verdun in 843, Vikings attacked the region, followed later
by the Slavic Abodrites, and the archbishop moved his official residence
to Bremen.
Count Adolf III. von Schauenburg and Holstein founded
a trading and market settlement on the west bank of the Alster in the
12th century. Due to the port rights allegedly granted to this
settlement by Emperor Friedrich I. Barbarossa in 1189 and the trading
privileges for the entire Lower Elbe, the city developed into a
flourishing trading center in the Middle Ages and, with its 600
breweries at times, was considered the "brewery of the Hanseatic
League". In the 14th century, as one of the first members of the
Hanseatic League of Merchants, Hamburg developed into the most important
German transhipment and storage center between the North and Baltic
Seas. From 1510 Hamburg was finally considered an imperial city. In 1558
the Hamburg stock exchange was one of the first in Germany to open, and
in 1678 the first German opera was opened on Gänsemarkt under the name
Opern-Theatrum. At the time of the Reformation, the city-state became
Protestant without bloodshed. The city of Hamburg experienced its
cultural heyday primarily in the 17th and 18th centuries, with the
founding of the Hamburg National Theater (1767), among other things.
Even after the decline of the Hanseatic League and during the
Enlightenment and industrialization, the city remained the most
important economic center in northern Germany alongside Berlin. Hamburg
was spared the effects of the Thirty Years' War and was able to take
advantage of it to expand its commercial supremacy. In its eventful
history, the city was under the Danish royal crown (but never formally
recognized by Hamburg), was part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German
Nation and capital of the Department of the Elbe estuary (Département
des Bouches de l'Elbe) in the French Empire (Hamburg's French period).
1813-1814 Hamburg was besieged by the Russian General Bennigsen. As a
free city, it joined the German Confederation in 1815 after the Congress
of Vienna. In 1867 it became a member of the North German Confederation
initiated by Otto von Bismarck and in 1871 remained a member of the
federal state that was now renamed the German Empire.
Special
events of modern times were the great fire in Hamburg in 1842, the
cholera epidemic in 1892, the significant increase in area and
population in 1937/38 due to the Greater Hamburg Act, the bombings in
World War II in 1943, the destruction of the Jewish community, and the
establishment of the Neuengamme concentration camp and its numerous
subcamps in the city area, the surrender without a fight to the English
troops on May 3, 1945, the storm surge of 1962, the connection to the
international road network and air traffic (Finkenwerder and
Fuhlsbüttel), the changes in the port and the disputes about the
Hafenstrasse in the 1980s.
Hamburg is only 6 m above sea level. Ebb and flow can still be felt in Hamburg, the Elbe is brackish, which means that freshwater mixes with seawater. Except for the Harburg mountains in the south, everything is flat marshland. The Lüneburg Heath also begins here in Lower Saxony. In the north, the flat country merges into the slightly hilly Geest landscape of Central Holstein. The Elbe lowlands in the east extend as far as Saxony-Anhalt. In the west lies the Elbe-Weser triangle.
The North Sea, 80 km away, and the flat landscape characterize the climate. It is maritime: mild in summer, but also sometimes humid. The temperature differences between summer and winter are not as great as those of the continental climate that prevails in southern and eastern Germany. Winters are also mild and snowfall is limited. The precipitation corresponds to the northern German average. Of the summer months, July is the warmest with an average of 17.4°C and in winter the coldest month is January with around 1.3°C.
TV Tower (officially: Heinrich Hertz Tower) would offer a fantastic
panoramic view of the city from its viewing platform and revolving
restaurant. Unfortunately, both have been closed since 2001. However,
there are efforts to make both accessible to the public again. The
television tower could open again in 2023.
Michael
Michaeliskirche (Michel) Hamburg's landmark is 132 meters high, burned
down several times and rebuilt again and again. From the top you have
the most beautiful panoramic view of the city. The tower can be climbed
by stairs or elevator. Below is the new town, next to it the old town,
the Alster to the north, St. Pauli to the west and the Landungsbrücken
and the large harbor to the south.
The Church of St. Michaelis
(called "Michel" by the Hamburgers) is one of the main churches in
Hamburg and the symbol of the city. The evangelical church is the most
important baroque building in northern Germany. Its interior holds 2500
seats. • Also worth seeing is the exhibition on the history of the
Hamburg churches and the restoration of the Michel, as well as the crypt
of the church with the grave of Carl Philip Emanuel Bach. • Info: St.
Michaelis
Open daily from May to October: 9 am to 8 pm, otherwise 10
am to 6 pm • Underground: St. Pauli, Baumwall or S-Bahn: Stadthausbrücke
City hall
Town Hall Today's monumental town hall building dates
from 1887 and was built after the old town hall on the Trostbrücke had
burned down in 1842. The building was built in Neo-Renaissance style. A
popular photo motif is the 111 m wide facade with its 112 m high central
tower, the highest town hall tower in Germany. The interior is also
magnificent, especially the Emperor's Hall, the Citizens' Hall and the
Mayor's Hall with its huge fireplace. • The inner courtyard with the old
stock exchange and the magnificent Hygieia fountain is also worth
seeing. • The town hall itself can be visited almost every half hour on
a guided tour from 10 am to 3 pm (Sat 10 am to 5 pm, Sun 10 am to 4 pm),
(from 15 years: €5, including free). • City Hall tours
Alster
The Alster is just a small river 56 km long and flows through Hamburg's
north-east and the city center. It is dammed up in front of the old town
as 1 Außenalster wikipediacommons and 2 Binnenalster wikipediacommons.
In the middle of the city there are two lakes, on which passenger ships
sail and, in summer weather, numerous sailing ships glide on the water.
The Elbchaussee may be even more elegant and Blankenese may be the first
place to live, but the Outer Alster is the living room of the Hanseatic
city. Around 1900, the wealthy bourgeoisie built their villas around the
lake like a string of pearls. The most beautiful houses are the "White
House" (Hotel Atlantic), the US Consulate, the Sloman Castle from 1848,
the Budge Palace and the Laeisz Villa. You can walk around the Outer
Alster in one and a half hours.
The Lombardsbrücke Lombardsbrücke
separates the Outer and Inner Alster. From here you have a wonderful
view of the panorama of the city on the Inner Alster - in the foreground
in the summer months the fountain - and the Outer Alster.
The
Jungfernstieg with the stop for the new subway line U4 to HafenCity is
located on the Binnenalster. During Advent, the banks and the landing
stage are festively illuminated, just a few steps from the Rathausmarkt.
In summer, Hamburg's chic crowd meets for a cocktail at 1 Alex.
Speicherstadt - symbol of trade
Speicherstadt Hamburg doesn't spill,
Hamburg makes a lot. Progress needed space and it made room for more
ships and their goods. Hamburg became a federal state of the German
Empire in 1871. Hamburg negotiated to be admitted to the German Customs
Union. Although it lost its ancestral privileges, it was allowed to set
up a free port within seven years. The former residential areas of
Kehrwieder and Wandrahm were cleared and demolished for this purpose.
Around 22,000 people were resettled in the process. The first warehouses
and canals were built in 1888 in Wilhelminian brick Gothic style with
bizarre gables and turrets. By 1910, this was the largest historical
warehouse complex. The goods could be unloaded and stored in the
multi-storey warehouses located directly at the harbor basin.
100
years later, the harbor basins were too small and above all too shallow.
New harbor basins and transshipment points had to be built in the west
for the emerging container traffic. In the early 1990s, the
Speicherstadt degenerated into an inner-city industrial wasteland. The
old warehouses from the 19th century remained. Today they are used by
small companies as offices or studios and have become a tourist
attraction. The younger area up to the Elbe was demolished and now
office buildings and apartments are being built here directly on the
water.
Several interesting museums have been created in the
Speicherstadt: The Hamburg Dungeon (historical "cabinet of horrors"
about Hamburg), the Hot Spice Spice Museum, Germany's only customs
museum and, since 2008, the International Maritime Museum with the motto
"Shipping history is human history". The special highlight for those
interested in technology is the world's largest model railway 5
Miniature Wonderland with 12 km of tracks on a scale of 1:87, on which
830 digitally controlled trains run on several floors. • For more
information, see the Museums section and the article Speicherstadt -
Museums.
Hafencity - living and working on the water
Hafencity
Hamburg is about to leap into the future and reflect on its roots: A new
city is being built on the water, on the old harbor basin between the
Speicherstadt and the Elbe. New office space for more than 40,000 jobs
and 5,500 apartments for 12,000 residents have been created here. Part
of this city is already finished. This increases the inner city area by
approx. 40%. HafenCity will not be dyked and will not be cut off from
the water, but rather the entire area will be raised to 7.50 meters
above sea level. The new houses are right on the water behind a
promenade. The old sailing ships are anchored in a harbor basin. Another
harbor basin is used for pleasure boat traffic. In addition, cruise
ships such as the Queen Mary 2, the MS Europa and many others depart
from the Hamburg Cruise Center for their cruises.
In 2005, the
first Quarter Sandtorkai was completed. Since September 2008, the
Sandtorhafen has been used as a traditional ship port. Historic sailors
and steamers can be viewed here, and floating pontoons form a spacious
promenade directly on the water. The second part of Dalmannkai was
completed in 2009. The Elbphilharmonie was built at its peak. The
opening took place on January 11 and 12, 2017 after more than ten years
of construction. Guided tours on the subject of the Elbphilharmonie are
offered by the ElbPlaza Guide.
The official Hamburg HafenCity
information center shows a model of what HafenCity should look like one
day. Photos and films show how the port facility developed before the
construction of the new district. • Opening hours: Tues-Sun: 10 am - 6
pm • Admission free
jetties
Landungsbrücken: this is where the
large passenger ships arrived, this is where people went to the distant
world. Today there are only ferries in local traffic or to the other
bank and excursion steamers. The feeling of going off into the distance
remains.
Old Elbe tunnel
The old Elbe tunnel, which connects
the city center with the port, was built in 1911. In the past, 40,000
port workers had to cross the Elbe, but since 1975 it has been relieved
by the four-tube New Elbe Tunnel further west. Today the Old Elbe Tunnel
is a tourist attraction with its two tiled 426.5m long tubes that have a
diameter of 6m. The dome of the entrance area at the Landungsbrücken
alone is a sight. The tunnel tubes are often illuminated in bright
colors during the high season. Art exhibitions, sporting events and
concerts are also occasionally held here.
You can pass through
the tunnel on foot, by bike and by car. The latter is transported down
24 m with an elevator(!) and up again on the other side. A little
experience! Pedestrians usually use the old cast-iron spiral staircase
or one of the separate pedestrian elevators. On the city side, the
entrance building is located directly at the Landungsbrücken, on the
harbor side on Steinwerder. From there you can enjoy (especially in the
evening) an incomparable panoramic view of the city center with the
Landungsbrücken. The elevator area on the inner city side is heavily
built up with supports. The original condition is still available on
Steinwerder.
For pedestrians/bicycles, the tunnel is always open
and free of charge. Even after the completion of the renovation work in
2019, the east tube is only open to pedestrians and cyclists. The
renovation of the west tube will not be completed before 2024. Until
then, the tunnel is closed to all motor vehicles. The Elbe tunnel is
diagonally opposite the U-Bahn and S-Bahn station: Landungsbrücken.
Fish market and fish auction hall
Fish market and fish auction
hall: For some, the day is just beginning, for others yesterday is not
over yet, with a fish sandwich in hand, they are waiting for the spirits
to return. On Sunday mornings from 5 a.m. to 9.30 a.m., fresh fish,
flowers, souvenirs, fruit and vegetables, small animals, jewellery, flea
market items and much more have been sold at the fish market very close
to the Kiez since 1703. Above all, the hard core of the party-mad
society from the previous evening can be observed here in an amusing
way. Those who party until the early hours usually continue dancing in
the Hamburg fish auction hall built in 1895. Live bands play here in the
morning on 2 stages with free admission.
Koehlbrand Bridge
Köhlbrand Bridge Soar into the sky and soar over the Port of Hamburg.
You get this feeling when you enter the free port and cross the
Süderelbe. The passage height for the ships is 53 m. You can drive over
it and see what is happening below. The bridge “must” be demolished by
2028 at the latest. However, pedestrians and cyclists are denied access,
the bridge may only be used by motor vehicles. Unfortunately, these are
also forbidden to stop, so photo stops are hardly possible.
•
Bridge Literature: The Köhlbrand Bridge
Harbor
The port of
Hamburg has always been the heart of the city alongside the commercial
and service centres. Often the term "port" in the narrower sense means
the area at the Landungsbrücken. However, the 800-year-old port today
has an area of 71.5 km² (about the size of Remscheid) and 60 docks with
280 berths for seagoing vessels. The length of the quay walls for
seagoing ships is 43 km. Every year, around 9,000 seagoing vessels
handle millions of tons of goods (2017: 136.5 million tons). It is the
third largest container transhipment point in Europe (2017: 8.8 million
TEU) and ranks 17th in the world. The length of the tracks of the port
railway is 280km. See pdf flyer for details.
The third Hamburg
cruise terminal, CruiseCenter Steinwerder, is also located in the port
area.
Cargo ship voyages also start and end from the entire port
area, a very interesting variant of voyages on cruise ships that is in
high demand.
The shipping traffic in the port and also on the
Elbe can be followed very nicely on the Internet in real time.
Harbor tours by ship, bicycle, bus or private car provide a good
overview of the harbour.
Museum harbor Oevelgönne
Museum
harbor Övelgönne: The museum harbor Oevelgönne with around 20 vintage
ships is located directly above the new Elbe tunnel between the
remarkable Elbe beach settlement Övelgönne and the fishing port with the
dockland below the Altona balcony. German and Dutch flat-bottomed ships,
steam tugs and barges have their berth here. The former lightship Elbe
3, a steam crane, a Finkenwerder ocean-going cutter and an old harbor
ferry that has been converted into a café are part of the ensemble. All
ships are still navigable today, during the summer months there is the
opportunity to take a ride for a donation at the weekend • Free entry to
the port, a visit to the Elbe 3 costs €2, reduced €1.
Adjacent to
the west is the sandy beach, which is heavily used at weekends, with a
view of the container terminals. At the same time, you can walk along
the pedestrian path past the former pilot and ship captain's houses,
cyclists have to take the detour via the Elbchaussee. • Bus 112 from
Altona train station or the harbor ferry line 62 from the
Landungsbrücken to the Neumühlen ferry terminal at the HVV tariff
Reeperbahn
Reeperbahn The Reeperbahn is Hamburg's "sinful mile"
on St. Pauli, or "the Kiez" for short. Originally created to meet the
needs of seafarers far from home, today it is a popular nightlife
destination for Hamburgers and tourists with many bars and clubs, and
one of the largest red light districts and drug hubs in Europe. Glamor
and misery are close together, St. Pauli is one of the poorest parts of
Hamburg - visible among other things on the many beggars and garbage
collectors.
Glass bottles have been banned on the Reeperbahn
since 2009. This means that glass bottles are not permitted anywhere in
the Reeperbahn zone for safety reasons. Anyone who does not comply must
expect a fine of up to €5,000. Still worth at least one night of
dancing. • S 1-3 Reeperbahn, U3 St. Pauli
Blankenese
Blankenese: Picturesque alleys, winding staircases and pretty little
houses with a view of the river: The Blankenese staircase district on
the Elbe has a Mediterranean flair. The former fishing and pilot village
in the west of Hamburg is located directly on the Elbe in a hilly
landscape. It is a popular destination and place of residence for
well-heeled Hamburgers. Down on the banks of the Elbe you can hike and
cycle. • S1 Blankenese, then down Bahnhofstrasse. The small buses (lines
48 and 49, called Bergziege) cost an express bus surcharge
Planetarium in the city park
The planetarium is one of the oldest
and, after various renovations in recent years, also one of the most
modern planetariums in Germany. It is located in the western part of the
city park in the district of Winterhude. The monumental brick building
was planned in 1908 by the Dresden architect Oskar Mentzel as a water
tower and built by Fritz Schumacher between 1912 and 1915. The 60 meter
high tower has served as a planetarium since 1930. Various special
events and exhibitions take place several times a month, which are also
worth a visit. • Parking spaces for cars are located on Linnering and
Hindenburgstraße. • Tel: +49 (0)40 428865210 • Underground: Borgweg
The planetarium was reopened on February 14, 2017 after extensive
construction work.
The complete overview of Hamburg's
museums, galleries and exhibitions can be found in the Museums article.
An overview of the more than 300 museums in the Hamburg metropolitan
region can be found on the website of the Museumsverband Hamburg
Hamburger Kunsthalle internet, Glockengiesserwall 5, 20095 Hamburg (old
town, northwest of the main train station). Phone: +49 (0)40 428 13 12
00 . Largest art museum in Germany. Masterpieces from the Middle Ages to
modern times. The Kunsthalle consists of three distinctive buildings:
the brick building decorated with ornaments in the style of the Italian
Renaissance from 1869, the neoclassical extension building made of light
shell limestone from 1919 and the white cube of the Contemporary
Gallery, which opened in 1997.
Deichtorhallen - house for photography
& contemporary art • see also article Museums: exhibitions internet (old
town, U1 Steinstraße) . Today, international art can be seen in the
former wholesale market halls. Changing exhibitions in the northern
hall, the photo exhibition in the southern one.
Hamburg Museum
(Neustadt, in the ramparts). As a cultural and historical museum, the
Museum of Hamburg History offers an overview of the eventful history of
the city of Hamburg from its beginnings around 800 AD. up to the
present.
Museum of Arts and Crafts, Steintorplatz (St. Georg,
Steintorplatz, Hauptbahnhof, U 1+3: Hauptbahnhof-Süd). One of the most
comprehensive collections of German, European and Asian arts and crafts.
Among other things, you can see: faience, furniture and silversmith work
from Lower Germany and the Netherlands as well as East Asian art and the
Koroschka collection. The Art Nouveau department with the 'Paris Salon'
is really wonderful. The Schürmann grand piano with fashion and design
of the 21st century is new.
Bucerius Art Forum (U-Bahn: Rathaus /
S+U-Bahn: Jungfernstieg).
International Maritime Museum Hamburg,
Koreastrasse 1, Kaispeicher B, 20457 Hamburg (Hafencity, Bus 6, by foot:
U1: Meßberg). Tel.: +49 (0)40 30 09 23 00, fax: +49 (0)40 300 92 30 45,
e-mail: info@imm-hamburg.de . The museum, which opened in an old
warehouse in 2008, shows an extensive collection of 3000 years of
seafaring history.
German Customs Museum (Warehouse District, U1:
Meßberg) wikipediacommons. Interesting facts about customs in the former
Kornhausbrücke customs office, history and areas of responsibility -
particularly exciting: the exhibition on customs smuggling.
Miniatur
Wunderland internet, Kehrwieder 2, Block D, 20457 Hamburg (Warehouse
District, U3 Baumwall). Tel.: +49 (0)40 300 68 00, fax: +49 (0)40 30 06
80 99, e-mail: info@miniatur-wunderland.de
wikipediacommonsfacebookinstagramtwitteryoutube. in the warehouse
district. One of the largest model railways in the world in 1:87 scale.
Worth seeing! Due to the large rush, however, there are sometimes
waiting times of up to several hours. If you want, you can bridge the
waiting time by visiting the Hamburg Dungeon, which is very close by.
Hamburg Dungeon, Kehrwieder 2, Block D, 20457 Hamburg (Warehouse
District, U3 Baumwall). Tel.: +49 (0)1806 66 69 01 40, email:
hamburg.dungeons@merlinentertainments.biz. "Historical Scary Museum"
that makes Hamburg's history come alive with funds from the amusement
park. The Hamburg Dungeon isn't quite as scary as the London Dungeon. In
Hamburg the presentation is more "child-friendly" (for children from 10
years of age). Selection of experience stations: city fire of 1842,
storm surge of 1717 with water train, cholera outbreak of 1892, etc. The
scenes are presented by actors.
Museum am Rothenbaum – cultures and
arts of the world (formerly the Hamburg Museum of Ethnology),
Rothenbaumchaussee 64, 20148 Hamburg (U1: Hallerstraße)
Factory tours
at the Airbus factory in Finkenwerder (bus: 150 (from Altona train
station) to the Airbus/Kreetslag stop). the work can be visited as part
of a guided tour, but only after registration!
Nivea-Haus (U/S-Bahn:
Jungfernstieg). of Beiersdorf AG - presentation e.g. to the well-known
care brand Nivea; Company history exhibition.
Spicy's Spice Museum
(Warehouse District, U3: Baumwall) . Everything about spices, adventure
museum to touch and try, 900 exhibits from 500 years.
Ballinstadt -
Emigration Museum Hamburg (S 3+31 Veddel, then 5 min. walk)
wikipediacommons. America! Who doesn't think of opportunities, fame and
quick money? Between 1850 and 1934, several million people boarded the
ship in Hamburg and emigrated to the land of unlimited opportunities.
Why did people take this daring step? How did they spend the time before
they set sail?
Ship welcome station Willkommhöft, Parnaßstraße 29,
22880 Wedel (Wedel, S1 Wedel, short walk, or bus 190 to the Wedel,
Elbstraße stop). Phone: +49 (0)4103 92 00 15, email:
kapitaene@schulauer-faehrhaus.de. with a ship in a bottle museum in the
Schulauer Fährhaus restaurant. Here the arriving and departing ships are
greeted / said goodbye by flag and with their respective national
anthem. Information about the respective ship is given to visitors via
loudspeakers. Hundreds of interesting ships in bottles can be admired on
site in the Ship in a Bottle Museum.
The harbor museum (Kleiner
Grasbrook, S3 Veddel then bus 256 to Australiastraße / Hafenmuseum or
with the launch of the Maritime Circle Line from Landungsbrücke 10) . in
Hamburg is a branch of the Museum of Work on the Bremen quay of the
Hansahafen on the Kleiner Grasbrook. It consists of a show depot worth
seeing in the listed former quay 50A, in which numerous exhibits from
the history of shipbuilding and port handling are on display, an outdoor
area with partially still functional port equipment such as van
carriers, quay cranes and vehicles of the historic port railway, and the
quay which, among other things, includes a coal-fired floating steam
crane, the historic general cargo ship Bleichen and a steam suction
barge.
In the museum village Volksdorf. Hamburg's only museum
village, five of the 7 half-timbered houses can be visited as part of a
guided tour. As replicas from the area u. a. to see: the Hummelsbüttel
Grützmühle with the operable original grinder, the Wohldorf blacksmith
used for blacksmith work and courses, in the residential part of which
there is now a "corner shop", a drive-through barn from Schnakenbeck,
originally built in 1652, and the 1983-1989 rebuilt Wagnerhof, formerly
from the 17th century (original location until 1953 approx. 300 m away).
The site is also home to animals that could also be found on a farm in
the 19th century, such as goats, chickens, ducks, sheep and two
Schleswig draft horses that are used for farm work and carriage rides.
Exhibitions
The city model. is a 110 m² large, constantly growing
model of the city of Hamburg, which was started about 50 years ago as a
working model for city planners and politicians and has been
continuously expanded ever since. A carpenter oversees the project and
produces new models and panels as required - houses and squares in
planning are wood-colored, after completion the buildings will be
painted white. Even as an outsider, you can get a good overview of what
is currently happening in Hamburg in terms of urban planning - from
HafenCity to Harvestehude. The model is in the entrance area of the
Hamburg Authority for Urban Development and the Environment (Neuenfelder
Str. 19, Wilhelmsburg). Open: Mon-Fri 9am-7pm, Sun 1pm-5pm.
Info
center in the boiler house wikipediacommons. Here you can find all
information about the Hafencity, from the beginning of the planning to
the current construction activity • Admission free • Speicherstadt • U3
Baumwall
Building exhibition IBA_Hamburg. The IBA Hamburg closed its
doors in 2013. Nevertheless, the houses and urban development projects
can still be visited, at least from the outside, and various tours are
also offered from April to October. See website for details.
Also the
International Garden Show (igs). from 2013 has ended. However, parts of
the garden show have been preserved in Wilhelmsburg Island Park, such as
the Gardens of the World of Movement, some Gardens of the World of
Continents, the Port Worlds and others.
Airport
Visitor
terrace • Visiting the viewing terrace at the model show is free of
charge and possible daily from 9 am to 5 pm. • S-Bahn S1: Airport
Airport model • Hamburg Airport on a scale of 1:500, interactive.
Manfred Schönhöbel's lectures are definitely worth seeing. •
Demonstrations: daily at 10 am, 12 noon, 2 pm and 4 pm without prior
registration • S-Bahn S1: Airport
Himmelsschreiber - Café • In the
Business Aviation Center (GAT), the Himmelsschreiber offers a unique
view over the runways to the terminals! With the "Holiday Shuttle" to
the outdoor car park (departure from the arrivals level between Terminal
1+2, exit at the car park, not at the multi-storey car park), walk
straight ahead to the GAT for approx. 200 meters. But of course you can
also park right in front of the door and the café is always worth a
visit (especially when the weather is nice).
Whether coffee,
cappuccino, latte macchiato (very tasty) or one of the various, very
tasty cakes (the Viennese roll is an experience), also beer, wine, soft
drinks, bockwurst or stew - everything is extremely inexpensive (and
tasty). And even if you order everything yourself "at the counter" and
usually take it with you, the friendliness is the program!
Opening
times daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. • S-Bahn S1: Airport
Hamburg has many green areas and places where you can take
nice walks and spend your free time in different ways.
Hagenbecks
Tierpark, Lokstedter Grenzstraße 2, 22527 Hamburg (Hagenbecks Tierpark
U2, buses 22, 39, 181, 281). Tel.: +49 (0)40 5300330. Germany's oldest
zoo and privately owned by the Hagenbeck family. In 2007 a new aquarium
opened here. Open: March 7 - June 30 & September 1 - October 25: 9am -
6pm, July 1 - August 31: 9am - 7pm, winter season: October 26 - March 6:
9am - 4.30pm Clock. Price: €26, children (4-16 years): €19, family card:
€75 - €85, with tropical aquarium: €40, children: €30, family ticket:
€105 - €115.
Tropical aquarium (approach like zoo). Tel.: +49 (0)40
5300330. Open: daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Price: €14, children (4-16
years): €10, family ticket: €43 - €49.
Loki Schmidt Garden (until
2012: Hamburg Botanical Garden) • The beautiful gardens in Klein
Flottbeck belonging to the University of Hamburg are not only worth
seeing in the summer months. However, the larger greenhouses have
remained in the Planten un Blomen location. However, this is closed
until further notice. There, the plant communities from the warmer
regions thrive.
Entry to the park is free (a donation is
appreciated). • S-Bahn S1: Klein Flottbek, tropical greenhouses in
Planten and Blomen: S21 + S31 Dammtor, U1 Stephansplatz. • Further
information: Website of the Botanical Garden at the University of
Hamburg, • Website of the Friends of the Botanical Garden Hamburg •
Virtual walk
Planten and Blomen (Dammtor S21, S31, Stephansplatz
U1). This park is part of the old Hamburg wall ring, where the former
city wall was located. Planten un Blomen (Low German for plants and
flowers) was built in the 1950s from the former botanical garden for
what was then the International Garden Exhibition. The Japanese
landscape garden was added in 1988 and the Japanese garden with the tea
house in 1990. In 1994 the classic rose garden was created. In the
summer months, the park offers children daily theater performances, as
well as clowns, magicians and circus artists. The summer concerts in the
music pavilion and the water light concerts every evening are of
particular importance. Open: until 11 p.m., in April until 10 p.m. The
greenhouses close between 3:45 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. Price: Admission to
the greenhouses is also free.
Ramparts: • As already described,
these are the "green remains" of the old ramparts. It stretches west of
the city in a semicircle around the city, beginning at Landungsbrücken
(Helgoländer Allee) up to the Alster. There is also a large playground
and an ice rink in the ramparts. You also pass the magnificent buildings
of the Hanseatic District Court. • S+U-Bahn station Landungsbrücken, U1
Stephansplatz and S21 + S31 Dammtor
Alster shore • Hiking trails
around the inner and outer Alster and the river to the north are
completely well developed. • S+U-Bahn station Jungfernstieg, in the
north: U1 Klosterstern
Hamburg's large-scale city park is located
in the Winterhude district and borders Barmbek to the east. The Jahn
sports facility, the planetarium and an open-air stage with 4,000 seats
are located in the city park. The central point of the park is an
oversized meadow where you can have a barbecue in some places. At the
eastern end of the meadow is a lake and the Stadtpark-Bad. For a cool
beer, go to the "Landhaus Walter" beer garden. • U3 Saarlandstraße and
U3 Borgweg and S1 Alte Wöhr
The Altonaer Volkspark wikipediacommons
once served as a city park for the city of Altona, which used to belong
to Denmark. In contrast to today's Hamburg city park, this park has been
left "natural". On the eastern edge of the Volkspark is the
Volksparkstadion wikipediacommons, a pure football stadium for HSV
(formerly Imtech-Arena, HSH-Nordbank-Arena, AOL-Arena), and the
multi-purpose hall Barclays Arena (formerly O2 World, Color-Line-Arena,
Barclaycard Arena ), frequently used concert hall and venue of HSV
Handball and the Hamburg Freezers ice hockey team. • S2 + S21 Stellingen
(10-15 min walk from there)
Jenisch Park and Elbstrand • The
42-hectare Jenisch Park in Klein Flottbeck was a private estate owned by
the family of Hamburg Senator Jenisch until 1927. If you have a few
hours, a walk through the park down to the banks of the Elbe and then
along the Elbe to the harbor is particularly worthwhile. It is about 4
km along the Elbe beach to Övelgönne, from there tired hikers can take
the 112 bus to the Altona train station or, better yet, take the 62
ferry on the Elbe to Landungsbrücken (the ferry is part of the HVV
tariff, no extra costs ). Alternatively, walk 3km along the former
fishing port to Landungsbrücken. There are cafés, bars and restaurants
along the entire route from Flottbek to Landungsbrücken. • To the park:
S1 to Klein Flottbek (from there it is a 5-minute walk to the park).
Elbhang • The Elbhang between Blankenese and Wittenbergen is always
worth a walk, even if there are 15% gradients to overcome. If it seems
too steep and tedious, you can also walk along the Elbe beach below. The
view of the Elbe is no less impressive. • The best way to get here is by
car, otherwise S1 Blankenese. From there, take the "Bergziege" bus (HVV
tariff) to the shore, or walk about 20 minutes through the alleys of the
old widow's houses.
The 21 Ohlsdorf Cemetery is the second
largest cemetery complex with 391 ha and at the same time the largest
park cemetery in the world. The entire site can be driven on by car, and
2 HVV bus routes also operate on the cemetery grounds. But due to the
spaciousness of the park, the "quiet" should not be disturbed. The
people of Hamburg like to go for walks here, which has less to do with
cynicism and more with the fact that this park is very beautiful and you
can always discover old works of art hidden in the thicket.
Niendorfer Gehege (Niendorf Markt U2 (from there about 15-20 min. walk))
. As the name suggests, this is an enclosure where you can experience
deer and fawns up close. Old, villa-like country houses adorn the park.
It is located just west of the city in the Niendorf district.
Forst
Klövensteen (Cracks S1). Klövensteen is a forest shaped by the Geest
landscape with mostly pine and birch trees in the west of Hamburg. Here
you can still find some old raised bogs. In addition to an adventure
playground, there is a riding stable here.
At 785 hectares, the
Duvenstedter Brook is the largest nature reserve in Hamburg. It is
located in the north of the Wandsbek district in the districts of
Duvenstedt and Wohldorf-Ohlstedt and extends beyond the city limits. It
was placed under protection in 1958, the middle piece in 1939. Today,
together with the nature reserves Wohldorfer Wald, Ammersbek-Hunnau and
the Klein-Hansdorfer Brook in the municipality of Jersbek, district of
Stormarn, it forms a complex of Germany-wide importance with the
strongest deer in Germany - after the opening of a red deer gate after
the Second World War. An autumn visitor attraction is the red deer rut
in September. The fallow deer rut follows in October/November. Special
screens have been set up so that the animals can be observed without
disturbing them. Since 1987 there has also been a colony of
ground-nesting gray herons in the Duvenstedter Brook. NABU maintains an
information center on the Duvenstedter Triftweg in the BrookHus, where
it offers excursion tips and information on the flora and fauna of the
Duvenstedter Brook.
Rent a motorbike
Motorcycle Rental Hamburg, Sülldorfer Landstrasse
230, 22589 Hamburg. Tel.: +4915253860818, email:
info@motorradvermietung-hamburg.de . Motorcycle rental Hamburg, KTM and
BMW motorcycles for rent from Hamburg and Munich. Side cases, top box,
gps, motorcycle gear (helmet, jacket, pants, gloves, shoes). Open: By
prior arrangement. Accepted payment methods: MasterCard, Amex, Visa,
Cash. (53° 34′ 52″ N 9° 47′ 31″ E)
harbor tours
...by boat
Different providers offer different harbor tours. The biggest difference
is usually - due to the size of the ships - where they go. Small barges
also go to the Speicherstadt, larger ones concentrate on the large
harbor basins, which are no less interesting. • Prices range from 14 to
22€ for 1 to 2 hours. • HH Tourism: Harbor tours
The hop-on
hop-off launch trip of the Maritme Circle Line with stops at the sights
in the harbor • Round trip: €16.00 / children €8.00 • The fare applies
to the entire round, regardless of how often journey is interrupted in
between. On presentation of the Maritme Circle Line (MCL) ticket,
various museums offer a discount on the respective admission price.
With the HVV ticket you can also travel on the ferry lines at no
additional cost. Almost all ferries start centrally at the
Landungsbrücken. With the HVV day ticket, you can combine harbor tours
as you like, but without explanations. Only lines 62, 64 and 72 also run
on weekends and daily every 20 minutes.
Tip: Clever combinations
offer the opportunity for a really big sightseeing tour: From
Landungsbrücke 3 with ferry line 62 to the opposite, left side of the
Elbe to Finkenwerder, there is a daily connection with ferry line 64 to
Teufelsbrück on the right side of the Elbe . From there you can take bus
line 111 back to the starting point at the Landungsbrücken or on to
Hafencity.
Tip: Bus line 111 is a "sightseeing bus line", it connects
16 sights on one line! (timetable)
...by bicycle
It is
possible to discover the history of the port of Hamburg with rental
bicycles. The development of the port is traced from its origins to the
present: The starting point is the old town, after exploring the first
port of the early Middle Ages (9th century) and the Alster port of the
Hanseatic period (from the 12th century), the visit of Inland port (from
the 14th century), Niederhafen (from the 16th century) and the
Sankt-Pauli-Landungsbrücken (the steamship port of the 19th century) you
go through the Old Elbe Tunnel, a technical sensation of the early 20th
century the south bank of the Elbe. Here it is important to enjoy the
view of the harbor edge, as the north bank of the Elbe is called, and
then - away from the usual tourist paths - both the everyday life of
ships, cranes and docks as well as the world of houseboats and perhaps
the hottest social hot spot in the city to discover. The tour concludes
with a visit to the Speicherstadt (the free port of the 19th and 20th
centuries) and a look at the architecture of HafenCity (21st century).
Driving distance: approx. 20 kilometers. Duration: approx. 3-4 hours.
...by bus
There is also the option of taking a guided tour of the
harbor with a comfortable bus right into the normally closed harbor
terminals. The tour lasts 3 hours.
...with the RiverBus
The
Hafencity RiverBus has been offering an amphibious tour from the
RiverBus stop since 2016 during the tour, which lasts a total of 70
minutes, of which 40 minutes are on land and 30 minutes on the Elbe.
Alster tours
The best way to visit the Alster and the associated
canals with their parks and villas is by boat. Alster trips on the
excursion boats of the Alster Touristik or a historic steamboat and
canal tours start at the Jungfernstieg.
City walks
Walk from
the Alster to the Elbe - Alsterpavillion and Jungfernstieg on the Inner
Alster - renowned shopping street "Große Bleichen" - "Rathausmarkt" with
Heinrich Heine monument and town hall - down to the Kleine Alster and
the "Alsterarkaden" - via the "Neuen Wall" to "Admiralitässtraße" -
Fleetinsel: this is where the Hamburg art scene meets - via the "Alten
Steinweg" to the bar district "Großneumarkt", once the heart of the new
town that emerged in the 17th century - "Peterstraße" - view of the 132
m high Michel, the church tower of St. Michaelis - down to the
"Schaarmarkt" via the "Ditmar-Koel-Straße" in the direction of
"St.-Pauli-Landungsbrücken".
Walk along the Elbe from the
Landungsbrücken to the museum harbor Övelgönne - or further to
Blankenese. From the fish market it goes parallel to the Große
Elbstraße, partly on a gallery directly along the Elbe - past a few
interesting restaurants - further via the cruise terminal Altona, the 22
Dockland wikipediacommons (be sure to climb the approx. 136 steps of the
outside staircase to the roof terrace: fantastic view) to Övelgönne. For
tired feet: There is also a ferry there (line 62) from the "Dockland"
pier. about 5km
Alster hiking trail (from the city center to
Poppenbüttel)
Watt hiking in Hamburg is possible around the island of
Neuwerk
City of Hamburg:
Hiking trails
City walks with the Hamburg Greeters: Under the motto "Come as a
guest, leave as a friend", the Hamburg Greeters offer free city tours.
The guests get to know the city off the beaten track from the
perspective of the locals. The greeters are happy to show the guests
their city in an authentic way, with all its rough edges. Personal
stories and experiences or tips for going out and leisure are also
discussed. In the concrete agreement between guest and greeter, topic
requests are taken into account, which thus turn these walks into a
personal and individual encounter with the city. In order to preserve
individuality, the greets are only carried out in small groups of up to
6 people. More information at hamburg-greeter.de The Hamburg Greeters
are members of the International Greeter Association (formerly Global
Greeter Network).
City tours for people with restricted mobility: If
you would like to discover the whole of Hamburg city center with all its
sights, but can no longer do it on foot or alone, you have the option of
renting a cycle rickshaw for two people with a personal city guide. Mind
you: A rickshaw can also drive where cars are not allowed to drive, on
bike paths, in parks, in the pedestrian zone or in the narrow streets of
the historic old town.
Culinary city tours in Hamburg: Urban Guru
offers very special city tours to taste the culinary diversity of
Hamburg as the "gateway to the world". On the three-hour tours, the tour
guides, known as "gurus", lead you through undiscovered streets, tell
funny and curious anecdotes and serve delicacies from the tastiest
restaurants in the district. More information at:
https://www.urbanguru.de/stadtfuehrungen-in-hamburg/
bike rides
Hamburg Tourism: Bike tours in and around Hamburg
Hamburg's official
bike site
scenic flights
For the brave, there is also the
option to see the city from a bird's eye view
with sports planes or
by helicopter
in hot air balloon
Sports
Of course you can
participate anywhere. In a travel guide, however, there should be space
for sports that are active nationally. A lot can certainly be added
here.
American football
Hamburg Blue Devils: The traditional
Hamburg team are the Blue Devils. The team played in the German Football
League for several years and is a multiple German champion. The club
retired from the league at the end of the 2013 season and now plays in
one of the lower divisions. The cheerleaders "Blue Angels" are European
runners-up in 2006 - which is impressively demonstrated in every game!
Football
There are two main players here:
HSV: The Hamburg
sports club plays in the 2nd Bundesliga, the home games take place in
the Volksparkstadion.
FC St Pauli. The underdog from the city center
plays in the Millerntor Stadium. In addition to the official logo, the
pirate flag (skull and crossbones on a black background) is also
frequently displayed by fans.
The fan camps of the two clubs maintain
an intense enmity, so you should be careful not to stroll around the
opposing camp with fan articles from one club.
Golf
GC Hamburg
Wendlohe, Oldesloer Strasse 251, 22457 Hamburg. Tel.: +49(0)40 5528966.
27 holes, par 72.
Hamburger GC Falkenstein, In de Bargen 59, 22587
Hamburg. Tel.: +49(0)40 812177. 18 holes, par 71.
Treudelberg Golf
Club, Lemsahler Landstrasse 45, 22397 Hamburg. Tel.: +49(0)40 608228877.
27 holes.
Wentorf-Reinbeker GC, Golfstrasse 2, 21465 Wentorf/Hamburg.
Tel.: +49(0)40 72978068. The club was founded in 1901 and is one of the
oldest in Germany. 18 holes, men's par 72/69, women's par 76/72.
...in and at the port
Port birthday: annually in early May, the
next birthday will be celebrated from May 5th to 7th, 2023.
A
maritime weekend on the Elbe from the Oevelgönne museum harbor along the
Landungsbrücken to the Speicherstadt and the new HafenCity, with the
arrival and departure parade of tall ships and traditional ships,
tugboat ballet, dragon boat races and fireworks.
On land on the
"harbour mile" from the Kehrwiederspitze in the Speicherstadt to the
fish auction hall with around 500 showmen, artistic and culinary
delights, shows and entertainment and a St. Pauli tour.
QUEEN MARY 2
- arrival dates in Hamburg
Hamburg Cruise Days: The next Hamburg
Cruise Days will take place from September 8th to 10th, 2023.
Elbjazz
Festival wikipedia: The next festival will take place on June 9-10, 2023
at various locations on various stages in the Port of Hamburg.
…on the Inner and Outer Alster
Alster pleasure: Since 2017, the
festival has been suspended until further notice! Annually from the end
of August to the beginning to the beginning of September 4 days around
the Binnenalster with up to 500,000 visitors. On 3 evenings also with
fireworks.
Japanese cherry blossom festival with 30 minutes of
fireworks over the Outer Alster, every year in May, with final fireworks
at 10:30 p.m.
...in Hagenbeck's zoo
Hagenbeck's jungle and
romantic nights: Atmospheric jungle nights in May/June, romantic nights
in August, each from 6 p.m. (not just for children!) • Hagenbeck's zoo,
Hamburg-Stellingen
...on the "Hamburger Dom" (fair)
Three
times a year (spring, summer and winter) there is a big fair for one
month on the Heiligengeistfeld in St. Pauli, the so-called Hamburger Dom
commons. There is a fireworks display every Friday at 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday is family day with reduced prices (but then it is also very
crowded and the trips are often a little shorter).
Hamburg Harley
Days
The Hamburg Harley Days usually take place over a long weekend
in June. In 2007 there were around 60,000 motorcycles on the specially
reserved "Heiligengeistfeld" near the Reeperbahn. Participants from all
over Europe meet, talk petrol, watch the stunt shows and concerts of the
bands. The mostly excellently refined motorcycles and their z. T.
extroverted drivers are also an attraction for normal visitors to
Hamburg. The next Harley Days will take place from May 19 to 21, 2023 on
the 40,000 m² wholesale market site.
Reeperbahn Festival
Once
a year in September, the Reeperbahn Festival takes place in the clubs on
and around the Reeperbahn with well-known and, above all, promising
national and international artists from pop, rock, indie, etc. Tickets
can be purchased for individual concerts as well as for one or more
festival days. The next edition of the festival is from September 20th
to 23rd, 2023.
By plane
1 Airport-Hamburg (Hamburg-Airport Helmut
Schmidt, IATA: HAM), Flughafenstr. 1 – 3, 22335 Hamburg. Tel.: +49 (0)40
507 50, fax: +49 (0)40 50 75 12 34, e-mail: info@ham.airport.de .
Located in the north of the city in the Fuhlsbüttel district, Hamburg
Airport has two terminals completed in 1993 and 2005. You can get to the
city center with the S-Bahn or the night bus 606. Attention: On the way
to the airport, the S1 is divided in Ohlsdorf; the front cars run to the
airport, the rear ones to Poppenbüttel! last change: Oct. 2019
(information may be out of date)
The 2 airfield Uetersen/Heist
(ICAO: EDHE) for sports and business aviation can be
reached via the A23 / Symbol: AS 18 Pinneberg-Süd and further via K 1 /
L 105 / K 15 and B431 or consistently via the B431 ( about 35km).
3
Hartenholm Airport (ICAO: EDHM) is an airfield in the municipality of
Hasenmoor in Schleswig-Holstein. It is approved for aircraft up to
5,700kg and helicopters up to 10,000kg. Offer: aircraft hangar services,
sightseeing and charter flights, flight school and parachuting. (about
52km via A7 E45)
By train
long-distance train stations
4
Hamburg Central Station, Hachmannplatz 16, 20099 Hamburg.
5
Hamburg-Dammtor train station internet, Theodor-Heuss-Platz, 20354
Hamburg .
6 Hamburg-Altona train station internet,
Scheel-Plessen-Str. 17, 22765 Hamburg.
7 Hamburg-Harburg train
station, Hannoversche Str. 85, 21079 Hamburg.
8 Hamburg-Bergedorf
train station, Weidenbaumsweg 14, 21029 Hamburg
Hamburg is the
central hub of the railway for long-distance and local traffic in
northern Germany. In addition to the main station, long-distance trains
also stop in Hamburg-Dammtor and Hamburg Altona station, some
long-distance trains also stop in the southern parts of the city at the
Hamburg-Harburg and Hamburg-Bergedorf stations. All S-Bahn and U-Bahn
lines cross at the main train station. With up to 450,000 travelers and
visitors per day, it is the busiest passenger station in Germany. Under
its venerable, huge, curved glass roof are 12 tracks. All traffic is
handled on 4 platforms for regional and long-distance traffic, 2 S-Bahn
platforms (one of which is underground) and 4 underground platforms. The
information center of the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund HVV with the tourist
office, the DB customer center and many shops are housed in the northern
part, the "Wandelhalle". Altona is a terminus with two underground
S-Bahn platforms, where most S-Bahn trains cross again. Numerous shops
are housed on the various floors, in addition to shops for travel needs
and restaurants, there is also a supermarket that is also open on
Sundays and a chain of electronics retailers.
ICE connections
from the main station and Dammtor:
Denmark: Copenhagen (just over 5
hours), Aarhus (4 ½ hours)
Switzerland: Basel, Zurich (just under 8
hours)
Austria: Vienna via Passau (9 h)
Berlin (1:42 h), Leipzig
(3 h)
Nuremberg (4 ½ hours), Munich (6 hours) or Regensburg (5 ½
hours)
Hanover (1½ hours), Frankfurt am Main (4 hours), Mannheim
(4:42 hours), Stuttgart (5½ hours) or Karlsruhe (5 hours)
EC and
IC connections from the main station, Altona and Dammtor:
Dresden (4
½ hours), Prague (7 hours), Bratislava (11 hours) and Budapest (14
hours)
Lüneburg (33 min.), Marburg (3 ½ h), Frankfurt (Main) (4 ½ h),
Heidelberg (5:45 h)
Bremen (55 min.), Dortmund (2:47 h), Cologne (4
h), the ICE is no faster
Cologne (4:10 h) has also been served
directly by Flixtrain since March 23, 2018, with stops in Düsseldorf,
Duisburg, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Münster and Osnabrück
Night train
connections:
Euronight (EN)/ Nightjet (NJ) Hamburg is served by the
ÖBB Nightjet night train from Zurich (via Basel), Vienna (via Linz) and
Innsbruck (via Munich). In the Nightjet, there are the travel categories
sleeping car (1st and 2nd class) as well as couchette cars and seated
cars (only 2nd class), the train requires reservations for all travel
categories. The Nightjet can be used with tickets from the IC/EC tariff,
but couchette or sleeping cars cost extra. On the “Sparschiene”, for
example, a trip from Vienna to Hamburg costs €29, in a couchette
compartment (with a small breakfast) €79, in a sleeping compartment
(with washing facilities and breakfast) €149 (as of January 2018).
Bicycles can be taken along on all of the routes mentioned, and car and
motorbike transport is also offered between Vienna main station and
Hamburg-Altona.
FlixNight Flixmobility GmbH operates a night train
called Flixnight, which runs from Hamburg-Altona and Hamburg Hbf via
Hannover Hbf and Freiburg im Breisgau to Lörrach. The train runs once
per day per direction on weekends.
Connections to
Schleswig-Holstein
Flensburg from the main station via Dammtor and on
to Schleswig, the RE takes 2 hours.
To Kiel from the main station via
Dammtor, approx. 80 minutes.
There are direct connections (IC, RE) to
Lübeck only from the main train station; the journey time hardly differs
(approx. 40 minutes).
You can get to Büchen in less than 30 minutes
with regional transport and the IC; RE starts at the main train station,
IC in Altona.
The Nord-Ostsee-Bahn to Husum, some trips to Westerland
(Sylt), only runs from Altona and takes 2 hours to Husum.
Regional connections from the main station via HH-Harburg with metronome
to destinations south / left of the Elbe:
Uelzen (1 h) via Lüneburg
(35 min.) hourly, to Hanover 3x daily (2 h 17').
Cuxhaven (1 h 43')
via Stade (48 min.) every hour.
Bremen (1 h 14') via Rotenburg an der
Wümme, every hour.
It is cheap to travel with the
Schleswig-Holstein ticket for €28 to €40 for 1 to 5 people or the Lower
Saxony ticket for €23 to €39, with which you can travel as often as you
like in Hamburg Buses and trains except long-distance trains. The
Quer-durchs-Land-Ticket for €44-52-60-68-76 for 1-2-3-4-5 people, the
ticket is also valid in Hamburg on S-Bahn, A-Bahn, regional and regional
express trains as well as the trains of the Metronom railway company.
By bus
ZOB (Bus-Port Hamburg), Adenauerallee 78, 20097 Hamburg
(on the south-east side of the main train station). Phone: +49 (0)40 24
75 76, email: info@zob-hamburg.de. The central bus station Hamburg
(Hamburg ZOB) is located next to the main train station, where national
and international long-distance bus lines run by the bus companies
Flixbus and Eurolines. The long-distance bus station also has heated
waiting rooms, customer centers with long-distance bus company ticket
sales, two fast-food restaurants, a kiosk and sanitary facilities,
showers, luggage lockers and telephone booths. Since the long-distance
bus station is in the immediate vicinity of the main train station,
there is a connection to all underground and S-Bahn lines as well as to
regional and long-distance transport. City buses and metro buses from
Hamburger Hochbahn also go there, the city and metro bus stops in front
of the ZOB is called Adenauerallee, in front of the ZOB there are taxi
ranks and "kiss-and-ride" parking lots. Open: The interior is open daily
between 5:30 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. Outside of opening hours, access to the
bus platforms via the road network is also possible.
In the
street
A1 E22 from Lübeck (north) - to get to the city, you have to
change to the A24 E26 at the symbol: KN 31 Kreuz Hamburg-Ost.
A1 E22
from Bremen, Cologne (south/southwest) - at the symbol: KN 36 Kreuz
Hamburg-Süd you have to change to the A255.
A7 E45 from Flensburg,
Kiel (North) - when driving to the city center: exit symbol: AS 28
Bahrenfeld.
A7 E45 from Hanover, Kassel (south) - exit symbol: AS 29
Othmarschen (immediately at the northern end of the Elbe tunnel).
A23
from Husum via symbol: KN 22 Dreieck Hamburg Nordwest - when driving
into the city center: exit symbol: AS 28 Bahrenfeld.
A24 E26 from
Berlin to the end of the autobahn (symbol: AS 1 Hamburg-Horn)
In
the city center there are (sometimes quite steep) parking fees.
Alternatively, you can park your car outside on Park-and-Ride parking
lots (partly for a fee) and use public transport. The old Elbe tunnel
has one-way traffic until the beginning of 2019 due to the renovation of
the tunnel tubes. Opening hours of the old Elbe tunnel.
park and
ride
Overview of the park-and-ride facilities at underground, S-Bahn
and A-Bahn stations in the HVV: (detailed, alphabetically sorted
overview)
Subway
Line U1: Großhansdorf, Ahrensburg Ost,
Ahrensburg West, Ohlstedt, Hoisbüttel, Volksdorf, Melendorfer Weg,
Berne, Trabrennbahn, Lattenkamp, Fuhlsbüttel, Langenhorn Markt,
Langenhorn Nord, Garstedt, Norderstedt Mitte
Line U2: Steinfurther
Allee, Horner Rennbahn, Hagenbecks Tierpark
Line U4: Horner Rennbahn
Train
Line S1/S11: Poppenbüttel, Friedrichsberg, Bahrenfeld,
Klein Flottbek, Hochkamp, Wedel
Line S2/S21: Aumühle, Wohltorf,
Reinbek, Bergedorf, Nettelnburg, Mittlerer Landweg
Line S3/S31:
Stade, Agathenburg, Dollern, Horneburg, Neukloster, Buxtehude, Neu
Wullmstorf, Neugraben, Neuwiedenthal, Hittfeld, Veddel, Elbgaustrasse,
Krupunder, Halstenbek, Thesdorf, Pinneberg
A train
Line A1:
Schnelsen, Bönningstedt, Hasloh, Quickborn Süd, Quickborn, Ellerau,
Ulzburg Süd, Kaltenkirchen Süd, Kaltenkirchen, Holstentherme,
Lentförthen, Bad Bramstedt, Wiemerskirchen, Grossenaspe
Line A2:
Meeschensee, Henstedt-Ulzburg, Kaltenkirchen Süd, Kaltenkirchen
Line
A3: Elmshorn, Sparleshoop, Barmstedt, Langeln, Arllohe
By bicycle
Elbe Cycle Path (Magdeburg - Cuxhaven)
Hamburg–Rügen long-distance
cycle route
Leine-Heide Cycle Path − From Thuringia to Hamburg
By boat
International ferry lines to and from Hamburg have ceased
to exist since the England ferry was discontinued. The replacement
connection via Cuxhaven was also removed from the program at the end of
2005 due to overwhelming competition from air traffic. The nearest ferry
ports with connections to the Baltic Sea area are the Skandinavienkai in
Travemünde and Norwaykai, Schwedenkai, Ostuferhafen - ferry terminals in
Kiel in Kiel. From here there are connections with international ferry
lines such as TT-Line, Scandlines, Finnlines and Color Line to
Trelleborg, Malmö, Ystad, Frederikshavn, Gothenburg, Oslo, Helsinki, St.
Petersburg and Königsberg.
Cruises: In recent years, the port of
Hamburg has become increasingly important for cruises, mostly through
the Baltic Sea region and to the Norwegian fjords. In 2016, 33 cruise
ships are scheduled to call at Hamburg 160 times. As of 2015, there are
3 cruise terminals. The oldest on Grasbrook in Hafencity – previously a
temporary solution – is to be replaced by a new one in 2024.
Hamburg Cruise Center HafenCity, Am Grasbrookhafen 1, 20457 Hamburg
(car, taxi or public transport: underground line U4 or bus 111 to
"Überseequartier", then approx. 100 m on foot). Email:
info@cgh.hamburg.de.
Hamburg Cruise Center Altona,
Van-der-Smissen-Straße 5, 22767 Hamburg (car, taxi or public transport:
Bus 111 to "Kreuzfahrtterminal Altona", then approx. 50 m on foot) .
Hamburg Cruise Center Steinwerder, Buchheisterstraße 16, 20457 Hamburg
(car, taxi or public transport: ferry line 73 from Landungsbrücken to
the "Argentinienbrücke" pier, then approx. 1,200 m on foot, or S3 to
S-Bahn station Veddel, then bus 256 to the "Argentinienbrücke" stop,
then another approx. 1,100 m on foot)
Cargo ship travel:
Frequently, trips on cargo ships begin or end in Hamburg, a very
interesting alternative to a cruise. You can board and disembark at a
wide variety of points throughout the port area.
Regional:
Seasonally there is a regular boat connection (catameran) from
Landungsbrücken to Heligoland via Cuxhaven. Bicycle transport is offered
on the Hamburg to Cuxhaven section. Since the ship departs at 9 a.m.,
passengers with bicycles who come to the pier by S-Bahn must hope for
goodwill. A new, larger catamaran has been in use since the beginning of
May 2018. (video of a crossing)
Between Stade with the Stadersand
pier and the Altona pier (fish market) in Hamburg, a catamaran operated
by the Elblinien runs up to 6 times a day in the summer months with a
stopover in Wedel or Twielenfleth. A regular bus runs between the pier
in Stadersand and the city center of Stade according to a timetable
coordinated with the ferry times.
Sport boats: Of course you can
also reach Hamburg very well by sport boat. So there is the possibility
for larger boats, coming from the North Sea or Baltic Sea, to navigate
the Elbe to Hamburg. Due to the rather heavy shipping traffic, great
caution is required. Moorings are available in Wedel, Blankenese,
Finkenwerder, Harburg and in the city marina (right next to the
Überseebrücke). Hamburg is also easily accessible from the upper reaches
of the Elbe, not least because of the many tributaries and the canal
network.
The Überseebrücke, the traditional berth for passenger
ships, is now only used as a berth in special cases. The museum ship,
the former general cargo ship CAP SAN DIEGO, is permanently moored here.
Cap San Diego also offers ride-sharing day trips several times a year.
You can also stay overnight on board. The second museum ship, the cargo
tall ship Rickmer Rickmers, is firmly moored in the immediate vicinity
of the Landungsbrücken. Since the ship is no longer operational, it
cannot be used for the journey.
Local public transport
Local public transport in Hamburg is
operated under the umbrella of the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV). The
association extends beyond the borders of Hamburg and includes
neighboring districts in Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony.
In
the inner city area, the range of public transport lines (underground,
suburban trains and buses) is very dense, in the outer city areas, due
to the spatial expansion of Hamburg, naturally a little thinner. The
last tram ran in 1978 and was due to be reintroduced in 2014, the
project was stopped in 2011. Express buses and the small “comfort buses”
cost a surcharge of €2.
3 S-Bahn lines meet in the main station
and branch out parallel to the connecting line and the City Tunnel line.
They meet again under the Altona long-distance train station. From
there, 2 routes continue to Wedel and Pinneberg. Together with the 4
subway lines, 112 bus lines and a few boat lines, local public transport
is covered. The 3 AKN suburban lines in the north do not go downtown
during the day.
The subway often runs above ground (hence the
name Hochbahn) until at least 9 p.m. every 5 minutes. The old section of
the U3 from the town hall to the Landungsbrücken with a view of the
harbor is worth seeing.
Line U4 of the Hamburg underground runs
from Jungfernstieg with the three stations Überseequartier,
Hafencity-Universität and Elbbrücken to Hafencity.
Low-barrier
boarding options for the underground trains are identified for the
platform with a checkerboard pattern (usually in the middle of the
platform) and on the vehicles with a small sticker on the corresponding
doors.
The S-Bahn and U-Bahn run through the nights before
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays. From Monday to Friday, the rapid
transit service ends at around 12:30 a.m. Thereafter, 19 night bus lines
run every 30 to 60 minutes until morning. The Hamburger Verkehrsverbund
HVV also includes the regional trains and the harbor ferries. The
transport connections of the HVV reach far into neighboring districts to
Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony, the ticket prices are staggered
here according to "rings", also within the city.
Hamburg
Hafenfaehren-Logo Ferry The 6 harbor ferries can be used with normal
tickets without a surcharge. The lines (Landungsbrücken -
Elbphilharmonie), (Landungsbrücken - Fischmarkt - Övelgönne - 1
Finkenwerder) and (Finkenwerder - 2 Teufelsbrück) are particularly
interesting for tourists. These 3 lines also run on weekends and in
winter, making interesting trips possible even when there is ice.
Bicycles are taken along free of charge.
Under the name Metrobus
(one- to two-digit line numbers), there is a bus system similar to the
rapid transit network without a surcharge, which connects the outskirts
of the city with the city center and also offers direct cross
connections or half ring lines (e.g. line 25).
Hamburg express
train network map (PDF)
Hamburg express train network map with
boarding aids (PDF) barrier-free
HVV timetable information
Tickets
and prices 2019, compact (Flyer, pdf)
Fares, • valid for buses,
S-Bahn and U-Bahn, regional trains and Elbe ferries of the HVV in 2023:
The fare area of the HVV is divided into so-called rings, with rings
A and B covering the entire city of Hamburg and should therefore usually
be sufficient for tourist purposes. If you book via the HVV app or in
the online shop you will receive a 3% discount.
Short distance:
€1.9
Close range: €2.50
Hamburg-AB (entire city area): €3.60
(children: €1.30)
Total area of the HVV: €11.30, children: €3.90
Day ticket (valid Mon-Fri from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. the following day, Sat,
Sun and public holidays from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. the following day):
Hamburg-AB €8.20, HVV entire area: €24.30 .
9 a.m. day ticket:
Hamburg AB: €7.10 (valid Mon-Fri from 9 a.m. to 6 a.m. the following
day; Sat, Sun and public holidays from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. the following
day), HVV entire area: €20.20 (children €3.90 or €7.50).
Group day
ticket for up to 5 people Hamburg-AB €13.40 (valid Mon - Fri from 9 a.m.
to 6 a.m. the following day, Sat, Sun and public holidays from 12 a.m.
to 6 a.m. the following day), HVV entire area: €27.90 ⇒ this card is
worth it from 2 people
Valid until 6:00 a.m. of the following
day. • Tariff status: 06/2022
More tickets:
Hamburg Card: •
Free travel in large areas and various discounts for 22 museums and
other sights:
1 person + 3 children: • 1 day: €10.50 • 2 days: €19.90
• 3 days: €25.90 • 5 days: €41.90
up to 5 people: • 1 day: €18.50 • 2
days: €32.90 • 3 days: €44.90 • 5 days: €74.50 • (as of: 1 Jan 2018)
metropol card
Quer-durchs-Land-Ticket is valid on S-Bahn, A-Bahn
and regional trains in Hamburg from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 3
a.m. the following day, on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from
12 a.m. to 3 a.m. the following day.
Niedersachsen-Ticket and
Niedersachsen-Ticket + Groningen is valid on all means of transport in
Hamburg (local traffic) from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. the
following day, on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 12 a.m. to
3 a.m. the following day.
The Schleswig-Holstein ticket is valid on
all means of transport in Hamburg (local transport) from Monday to
Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. the following day, on Saturdays, Sundays
and public holidays from 12 a.m. to 3 a.m. the following day.
In
the Hamburg-AB fare zone, the individual tickets “Short distance” and
“Near area” are also available for short distances. It is not easy to
understand up to where which tariff applies, because "payment limits"
count, which are individually defined and can only be looked up in
tables several hundred pages long. However, ticket machines have a
function that displays the correct fare when the destination is
specified. • For journeys to Schleswig-Holstein or Lower Saxony, the
tariff depends on the number of rings traveled through. If you get more
than 4 rings, you get a trip for the entire HVV area.
ticket
purchase
Tickets are available through the following distribution
channels:
At ticket machines, these are located in Hamburg at all
railway stations, S-Bahn and U-Bahn stations, as well as stations of the
A-Bahn and at the stations of the HADAG harbor ferries, which are also
integrated into the HVV tariff and at busy bus stops. The machines are
operated by the following companies: Deutsche Bahn AG (S-Bahn Hamburg
and regional trains), Hamburger Hochbahn (underground and city and metro
buses), AKN Eisenbahn AG (A-Bahn), HADAG (port ferries in Hamburg),
Metronom railway company (regional trains) and Nordbahn railway company
(regional trains).
At pre-sale points for HVV tickets, these are
located in many underground and S-Bahn stations
In the HVV online
ticket shop
Partly in tourist information
Partly in travel
agencies
Entering the platforms of the S-Bahn and U-Bahn is only
permitted with a valid ticket or platform ticket, crossing the marking
of the area where a ticket is required counts as starting the journey.
However, non-passengers have the option of spending a maximum of one
hour in the named station by purchasing a platform ticket (price: €0.30,
without travel authorization).
Bicycles are free of charge, but
only allowed outside of rush hour: Monday to Friday between 9 a.m. and 4
p.m. and between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., Saturday and Sunday all day. There
are no closing times on the Elbe ferries. In the R-Bahn you always need
a day bike ticket €3.50, there are no closing times for this.
Cycle
There are some well-developed bike paths in the inner city
area, which also make it possible to explore Hamburg by bike.
Unfortunately, there are also numerous cycle paths that were built
earlier and are bumpy and quite narrow. The cycle paths in Hamburg are
often kept in red stone, or they are optically marked at the edge of the
road.
The signage of the cycle routes is less good; this also
applies to the routes on the Elbe. Sometimes it is not easy to recognize
which paths end in dead ends or at the beach and which continue
continuously.
Be careful, some public parks like Planten un
Blomen do not allow bicycles to be ridden. Signage should be heeded.
Hamburg's official bike site. A cycle route planner is also linked
here (from Kommoot). A map for the inner city is available online.
Otherwise, the ADFC Radatlas is recommended. Naviki and BBBike also
offer cycle route planners for Hamburg.
Rental bikes city bike
The “StadtRAD Hamburg” bicycle rental system has been in existence since
July 2009 and is operated by Deutsche Bahn with the “Call a Bike”
system. Registration is possible on the Internet or at the terminal
(bank or credit card required, BahnCard and HVV subscription card number
have a discount), as well as at the call center in Halle an der Saale
(number on the bike or terminal). Borrowing and returning are possible
at the terminal, it is crucial to find the flap on the rear wheel on the
left, which must be folded up to activate the field below. At over 250
stations (Nov. 2020) in the city area, around 3,100 rental bikes are
waiting for everyone who doesn't have their own bike to hand but still
wants to be mobile. A few more stations are to be added. In Hamburg,
there are red pillars with screens and EC card or credit card slots at
all rental stations, through which personal identification takes place.
Alternatively, one or two bikes can be borrowed via a registered mobile
phone or an app, or up to four by phone. The bikes are robust, heavy and
without suspension with wide tyres, 7-speed hub gears, 2 drum brakes
without back pedal and equipped with a hub dynamo light system. The
seating position takes some getting used to, as the almost straight
handlebars are low and only the seat height is adjustable.
At
StadtRAD stations, it can often happen that no bikes are available,
especially on weekends and public holidays in summer. The terminal and
an app for smartphones show where the next station with bikes is.
Otherwise, the hotline can be called so that the frustration does not
get too great if there is no bike at the terminal.
If you don't
have a smartphone or mobile phone reception, you can also rent your city
bike by phone and key combination without having to speak to an employee
to activate the bike.
Prices: One-off entry fee: €5 with €5
starting credit. The first 30 minutes are free of charge, the next 30
minutes cost 10 cents/min, for BahnCard holders: 8 cents/min up to the
daily maximum rate (24 hours) of €15. In the normal tariff, 2 bikes can
be borrowed and used at the same time with the same customer number. ·
Prices
Rental bikes next bike
While at StadtRad the rental
after the first half hour costs €4.80 per hour, at nextbike you only pay
€1 per half hour or €9 for the whole day. • Hamburg locations
other rental bikes
EXPERIENCE Hamburg, Vorsetz 50, 20459 Hamburg.
Phone: +49 (0)40 300 34 666, email: info@erfahre.com. Inexpensive rental
of first-class e-bikes (pedelec, speed pedelec, e-cargo bike), also
offers guided tours. The cargo bikes are ideal for taking small children
with you! Open: Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-3pm. Price: Minimum rental
period of 9 hours: €25.
car sharing
In Hamburg, for example,
you can rent or "save" a car from FreeNow or Cambio.
taxi
In
Hamburg it shouldn't be a problem to get a taxi quickly. Even in less
prominent places, a taxi drives past you from time to time. If not, call
one of the many taxi companies and you usually don't have to wait longer
than about 10 minutes for the taxi you have ordered. The fares of the
Hamburg taxi companies do not differ from those of other cities and
federal states. In many taxis you can pay with an EC card and/or credit
card.
Bicycle taxi - Hamburg by Rickshaw. Email:
info@hamburg-by-rickshaw.de. In the course of the mobility turnaround,
bicycle taxis and rickshaws are also becoming increasingly popular in
downtown Hamburg. They cost about the same as a car taxi for the first
two kilometers, but are much more pleasant and environmentally friendly,
especially since you can drive where traffic is not allowed.
In
the street
As in all major cities, the traffic in Hamburg is
extremely dense depending on the time of day and not easy for drivers
who are unfamiliar with the area to see through, also because of various
one-way routes and turning bans. Paid parking spaces and multi-storey
car parks are available in sufficient quantity. You can pay with your
cell phone at the parking machines. There are dedicated parking spaces
for disabled drivers. The prices for multi-storey car parks are between
€1 per 20 minutes in the center and €1 per hour a little more in the
direction of Altona. The city of Hamburg has a separate page for
disabled parking spaces and all other parking spaces on its website.
Here is updated every 15 minutes. However, if you want to look around
yourself, you can do so with the appropriate nerve strength and maybe
find one of the rare free parking spaces. An alternative are the park
and ride car parks in Hamburg and the surrounding area. These are free
of charge in many places (e.g. Hagenbecks Tierpark on the U2). Depending
on the operator, some P&R facilities are chargeable.
In Hamburg, too, there are the usual department stores and chain
stores between the main train station and the town hall, somewhat larger
and nicer than elsewhere. The Mönckebergstraße leads along numerous
shops to the town hall market. However, the Hamburg experience comes
about while strolling and shopping in the arcades, passages, atriums,
galleries and colonnades. The most beautiful are in the Neustadt behind
the Alsterfleet. The sights are not limited to the shops, the
architecture and the opportunities to eat and drink are fascinating. The
passages are partly based on historical and partly on foreign models and
combine the old with the new. This applies in particular to the
beautiful classicist building of the Old Post Office. Restaurants on the
decks of the Fleet also invite you to dine.
On the other side of
the town hall you will find exclusive boutiques of well-known fashion
houses on the Neuer Wall and in the Alsterarkaden. Numerous cafés invite
you to linger. You can take a break, for example, in the classy
Alsterhaus or across the street in the Alsterpavillon (Alex). If you are
looking for jewelry and design off the beaten path, you will find
numerous small boutiques and designer shops in Wexstrasse (extension of
Grosse Bleichen Strasse in a south-westerly direction) and between 26
Fernsehturm and 5 Feldstrasse (on the Heiliggeistfeld).
Shopping
beyond the city
A nice area is also the Ottenser Hauptstraße, which
branches off from the Altona train station. There is u.a. the Mercado
shopping center, small cafes and bistros in the area invite you to take
a break.
You can also stroll around and discover new things in
the trendy districts such as Eppendorf, Winterhude or Pöseldorf. The
Eppendorf tree is one of them. The Kaufrausch department store with its
interwoven and crooked rooms wants to be discovered in the Eppendorf
residential area. The Café Lindtner rewards the search in the
Eppendorfer Landstraße.
You will also find what you are looking
for at the edge of the harbour, e.g. B. in Stilwerk. The designer world
is at home at the fish market in a former malt factory. Around 30 shops
show everything that is classy and chic. The star is the building,
ancient and ultra-modern blend together. In the foyer the music and
gastronomy lounge, the harbor in front of the door and the fish
restaurants around the corner. The former Falkenried tram plant is
similarly classy and funny.
fish market
The fish market,
Hamburg's most well-known market, starts every Sunday morning at five
o'clock, in winter only at 7 o'clock. After a night of drinking, it's
off to the fish market with its barkers. There is (almost) everything
there, including fish. Live music in the fish auction hall
wikipediacommons.
• Altona, Große Elbstraße opposite the fish
auction hall. • S + U-Bahn Landungsbrücken with 10 minutes walk, bus 112
from Altona train station.
Known for the fish, the corresponding dishes are usually in the upper
category, and the quality often doesn't really justify the price. In
non-specialist restaurants you often get excellent quality for less
money. The development into an international metropolis has long led to
a large selection of restaurants in all price and quality classes, and
with a wide variety of orientations. Examples of this are listed below.
Areas that are particularly heavily frequented are certainly the
Fischmarkt (fish restaurants, mostly in the upper price range), the
Schanze (very young audience) and of course the Kiez (Reeperbahn). The
many fish restaurants in the Portuguese quarter (Dietmar-Koel-Straße)
not far from the Landungsbrücken are very touristy and of varying
quality. Very cozy restaurants (upper price range) also in the "Langen
Reihe" behind the main train station. But no matter where you eat in
Hamburg, there are more than enough opportunities everywhere.
An
overview offers a list of the 100 most popular restaurants, compiled
from the most important restaurant guides, converted into a points
system.
The smelt (lat. Osmerus eperlanus) belongs to the same
family as salmon and sea trout. Like its big siblings, the smelt
migrates up the Elbe for a few weeks from the end of February to April
at spawning time, depending on the water temperature, a feast for fish
lovers. The fish is usually 15 to 18, maximum 30 centimeters long.
Connoisseurs know that the smelt only tastes good if it is not older
than a day, you should be able to tell that with your nose, it has a
light cucumber scent. The fish are gutted and the head removed. Before
frying, they are salted and then turned in rye flour. Traditionally, the
smelt is eaten with warm bacon and potato salad. During the stint
season, the specialty is offered in restaurants along the Elbe from the
estuary up via Hamburg to around Lüneburg.
Cafes
Café Paris, 4
Rathaustrasse. Tel: +49 (0)40 32527777. Delightful French brasserie with
murals from 1882 (must see!). Very good kitchen, homemade cakes. Open:
daily from 9 a.m. (Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m.) until 11:30 p.m.
(kitchen closes).
Chess Café Rübenkamp, Rübenkamp 227, 22307
Hamburg. Tel.: +49 (0)40 6310431. In a former train station building
(worth seeing, cozy!), with a beer garden in front of the door in
summer. Very good, inexpensive food. Open: Sun-Wed: 10:00-01:00; Thu-Sat
10:00-2:00.
Restaurants
Curry Pirates, Mozartstrasse 23. Tel.:
+49(0)40 28780661, email: info@Curry-Pirates.de. Popular and well-known
fast food restaurant in the district of Barmbeck-Süd.
Schweinske •
Good and cheap food, cozy! • 27x in Hamburg, recommended: St. Pauli
(diagonally opposite the Ibis Altona)
Alex Alster Pavilion,
Jungfernstieg 54. Tel.: (0)40-350 187-0. Reasonably priced for the
location, brilliant view of the Binnenalster!
Dips 'n' Sticks,
Spielbudenplatz 24-25. Tel: (0)40-317 788-84. Germany's first finger
food restaurant on the first floor of the Schmidttheater offers
delicious finger food combined with a great view of the Reeperbahn!
Restaurant Schifferstube "Unter Deck", An der Alster 14, 20099 Hamburg -
in the relexa hotel Bellevue. Tel.: (0)40-28444 0. Maritime-Hanseatic
restaurant with typical Hamburg cuisine and themed menus. Right on the
Alster. Open: daily from 5 p.m.
Restaurant Elbwarte, Neumühlen 37,
22763 Hamburg – in the Augustinum retirement home. Tel.: (0)40 39194999.
Restaurant and café in a former cold store owned by Union Kühlhaus GmbH
with a direct view of the Elbe. Open: Wed, Sat and Sun 3:00 p.m. - 6:00
p.m.
Schulau ferry house. Traditional café and restaurant directly on
the banks of the Elbe with an outdoor terrace and ship announcement in
Wedel.
Restaurant Schifferbörse, info@schifferboerse-hamburg.de.
Phone: +49 40 24 52 40, email: info@schifferboerse-hamburg.de.
Pubs
Schanzenviertel - Opposite the "Rote Flora" is the "Piazza", a
gastronomic mile with a beer garden-like atmosphere, also for tourists
who are more inclined towards the alternative scene.
Astra-Stube,
Max-Brauer-Allee. Tel: (0)40 319 7555 13. Party bar for rock and punk
music lovers. Open: Mon - Sun from 9 p.m. - open end.
Bar Rossi,
Max-Brauer-Allee. Tel: (0)40 433421.
Green Hunter. Tel.: (0)40
31814617. a small disco with comfortable sofas at the Neuer Pferdemarkt.
Mother, Stresemannstrasse. Tel: (0)40 43182106. In the living room from
the 1970s.
Nile, New Horse Market. Tel: (0)40 4397823. 1950's decor.
Open: Wed – Mon 6 p.m. – 10.30 p.m., Tue is closed.
Nouar, New Horse
Market 1.
Grandma's Pharmacy, Schanzenstrasse. Tel.: (0)40 436620.
cheap but good food and beer benches in front of the door invite you to
long summer evening chats.
Karoviertel (Feldstrasse U3).
CRD. is a
small retro-style basement bar with a mini dance floor and a varied
music program (focus on indie pop) near the Feldstraße underground
station.
Mess, Turnerstrasse. small basement restaurant, there are
also wines.
Old Town (City Hall U3).
Finnegan's Wake Hamburg. is
certainly the cosiest pub in Hamburg. Regular live music here too.
Cabaret, cabaret and variety show
Alma Hoppes Lustspielhaus
(political-satirical cabaret), Ludolfstr. 53, 20249 Hamburg (U1
Hudtwalckerstrasse). Tel.: +49(0)40 55565556, e-mail: vvk@almahoppe.de.
Das Schiff (old-school cabaret art on a seagoing cabaret ship),
Nikolaifleet / Holzbrücke 2, 20459 Hamburg (U3 Rödingsmarkt / S1+S3
Stadthausbrücke / bus line 37+111). Tel.: +49(0)40 69650580, e-mail:
info@theaterschiff.de.
Polittbüro (good, left cabaret), Steindamm 45,
20099 Hamburg (U1 Lohmühlenstraße). Phone: +49(0)40 280554677.
Pulverkeg (travesty show), Reeperbahn 147, 20359 Hamburg (S1+S3
Reeperbahn). Tel.: +49(0)40 247878, (0)40 249791, email:
info@pulverfasscabaret.de.
Schmidt Theater / Schmidts Tivoli
(entertainment for head, stomach and heart in a unique plush ambience),
Spielbudenplatz 27-28, 20359 Hamburg (S1+S3 Reeperbahn, U3 St. Pauli).
Phone: +49(0)40 31778899, email: info@tivoli.de.
Program tips:
•Caveman - one-man play about the most beautiful difference! To laugh
out loud!
Hot Corner - The Musical about Hamburg. Absolutely worth
seeing, the neighborhood as it lives and breathes!
Schmidt's Midnight
Show - The alternative to the Quatsch Comedy Club has been around a bit
longer and the seats can be chosen.
Great: When ordering online, the
seats can be individually selected from an interactive plan!
Hansa-Varieté-Theater (Germany's oldest variety show), Steindamm 17,
20099 Hamburg (S-Bahn and U-Bahn: Hauptbahnhof). Phone: +49(0)40
47110644.
The tickets for some theaters are very cheap for pupils and students
at €7.50.
Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Kirchenallee 39, 20099
Hamburg (S-Bahn and U-Bahn: Hauptbahnhof, exit Kirchenallee). Tel.:
+49(0)40 248713, email: kartenservice@schauspielhaus.de
wikipediacommons.
Altonaer Theater, Museumstrasse 17, 22765 Hamburg
(S-Bahn: Bahnhof-Altona). Tel.: +49 (0)40 39 90 58 70, fax: +49 (0)40 30
37 78 12, e-mail: tickets@altonaer-theater.de.
Ernst Deutsch Theater
(largest private theater in Germany), Friedrich-Schütter-Platz 1, 22087
Hamburg (U3 Mundsburg). Tel.: +49(0)40 22701420, e-mail:
tickets@ernst-deutsch-theater.de
Hamburger Kammerspiele,
Hartungstrasse 9-11, 20146 Hamburg (U1 Hallerstrasse). Tel.: +49(0)40
4133440, e-mail: tickets@hamburger-kammerspiele.de .
Kampnagel
(theater in a disused factory building), Jarrestraße 20, 22303 Hamburg
(U3 Borgweg + 10 min. walk, U3 to Barmbek + bus 172/173 to Jarrestraße
(Kampnagel)). Tel.: +49(0)40 4027094949, email: tickets@kampnagel.de .
Komödie Winterhuder Fährhaus, Hudtwalckerstraße 13, 22299 Hamburg (U1
Hudtwalckerstraße)). Tel.: +49(0)40 48068080, email:
info@komoedie-hamburg.de wikipediacommons.
Ohnsorg Theater (famous
Low German theater), Heidi-Kabel-Platz 1, 20099 Hamburg (S-Bahn and
U-Bahn: Hauptbahnhof, exit Kirchenallee). Phone: +49(0)40 35080321,
email: kasse@ohnsorg.de .
Thalia Theater (very good spoken theatre),
Alstertor 1, 20095 Hamburg (S-Bahn and U-Bahn: Jungfernstieg + 8 min.
walk). Tel.: +49(0)40 32814444, e-mail: theaterkasse@thalia-theater.de.
Program tips: Always funny and good music "Thalia Vista" and "The Return
of Thalia Vista".
Quatsch Comedy Club (known from the TV series),
Stresemannstrasse 163, 22769 Hamburg (S11,S21,S31 Holstenstrasse). Tel.:
+49(0)30 47997414. In the "Neue Flora" building / online reservations.
Theater im Hafen (Lion King, musical theater for 2030 people in a tent),
Norderelbstraße 6, 20457 Hamburg (S-Bahn and U-Bahn Landungsbrücken,
then with shuttle ferry). Tel.: +49(0)1805 4444. THE LION KING has been
a guest here since 2001. The fantastic costumes and the music by Elton
John fascinate children and adults alike. The theater is on the harbor
side on the Elbe.
Theater an der Elbe (musical theater with 1800
seats), Norderelbstraße 8, 20457 Hamburg (S-Bahn and U-Bahn
Landungsbrücken, then with shuttle ferry). Tel.: +49(0)1805 4444. "The
Miracle of Bern" has been running since it opened in 2014. The theater
is on the harbor side on the Elbe.
Theater Neue Flora (musical
theater with 1850 seats), Stresemannstrasse 159a, 22769 Hamburg
(S11,S21,S31 Holstenstrasse). Tel.: +49(0)1805 4444. After many years
the Phantom of the Opera made guest appearances in the "Neue Flora",
"Aladin - the magical musical from 1001 Nights" is now running.
Operettenhaus (traditional house, now musical theater with 1335 seats),
Spielbudenplatz 1, 20359 Hamburg (S1,S11,S3 Reeperbahn and U3 St.Pauli).
Phone: +49(0)1805 4444 . After many years of CATS and most recently
ROCKY making guest appearances here, "LOVE NEVER DIES - PHANTOM II" is
now playing.
Hamburg State Opera and opera stable, Dammtorstraße 28, 20354 Hamburg
(S1,S2,S3 Jungfernstieg / S11,S21,S31 Dammtor / U1 Stephansplatz / U2
Gänsemarkt). Tel.: +49(0)40 356868, e-mail: ticket@staatsoper-hamburg.de
.
Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier, Dammtorstraße 28, 20354 Hamburg
(S1,S2,S3 Jungfernstieg / S11,S21,S31 Dammtor / U1 Stephansplatz / U2
Gänsemarkt). Tel.: +49(0)40 356868, e-mail:
ticket@staatsoper-hamburg.de. See also State Opera for details.
Hamburg Chamber Opera and Allee Theater, Max-Brauer-Allee 76, 22765
Hamburg (Altona S-Bahn station). Tel.: +49(0)40 382959, email:
kasse@alleetheater.de . Also "Theater for Children".
Forum of the Music Academy, Harvestehuder Weg 12, Pöseldorf (Bus 109,
115 Alsterchaussee). Tel: (0)40 4284 8201. This is where the youngsters
perform. − 8 small opera productions and own productions per year.
Price: Admission to final concerts and exams is free, opera performances
€16.
Ensemble Resonanz, Laeiszhalle, Johannes-Brahms-Platz (Bus 3,
35, 36, 112 Johannes-Brahms-Platz). Tel: (0)40 3499 3882, email:
mail@ensembleresonanz.com. Young chamber music ensemble that sets new
standards with its idiosyncratic interpretation of early and
contemporary music.
Hamburger Camerata, Laeiszhalle,
Johannes-Brahms-Platz (Bus 3, 35, 36, 112 Johannes-Brahms-Platz). Tel:
(0)420 6464 wikipediacommonsfacebook. Chamber orchestra with up to 40
musicians - The Camerata presents itself with tonal transparency,
technical precision and great liveliness in the large hall of the
Laeiszhalle.
Hamburg Symphony Orchestra. Experience Orchestra.
NDR
Symphony Orchestra
Philharmonic State Orchestra. The city's
orchestra, mostly heard in the State Opera and in the Laeiszhalle, later
perhaps in the Elbphilharmonie.
In addition to the concert venues
mentioned here, there are also concerts in the Hamburg churches that are
well worth hearing.
CCH (Congress Center Hamburg). not only fairs,
but also dance balls, singing evenings and church events take place
here.
People's Park Stadium. Before that Imtech-Arena, HSH Nordbank
Arena, AOL-Arena - still football stadium of HSV Hamburg and venue for
concerts.
Barclays Arena, Sylvesterallee 10, 22525 Hamburg. Tel.: +49
(0)40 88 16 30, fax: +49 (0)40 88 16 31 63, e-mail:
info@barclays-arena.de . Not only HSV Handball or the Hamburg Freezers
play in the multifunctional hall, but also Justin Bieber or PUR.
Feature: wheelchair accessible.
Volksbank Arena. Hamburg's newest
arena, in addition to the two previous ice and ball sports halls, in
operation since November 2008.
Factory. Rock, pop, reggae, jazz etc.
in Altona-Ottensen.
Laeiszhalle . Mostly classical music and the
occasional bit of gospel or even stomp. Until the Elbphilharmonie is
completed, the events planned there will take place in the Laeiszhalle.
City Park . Open air concerts in summer.
Great Freedom 36 . Rock,
Pop, Hip Hop etc.
market hall. Rock, metal, indie.
verdigris.
rock, alternative, indie, etc.
The center of the Hamburg club scene is the Große Freiheit, a side
street off the Reeperbahn. There are also a few clubs on the Reeperbahn
itself:
Blankenese Kiez boarding school, Große Freiheit 10, 22767
Hamburg. Tel.: +49 (0)40 30238653. Small club on the Große Freiheit with
electro/minimal music, usually open until the early hours.
Docks,
Spielbudenpl. 19, 20359 Hamburg. one of the largest clubs in Hamburg on
the Reeperbahn next to the Davidwache, there are rock concerts as well
as hip-hop, techno, EDM or hardstyle parties.
Great Freedom 36 . Even
the Beatles played downstairs in the Kaiserkeller in their early years -
today the basement is mainly used for rock parties, in the main hall on
the ground floor for concerts, student parties and hardstyle parties of
the Tunnel Club, and in the gallery for salsa parties.
verdigris.
Further back on the Große Freiheit, concerts and parties with changing
DJs in the rock/alternative area.
Halo, HALO Clubbing, Great Freedom
No.6, 22767 Hamburg. Phone: +49 (0)40 87870680.
Indra, Große Freiheit
64, 22767 Hamburg. Open: Wed-Sun 21:00 - Open End.
Molotov, Molotow
Musikclub, Nobistor 14 (on the Reeperbahn), 22767 Hamburg. Phone: +49
(0)40 310845.
Moondoo, Reeperbahn 136, 20359 Hamburg.
Thomas Reed,
Nobistor 10, 22767 Hamburg. Tel.: +49 (0)40 31171840. On the Reeperbahn
near Beatles-Platz, large discotheque with several floors and a bar
lounge, different styles of music. Open: Mon-Sat 6:00 p.m. - Open End.
There are also clubs outside the neighborhood:
The Academy,
Hans-Albers-Platz, 20359 Hamburg. offers live music at its finest. In
summer you can also sit outside. Andy is a veteran and unique. Steve
Kavanagh plays every Tuesday - worth a listen! Belongs to Molly Malone's
and Drafthouse.
The Astra room. is located at Max-Brauer-Allee 200.
There is no specific style of music.
The lost and found office. is
located at Stresemannstraße 114. Concerts and parties take place here.
The port sound. is located at Carsten-Rehder-Straße 51-53 in an old
house. Reggae and drum and base events are held here.
The Red Flora,
shoulder blade 71, 20357 Hamburg. Email: info@roteflora.de. is an
autonomous cultural center that emerged from an occupied former theater
and department store and is located on the shoulder blade. There is no
fixed style of music.
The scale construction. is located at
Max-Brauer-Allee 204. It offers events with electro, reggae, hip-hop and
drum and bass, among others.
In Hamburg, various beach clubs invite you to celebrate and chill:
beach pearl internet. The only "true" beach club in Hamburg, right on
the banks of the Elbe with an unobstructed view of shipping.
Karo
Beach. Beach club in the Karo district. Beach=large sandbox but no
water, for the whole family.
Pauli beach. Beach club directly on the
banks of the Elbe, laid out on different levels, giving a wonderful view
of the harbor from almost every seat.
Hamburg del Mar. Beach club
directly on the banks of the Elbe (next to "Dock 3"), view of the Elbe
only from the front row.
dock 3 . Beach club directly on the banks of
the Elbe (next to the "Hamburg del Mar"), view of the Elbe only from the
front row.
Sky & Sand, Humboldtstraße 6, 22083 Hamburg (on the
parking deck of the Hamburger Meile shopping center). Tel.: +49 (0)174
9066690. The highest beach club in Hamburg on the roof of the
multi-storey car park in the district of Barmbek-Süd (Uhlenhorst) with
sand from the Fiji Islands, but no water, separate corner for children.
Open: daily from 12:00. Last modified: May 2018 (information may be
outdated)
Salsa
Latin Dance Academy, Welcerstraße 10. On Wednesdays, Fridays
and Saturdays from 10:00 p.m. Latinos, beginners and professional
dancers meet in the Salsa Club in Hamburg City and dance salsa, merengue
and bachata. There are also courses and intensive workshops.
Tango
Museum of Ethnology, Rothenbaumchaussee 64 1. Every Thursday in
the vaulted hall from 9:30 p.m. to around 1:00 a.m., a tango ball for
everyone - surrounded by old dugout specimens and a sailing ship from
the distant South Seas. Price: 4€.
There is a large cinema landscape in Hamburg. In addition to the
large mainstream cinemas, there are of course also smaller art house
cinemas. In summer there are several open-air cinemas. An overview can
be found on the city's website: Kino Hamburg
Film festivals
FFF - Fantasy Film Festival: International festival for science fiction,
horror and thriller at the Cinemaxx Dammtor
Film Festival : Film
festivals in the cinemas 3001, Abaton, Cinemaxx Dammtor and Metropolis
International Short Film Festival: June 6th to 11th, 2023 • Presentation
of national and international competitors • Various movie theaters in:
3001, B-Movie, Lichtmess, Metropolis and Zeise
Japan Film Festival :
Japanese cinema at 3001, B-Movie, Metropolis and Streit's cinemas
Lesbian Gay Film Days: In the cinemas B-Movie, Cinemaxx Dammtor,
Metropolis, Streit's and Studio
cinemas
Among other things:
43 3001, Schanzenstr. 75 (in the courtyard), 20357 Hamburg (S11, S21,
S31, U3, Bus 115, 181 to Sternschanze).
44 Abaton, Allendeplatz (near
the university) . Germany's probably first arthouse cinema, nice bistro
attached.
45 B-Movie, Brigittenstr. 5, 20359 Hamburg (S1, S3 to
Reeperbahn, U3 to Feldstraße.)
Cinemaxx
Dammtor, Dammtordamm
1, 20354 Hamburg (S21, S31 Dammtor or U1 Stephansplatz). Large
"Filmfestspielhaus" with eight halls and a cocktail bar. Hall 1 offers
just under 1000 seats and the largest screen in northern Germany.
Harburg, Moorstrasse 1, 21073 Hamburg.
Wandsbek, Quarree 8-10, 22041
Hamburg.
Holi, Schlankreye 69, 20144 Hamburg
Koralle, Kattyearn 1,
22359 Hamburg (Volksdorf) (U1 Volksdorf, Bus 24, 174. Multiple
award-winning program cinema in the community center) .
Candlemas,
Gaussstr. 25, 22765 Hamburg (S1, S2, S3, S31 Altona, Bus 2, 37, 150
Friedensallee.) .
Magazine, Fiefstücken 8a, 22299 Hamburg (U1
Lattenkamp) . Classic arthouse cinema near the city park.
Metropolis,
Kleine Theaterstraße, 20354 Hamburg (next to the State Opera on
Dammtorstraße. U2 Gänsemarkt, U1 Stephansplatz, S21, S31 Dammtor) . Cozy
cafe.
Passage, Mönckebergstrasse 17, 20095 Hamburg. The oldest cinema
in Hamburg, opened in 1913 and extensively renovated in 2010. Bar in the
foyer.
Savoy Hamburg, Steindamm 54, 20099 Hamburg. Shows films in
their original version.
UCI. three cinemas in Othmarschen, Wandsbek
and Mundsburg.
Zeise, Friedensallee 7-9, 22765 Hamburg (S1, S3, S31
Altona, Bus 2, 37, 150 Friedensallee.)
Open air
Altona
Town Hall Market - free
ski jump park
city Park
Since 2013, a culture and tourism tax of up to €4 has been levied on
overnight stays. Business travelers are not subject to tax, appropriate
proof in the form of a confirmation from the employer on the official
form should be carried with you. Alternatively, it is also sufficient if
the invoice is made out to the employer or if he made the booking.
Further accommodation can be found in the travel guides for the
districts of Hamburg.
camping
Camping Buchholz, Kieler Strasse
374, 22525 Hamburg-Stellingen. Tel.: +49 (0)40 5404532. Open: all year
round.
KNAUS Campingpark Hamburg, Wunderbrunnen 2, D-22457 Hamburg
(directly off the A7 Schnelsen-Nord exit, follow the "IKEA" signs).
Phone: +49 (0)40 75594225, email: hamburg@knauscamp.de. Open: all year
round 08:00-12:00 + 14:00-20:00.
The ElbeCamp campsite on the
Falkensteiner Ufer offers a natural camping experience right on the Elbe
beach. The ElbeCamp is a project of the Child Protection and Youth
Welfare Association Hamburg. The location is idyllic: In the north, the
wooded Geesthang rises almost 100m above the Elbe, in the south is
Hamburg's last natural beach. The port and the Airbus factory can be
seen in the distance, but too far away for the noise to disturb the
tranquility at ElbeCamp.
Camping Haselknick, Haselknick 77, 22397
Hamburg-Ohlstedt. Phone: +49 (0)40 6050494, email:
Gasthaus-Haselknick@gmx.de. Right in the nature reserve and on the
Alster in the district of Wohldorf-Ohlstedt, in a rural and yet in
the middle of the forest, suitable for mobile homes, tents, caravans.
Playground and restaurant Open: March 1st - August 31st.
camper
pitches
Motorhome port Hamburg, Grüner Deich 8, 20097 Hamburg. Tel.:
+49 (0)40 30091890. Immediately below an S-Bahn bridge, not in a nice
location but quite central.
Strand Pauli car park, St. Pauli
Hafenstrasse 89, 20359 Hamburg. Tel.: +49 (0)40 230120. Directly on the
St. Pauli Landungsbrücken, excellent view of what is happening in the
port and the ships coming in and out, directly adjacent to the Sunday
fish market.
Camper place Hamburg, Finkenrieker Hauptdeich 5, 21109
Hamburg. Tel.: +49 (0)157 74505514. Near the Stillhorn motorway service
area, A1.
Elbepark Bunthaus, Moorwerder Hauptdeich 33, 21109 Hamburg.
Tel.: +49 (0)40 18047215. Very quiet location on a tongue of land, the
Bunthäuser Spitze, between the North Elbe and the South Elbe, near a
small green and white wooden lighthouse. Outside the city of Hamburg,
there are of course various other camping and mobile home sites in the
vicinity, e.g. B. in the old country.
Simply
A&O Hamburg
Hammer Church, Hammer Landstraße 170. Tel.: +49 40 21040294, email:
booking@aohostels.comfacebook. Feature: 68 rooms.
instant sleep,
Max-Brauer-Allee 277, Schanzenviertel. Tel: +49 (0)40 43182310. Payment
methods accepted: debit card, credit card, PayPal.
DJH-Jugendherberge
Auf dem Stintfang, Alfred-Wegener-Weg 5 (directly above the underground
and S-Bahn station Landungsbrücken, turn right out of the station onto
the footbridge and only go up the stairs). Tel.: +49 (0)40 5701590,
mobile: +49 (0)152 09395715, fax: +49 (0) 313732, email:
stintfang@jugendherberge.defacebookinstagram. Perfect view of the Elbe
and the harbor from the breakfast room. Open: All year round (24/7)
except 23.12.-26.12. Check-in: 14:00-01:00. Price: BB from €22.00.
Payment types accepted: debit card, credit card.
Horner Rennbahn
Youth Hostel, Rennbahnstr. 100. Tel.: +49 (0)40 6511671. 15 min. to the
city. Payment types accepted: debit card, credit card.
Schanzenstern,
Bartelsstrasse 12, 20357 Hamburg, Schanzenviertel.
Schanzenstern
Altona, Kleine Rainstrasse 24-26, 22765 Hamburg, Ottensen.
Pension
Schmidt, Elsternweg 14, 21224 Rosengarten. Tel.: +49 (0)4105 7389. 20
minutes to the city (local public transport HVV) edit info
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Meininger Hotel Hamburg City Center, Goetheallee 11, 22765 Hamburg.
Payment types accepted: debit card, credit card.
14 A&O Hamburg City,
Spaldingstrasse 160 (near Berliner Tor). Tel.: +49 40 18 12 98 - 40 00,
Email: booking@aohostels.comfacebook. Feature: 554 rooms.
Middle
CAP SAN DIEGO (museum ship), Überseebrücke, 20459 Hamburg. Tel.:
+49(0)40 364209, fax: (0)40 362528, e-mail: info@capsandiego.de.
Overnight stay on the former general cargo ship CAP SAN DIEGO, "Sleep
where Hamburg is most beautiful: not on, but on the Elbe."
Hotel
Alt-Nürnberg, Steintorweg 15, 20099 Hamburg. Phone: +49(0)40 246024.
Condi Hotel. Quiet, privately run hotel in the district of Hummelsbüttel
near the airport with a café attached. Feature: Garni.
Novotel Hotel
Alster, Luebecker Strasse 3, 22087 Hamburg. Phone: +49 (0)40 391900.
Mercure Hotel an der Messe, Schröderstiftstrasse 3, 20146 Hamburg.
Phone: +49 (0)40 450690.
Suite Hotel, Lübeckertordamm 2, 20099
Hamburg. Phone: +49 (0)40 271400.
Ibis Hotel Alster, Holzdamm 4-12,
20099 Hamburg. Phone: +49 (0)40 40 248290.
relexa hotel Bellevue, An
der Alster 14, 20099 Hamburg. Tel.: +49 (0)40 284440, fax: +49 (0)40
28444222, e-mail: hamburg@relexa-hotel.de. Directly on the beautiful
Outer Alster, only a few minutes to the train station and the city.
Ibis Alsterring, Pappelallee 61 (Wandsbek). Tel.: +49(0)40 658020.
Middle-class hotel, well-kept, quiet with the windows closed, good for a
short stay. Open: double room without breakfast 80-90€. Check-in: 3 p.m.
Check-out: 12.00. Last modified: Nov. 2015 (information may be outdated)
JUFA Hotel Hamburg HafenCity. Child-friendly 4* family hotel opened in
April 2018 for city and family vacationers in Hafencity, with family
rooms of different sizes, buggy rental, indoor play areas and great
outdoor facilities. Feature: ★★★★.
upscale
Hotel Atlantic, An
der Alster 72-79. Tel.: +49 (0)40 28 880, fax: +49 (0)40 288 88 52,
email: hotel.atlantic@kempinski.com . 5 stars (LUXURY - accommodation
for the highest demands, with a view of the Alster) Feature: ★★★★★.
Price: double room: 295 - 450€, suites: 800 - 4,900€. last change: Aug.
2017 (information may be outdated)
Le Méridien Hamburg, An der Alster
52-56, 20099 Hamburg. Tel.: +49(0)40 21000. Modern design hotel in St.
Georg, directly on the Outer Alster. Many of the 275 rooms + suites
offer breathtaking views of the Alster. Particularly popular: cocktails
or dinner in the HERITAGE restaurant at sunset. Hotel Webcam: Alster
View Feature: ★★★★★. Check-in: 3:00 p.m. Check-out: 12:00 p.m.
Sofitel Hamburg Alter Wall, Am Alten Wall 40, 20457 Hamburg. Tel: +49 40
369500, Fax: +49 40 369501000, Email: H5395@sofitel.com. Hotel with a
total of 241 rooms and suites. Check-in: 3:00 p.m. Check-out: 12:00
noon.Last modified: Sep. 2017 (information may be out of date)
SIDE
Design Hotel, Drehbahn 49, 20354 Hamburg. Tel.: +49 (0)40 309990.
Hamburg's only 5-star design hotel. Feature: ★★★★★.Last modified: Aug
2017 (information may be out of date)
Hotel Hafen Hamburg,
Seewartstrasse 9, 20459 Hamburg. Tel.: +49 (0)40 311130. Great view of
the Hamburg harbor (book a view of the Elbe!). Feature: ★★★★.last
modified: Aug. 2017 (possibly outdated)
Dorint Hotel Hamburg
Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 72, 20251 Hamburg. Phone: +49 40 570150-0,
fax: +49 40 570150-100, email: info.hamburg@dorint.com. The hotel offers
195 rooms including 14 suites with a direct connection to the adjacent
university clinic with over 80 specialists. Feature: ★★★★. Price: from
129€ per room/night. Last modified: Sep. 2017 (information may be out of
date)
Fairmont Hotel Four Seasons. Luxurious 5-star traditional
Hamburg hotel located directly on the Binnenalster. The "Café Condi"
located in the building and the living room for afternoon tea are also
worthwhile. Feature: ★★★★★.last modified: Feb. 2018 (information may be
outdated)
The Fontenay, Fontenay 10, 20354 Hamburg. Tel.: +49 (0)40
6056605-0, fax: +49 (0)40 6056605888, e-mail: info@thefontenay.de .
5-star luxury hotel on the banks of the Outer Alster. Feature: ★★★★★.
WGs and apartments
The housing market in Hamburg is one of the
most difficult in all of Germany: as it was badly damaged in the war and
largely rebuilt in a relatively loveless and functional manner,
affordable old-style apartments and shared student accommodation are in
short supply. Prices of 350-400€ for a shared room are absolutely
normal, it is a bit cheaper to live as a subtenant in a temporarily
vacant room. Eimsbüttel, the Schanzen and Karo districts, Altona -
especially Ottensen here, are particularly popular, as well as Eppendorf
and Winterhude, here you can easily search for longer than six months.
Living south of the Elbe is still cheap at the moment, but you are also
a bit "off the beaten path", and districts such as Wilhelmsburg or the
Veddel are considered to be a bit rougher. Closer to the city center are
the old working-class districts of Hamm and Barmbek, where you can find
relatively cheap apartments in brick buildings that are 40 to 70 years
old, but the districts themselves are rather dreary. When searching, in
addition to the usual notices at universities or technical colleges, you
can use the advertising section of the Hamburger Abendblatt (get up
early, otherwise everything will be gone, or e-paper online the night
before) or stock exchanges on the Internet: e.g.
Student housing
or
Flatshare wanted.
Collection of links for finding accommodation
in Hamburg (English-language list from the hospitality network scene)
At the end of the month, most housing cooperatives offer their unrented
inventory on the open market, and there can sometimes be a nice bargain.
Hamburg has many universities, although the university landscape in
Hamburg is in a state of upheaval. In addition to the University of
Hamburg, there are also the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg and
the HAW. Until 2005, the HWP was still an independent university in
Hamburg. In the meantime it has been incorporated into the University of
Hamburg.
There is also a university for urban planning in
Hafencity, HafenCity University
Hamburg is also known for fashion
schools, here there is the Academy of Fashion Design and the Academy
JAK.
Central Library
Hamburg Public Library
Student jobs
As a student, it is relatively easy to find a job in
Hamburg. The Studierendenwerk has its own portal for this, the
Stellenwerk. Here you can find jobs at the university, in the university
and around the university. From the waitress to the scientific assistant
to internships.
There are also numerous part-time jobs at
StudentJob or Bargaining Jobs.de Here, students can also look for
internships and trainee programs to start their careers.
Job
Market
But non-students can also find a job in Hamburg. After all,
the unemployment rate in Hamburg has been falling steadily since 2009.
In October 2015, this was 7.3 percent.
Career
In addition,
Hamburg offers many career advice services:
The Career Center of the
University of Hamburg
The career forge
career and development
As in all of Germany, the real crime rate in Hamburg is inversely
proportional to the perceived crime rate. While the total number of
crimes has been declining for years, the population's perception of a
threat is increasing sharply. In fact, a study published in early summer
2006 found that citizens believed that areas they had never visited and
had no plans to visit posed a particularly high threat.
In
principle, the same precautionary measures apply to Hamburg as to all
other German areas. Particularly noteworthy for tourists is the area
around the Reeperbahn, where quarrels and fisticuffs occasionally break
out late in the evening on weekends, in which knives are also used. For
this reason, too, the area has the highest police density in Germany.
There is a general ban on weapons in the trendy Reeperbahn district
and the adjacent streets, which also includes the Reeperbahn S-Bahn
station. The gun ban prohibits the carrying of firearms, knives, batons,
brass knuckles, baseball bats, stun guns and all similar weapons. This
is checked by the police and violations found will be reported to the
police. The only exceptions to the gun ban are pepper sprays for police
officers and security guards.
There is a general ban on alcohol
consumption on the underground, suburban and A-Bahn trains, as well as
on Metronom trains, which does not provide for any time restrictions.
The ban on alcohol consumption prohibits the consumption of alcohol and
the carrying of alcoholic beverages in open containers. Violations are
punished with a fine of 40 euros, and in repeated cases the transport
companies also reserve the right to ban them from entering the building.
The ban on alcohol does not apply to HADAG harbor ferries or DB Regio
local trains, as these leave Hamburg for Schleswig-Holstein.
Hamburg has a well-organized autonomous scene, the most distinctive core
of which is the Rote Flora in the Schanzenviertel. As a non-participant,
one should avoid demonstrations as much as possible; the autonomous
scene is just as notorious in this regard as the Hamburg police.
The 2019 police crime statistics provide detailed information on crime.
Hamburg has a very good health care system. In Hamburg you can be
sure that the emergency doctor will arrive in less than 10 minutes after
you have called him.
University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf,
Martinistr. 52. Tel.: +49(0)40 7410-0, email: info@uke.de . Feature:
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medical and dental emergency services in Hamburg a
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The emergency number of
the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians can be reached
on the nationwide telephone number 116 117. He offers telephone advice
from a doctor, arranges a home visit by a doctor, care in an emergency
practice and, if necessary, forwarding to 112.
There are enough
pharmacies in Hamburg during normal shop opening hours.
A pharmacy
emergency service is also guaranteed in Hamburg. You can also find
up-to-date information on the front door of the local pharmacies.
Tourist Information in the main station (U/S-Bahn Hauptbahnhof / main
exit Kirchenallee). Open: Mon-Sat 08:00 - 21:00, Sundays and public
holidays 10:00 - 18:00.
Tourist Information at the harbor (St. Pauli
Landungsbrücken between bridges 4 and 5). Open: April 1 - October 31:
daily 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., November 1 - March 31: daily 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Tourist Information Airport Office (no ticket sales except Hamburg CARD;
Fuhlsbüttel Airport / in the new Airport Plaza (between Terminal 1 +
2)). Open: daily 06:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m
Tourist Information CCH
concert box office (exit Dammtorbahnhof / Dag-Hammaskjöld-Platz). Open:
Mon-Fri 08:00-19:45, Sat 10:00-16:00.
Hamburg Tourism GmbH. Email:
info@hamburg-tourismus.de.
City information:
www.hamburg.de
Church
services
List of all Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of Hamburg
St. Marien, Domkirche, Danziger Str. 60 (St. Georg, near the main
station). Sun: 8:30 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 pm (Portuguese), 3:00 pm
(Croat.), 6:30 pm; Mon-Sat: 6:15 p.m.; Thurs: 9:15 a.m
St. Elisabeth,
Oberstr. 65 (Harvestehude). Sat: 6:00 p.m.; Sun: 10:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m.
(English), 5:30 p.m. (Spanish), 7:30 p.m.; Tue, Thu, Fri: 7 p.m.; Wed:
3:00 p.m
St. Ansgar, "little Michel", Michaelisstr. 5 (New Town).
Sun: 9:30am, 11:30am, 3:30pm (tagalog), 7:30pm; Mon, Fri: 6:30 p.m.;
Wed: 9:30 a.m., 7:00 p.m. (tagalog)
Communication
Hamburg is
relatively expensive and it is not always easy to get in touch with the
locals. Nevertheless, new contacts can be made quickly in any part of
the city, be it in the posh Blankenese or in the autonomous
Schanzenviertel. The best way to get to know down-to-earth people is in
sports clubs or inexpensive pubs. In summer, the Elbe beach in Övelgönne
is a meeting point. The Neustädter magazine is also recommended for
newcomers.
Hamburg's telephone area code is 040. However, the
island of Neuwerk (exclave), which belongs to the federal state, has its
own: 04721.
Current overview of post offices
Current overview
of postcodes
Hamburg is located in northern Germany at the mouths of the Bille and
the Alster in the Lower Elbe, which flows into the North Sea about 100
kilometers to the north-west. The Neuwerk district, which consists of
three islands, is located near this estuary. On the Elbe, the tidal port
stretches from the Veddel to Finkenwerder, mainly on the south bank of
the North Elbe, opposite the districts of St. Pauli and Altona. The two
banks are connected by the Elbe bridges in the east and by the old and
new Elbe tunnel. The land south and north of the river is Geest, higher
ground formed by the sand and debris deposited by glaciers during the
ice ages. The northernmost areas of the city belong to the fertile young
moraine land. The marshes lying directly on the river were crossed by
tributaries of the Elbe for centuries on both sides of the Elbe and
flooded by the floodwaters of the North Sea, with sand and silt being
deposited. In the meantime, the Elbe has been dyked on both sides, side
arms have been drained, diverted, channeled or dyked. In the outskirts,
old dykes are still reminiscent of the time when whole districts were
flooded during high tide. The highest elevation is 116.2 m above sea
level. NHN of the Hasselbrack in a northern foothill of the Harburg
Mountains.
The Alster in the city center has been dammed to form
a lake since the Middle Ages. This is divided into the larger Outer
Alster and the smaller Inner Alster, which is surrounded by the historic
core of the city. The tributaries of the Alster - like the Alster itself
- are partly canalised in the city area. They are mostly lined with
extensive public parks. The numerous canals, rivers and canals of the
city are spanned by almost 2500 bridges. It is widely unknown that one
of the last tidal floodplain forests in Europe is located on the largest
river island of the Elbe, in Wilhelmsburg.
Hamburg borders on
Schleswig-Holstein in the north and on Lower Saxony in the south. With
the exception of a few minor "area adjustments", such as the acquisition
of the island of Neuwerk and parcels of land near the Geesthacht dam,
the current boundaries of the city of Hamburg have existed since the
Greater Hamburg Act, which came into force on April 1, 1937. The city is
the second largest city in Germany after Berlin in terms of both
population and area.
The historic center of the city lies south
of the Binnenalster. The geographic center of Hamburg in its current
political borders should be a point at the Kuhmühlenteich in the
district of Uhlenhorst. The northernmost point of Hamburg is the island
of Scharhörn, the easternmost is Altengamme, the southernmost is Krauel
and the westernmost is the island of Nigehern. The largest extent of the
city in east-west direction is 39.88 km and in north-south direction
42.31 km.
The city of Hamburg consists of 92 percent land and
eight percent water.
Elbe (Lower Elbe) with Norderelbe, Süderelbe, Koehlbrand,
Reiherstieg, Rethe, Dove Elbe and Gose Elbe
Tributaries of the Elbe:
Seeve Canal, Bille, Alster, Flottbek and Este
Tributaries of the
Alster: Eilbek (Wandse), Osterbek, Goldbek, Isebek, Tarpenbek, Saselbek,
Rodenbek, Bredenbek, Ammersbek
Hamburg is located in the cool-temperate climate zone and is
characterized by a maritime climate. Due to the maritime influences of
the prevailing westerly winds, the climate is milder in winter and
cooler in summer than in the eastern hinterland.
The average
annual temperature is 9.4 °C. The warmest month is July with an average
of 18.1 °C, the coldest January with 1.6 °C. Temperatures around 28 °C
are not uncommon in midsummer. A maximum value of 40.1 °C (July 20,
2022) was measured at the Neuwiedenthal weather station. The absolute
minimum temperature is −29.1 °C (February 13, 1940). The climate is
humid all year round. An average of 773 mm of precipitation falls over
the course of a year, and there is fog on an average of 52 days per
year. Most rain falls in the 31 days surrounding June 29; the least
falls around April 16th. In the winter months it can be very stormy.
Hamburg's dirty weather is proverbial (regionally called Schietwedder).
The environmental situation in Hamburg is and was often the subject
of heated arguments. Noise pollution from road, rail and air traffic,
which is a health hazard for many residents, is a regular issue. Hamburg
does not have an environmental zone, in contrast to most other German
metropolitan areas, despite a high proportion of motor vehicles on the
routes taken by residents and a high volume of commuters, a significant
proportion of whom also use motor vehicles. When it comes to air
pollution, in addition to the pollution from heating, power generation,
three waste incineration plants and car traffic that is typical for
large cities, there are further pollution from port-related shipping and
industry, here also with odor nuisance.
Hamburg has had an
authority since 1978 that has the word "environment" in its name. She
successfully applied for the title of European Green Capital for the
city, which Hamburg was allowed to use in 2011, which was viewed
critically by environmental organizations.
At the beginning of the 2000s, there were debates about the expansion at Airbus and, in connection with this, the partial filling of the Mühlenberger Loch and until 2008 about the new construction of the Moorburg coal-fired power plant. Environmental scandals such as the dioxin contamination of the Boehringer site in Billbrook and the poison mountain with dioxin and parathion in Georgswerder in the early 1980s and the problems with contaminated or toxic Elbe silt, including in Altenwerder, have become known nationwide. In addition, the deepening of the Elbe is a point of contention in Hamburg politics.
Up until the year 2000, nitrogen dioxide (NO2) air pollution steadily
decreased. This was attributed to the mandatory introduction of the
catalytic converter and the renewal of the motor vehicle fleet. Since
then, the pollution has remained at the level reached or has increased
again at some stations. Because the NO2 limit values were exceeded, a
clean air plan was ordered for the first time in 2004, which included
measures to ensure compliance with the NO2 limit values in the long
term.
In 2012, the persistent exceeding of NO2 limit values led
to an update of the Hamburg air pollution control plan. In addition, for
the first time in 2005 and 2006, the number of times the daily mean
limit value for particulate matter (PM10) was exceeded by 35 times in a
calendar year could not be met. The first update of the Hamburg clean
air plan therefore contains various measures to reduce the pollutants
nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter.
Due to the continued
exceedance of limit values for nitrogen dioxide, the city was obliged by
a judgment of the Administrative Court of Hamburg on November 5, 2014
(file number 9 K 1280/13) to "amend the currently valid clean air plan
in such a way that it takes the necessary measures for the fastest
possible compliance with the above contains an immission value for NO2
of 40 μg/m³ averaged over a calendar year.” The second update of the
clean air plan, which came into force on June 30, 2017, serves in
particular to implement this judgment.
In Hamburg, global warming is leading to an increase in the number of
summer days, hot days and tropical nights, which affects the
productivity of work, the ability to concentrate and the health of the
city's population. The even greater decline in frost and ice days, which
are important for agriculture, is less relevant for Hamburg as a city.
With regard to the development of precipitation amounts, there is
currently insufficient data available. The rise in sea level will lead
to an increased risk of storm surges and more sediment and a shift in
the brackish water zone in the Elbe.
The city administration
monitors these consequences of climate change on the basis of a "climate
plan" in order to assess them and take adaptation measures.
Population
Population development
Hamburg reached its highest level of population to date with
(according to the population register) 1.899 million in 2019, the
previous peak of 1.86 million was in 1964. However, since the 2011
census, the officially updated population figure has been around 50,000
lower.
After 1964, urban exodus (suburbanization) led to a
population decline by 1986 to around 1.6 million inhabitants. Since
then, the population has increased to 1.81 million (December 2016). A
further increase in population is predicted for Hamburg in the coming
years (up to 2030), in the mean projection to around 1.9 million
inhabitants. Recently (2013) there has also been talk of growth to more
than two million inhabitants.
In 2010 and 2011, excess births
were recorded in Hamburg for the first time in decades. In 2010 women in
Hamburg gave birth to 17,377 children, in 2011 it was 17,125. This
compared to 17,060 deaths in 2010 and 17,060 in 2011. This resulted in a
positive balance of 65 inhabitants in 2011. In addition, 93,466 new
arrivals with only 81,231 departures resulted in a population increase
of 12,235 inhabitants compared to 2010.
The average life
expectancy in 2015/17 was 78.5 years for men and 83.2 years for women.
The men and women thus occupy 5th place among the German federal states.
At the end of 2013, 550,000 residents had a migration background
(persons with German nationality and foreign origin who are registered
under the registration law), which is around 31 percent of all residents
in Hamburg. At the end of 2012, the number of foreigners (registered
persons without German citizenship) amounted to 238,000 inhabitants. At
the end of 2012, 197,000 people were naturalized and 78,000 were
resettlers. At the end of 2013, the proportion of foreigners was 13.2
percent. 183 nationalities were represented.
At the end of 2012,
51,799 of the residents without German citizenship came from Turkey,
20,635 from Poland, 11,732 from Afghanistan and 11,081 from the former
Serbia and Montenegro.
More than a quarter of all foreigners
registered in Hamburg came from member states of the European Union.
In 2014, a total of 1,193,400 people were employed in Hamburg. 339,600 of them were in public and private service providers, 393,100 in trade, transport, hospitality, as well as in the information and communication sector, 304,300 in the corporate services sector (finance, corporate services, real estate and housing), 115,900 in manufacturing industry, 38,200 in construction and 2,400 in industry Agriculture, forestry and fisheries employed.
In 2006, the average taxable income was EUR 35,887 gross per year. In
2010, female employees in Hamburg earned around 20 percent less than
their male colleagues. On the rivers and on the wooded periphery of the
north-east, three larger areas have established themselves, in which the
inhabitants have an especially high average income: in the Elbe suburbs
in the west, in the parts of the city in the north-east including the
forest villages and around the Outer Alster Lake and the Alster Lake
.north of her in the North Center area. In addition, there is the
district of Marienthal in the east. The inhabitants of the Elbe suburbs
have the highest average income. Nienstedten is far ahead with an
average of 170,408 euros (2007), followed by Blankenese with 110,108
euros. In the forest villages, the inhabitants of Wohldorf-Ohlstedt
achieve the highest income with an average of 105,305 euros (2007). In
the districts around the Outer Alster, the Harvestehuder have 88,746
euros (2007). Hamburg is the city with the most (wealthy) millionaires
in Germany. In 2019, at 10.9%, Hamburg also had the highest wealth rate
in a comparison of the federal states and the highest proportion of
income millionaires.
The belt of low-income areas stretches from
Billstedt in the east to the eastern city center; the Elbe island
Wilhelmsburg with the Veddel and Harburg south of the Elbe; the western
districts of Altona-Altstadt, Altona-Nord and St. Pauli. In addition,
the eastern districts of Dulsberg, Barmbek-Nord and Steilshoop and the
western district of Lurup are affected. The residents of the districts
of Veddel, Kleiner Grasbrook and Steinwerder on the Elbe island have the
lowest average income with 11,756 to 15,491 euros (2007). This is
followed by the district of Rothenburgsort with 18,850 euros. All these
parts of the city have in common their proximity to the port of Hamburg
and to the industrial and commercial areas. The district with the lowest
income in the central city area is Dulsberg with an average annual
income of 18,927 euros. The district has older, very dense buildings.
In March 2013, the proportion of beneficiaries under the Second Book of the Social Code (SGB II for short) who received unemployment benefit II averaged 10.3 percent across Hamburg, which was below the average of 14.5 percent for the city state of Berlin and the state of Bremen. Comparatively few beneficiaries are registered in the high-income areas, northern parts of the city, southern outskirts and most of the Bergedorf district. In some cases, the rate is less than one percent. In the low-income, densely populated old building districts of Altona and St. Pauli, as well as in districts with high-rise housing estates such as Steilshoop, Lurup and Hausbruch, the proportion of those receiving assistance is higher. Over 22 percent of the recipients of aid are in the districts that stretch from Jenfeld in the east to Wilhelmsburg in the south and are characterized by industry and/or high-rise housing estates such as Mümmelmannsberg or Kirchdorf-Süd.