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Discover Hamburg
Hamburg offers its guests a large choice of guided tours and city walks, as well as boat trips on the River Elbe and the Alster Lake, and there are even bus tours taking visitors through the container port. Many of Hamburg’s tourists attractions are well within walking distance or can be reached conveniently by local public transport.

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Town hall
The town hall’s magnificent interior can be viewed as part of a guided tour. To learn more and to sign up for a group tour in English or French, please call + 49 40 428 31-2064.

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Speicherstadt
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On an area that was once used for storing coffee, tea and other spices, visitors can now marvel at the Miniatur Wunderland, the world’s largest model railway, or experience spine-chilling tales of Klaus Störtebeker, the famous buccaneer, at the Hamburg Dungeon. The Speicherstadt’s spice museum provides insights into the history of the warehouse complex and the lives of stevedores at the time, while the adjacent wine cellar serves as a venue for parties. Restaurants, cafés and quaint historic warehouse floors offer unique event venues.

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HafenCity & Elbphilharmonie

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The Elbphilharmonie concert hall with its distinctive architecture rises as a new landmark on its plinth of the historic warehouse Kaispeicher A. Designed by architect Werner Kallmorgen, the red-bricked Kaispeicher A was built in 1963 on more than 1,000 concrete piles. Today, it carries the weight of the glassed superstructure of the concert hall above it. Each of the Elbphilharmonie’s 1,100 arched windows is unique. The centrepiece of the building is the grand concert hall at a height of 50 metres, which provides seating for 2,100 persons. For acoustic reasons the concert hall is isolated from the outer walls and rests on giant spring assemblies. The small concert hall seats 550 persons and is intended for chamber music concerts as well as balls and banquets.
The Elbphilharmonie also comprises the Kaistudio, a venue that is being used for experimental music and provides seating for 150. In addition to this, the Elbphilharmonie houses a hotel, a restaurant, 45 residential units and a parking garage. An 82 metre-long, curved escalator leads visitors from the entrance on the east side to a panoramic window overlooking the port. From here you can access the public Plaza square, which is situated at a height of 37 metres above sea level. The Plaza covers an area of 4,000 square metres and is almost as big as Hamburg’s Rathausmarkt square. It offers a spectacular panoramic view of Hamburg.

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Reeperbahn

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The name itself, however, goes back to a very honourable trade: the Low German word Reeperbahn means ropewalk – a straight lane where long strands of fibre are laid before being twisted into rope. From 1630, local rope makers would manufacture long ropes of up to 300 metres here, which would be used in the rigging of sailing ships. More recently, the Reeperbahn became a part of music history, when in the early 1960s the Beatles started their world career in the clubs of the St Pauli district. Music continues to play an important role on the Reeperbahn and its many side streets – most notably during the Reeperbahn Festival in September, when the Reeperbahn is transformed into one big live stage. All those who would like to explore St Pauli and the Reeperbahn on foot can choose between diverse themed guided tours.

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Jungfernstieg


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St Michaelis Church
Providing seating for 2,500 persons, St Michaelis Church is the largest of Hamburg’s churches. With a diameter of 8 metres it also features Germany’s largest tower clock. Originally built in 1669, the church burnt down twice in the course of its 400-year history and only the foundation walls remained. Today’s architectural design of the building is based on plans from 1762. In this same year, the church’s crypt was completed; it can be viewed as part of a guided tour. St Michaelis Church does not only serve as the venue for religious services, but also plays host to concerts and book readings. Just beside the church building you will find the historic Grocers’ Apartments – half-timbered residential houses with narrow courtyards characteristic of Hamburg architecture of the 17th century.

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St. Pauli Landungsbrücken

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On the western end of the building you will find the entrance to the Old Elbe Tunnel – a technical monument from 1911 with a length of 426.5 metres, which leads you to the southern banks of the River Elbe. The tunnel is open to pedestrians and cyclists 24 hours a day and can also be used by cars for a fee. Many of the dockworkers at the Blohm + Voss shipyard still use this historic tunnel to get to work, and it has also been the venue for exhibitions and other events.

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Alster

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Elbe

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These ferries will take you past the St Pauli Landungsbrücken, the historic fish auction hall and the Oevelgönne museum harbour all the way to Teufelsbrück, where the grand Elbchaussee runs adjacent and the Jenischpark invites you to take a stroll. In the summer, numerous beach clubs transform the Elbe banks into an open-air location that exudes a true holiday atmosphere. For event organisers, Hamburg also offers a wide range of maritime options for unforgettable events with a special Hamburg flair.
Museum ships

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Ballinstadt Emigration Museum
The Ballinstadt emigration halls were thus a kind of modern quarantine station and also served the safety of passengers, who were often deprived of their belongings by fraudsters before their departure. The museum displays the hardship of these people during the crossing in seven chapters. It also houses a genealogical research centre, where visitors can search for emigrated family members via an interactive program. The spacious halls of Ballinstadt can be booked for events of up to 400 guests. To get to the museum you can use the Maritime Circle Line shuttle, which departs from bridge 10 of the St Pauli Landungsbrücken.

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