Block P (and Wandbereiterbrücke) in the Speicherstadt, Hamburg at night, GermanyThe Speicherstadt was built between 1885 and 1927 as the world’s largest contiguous warehouse complex on over 100,000 oak and poplar piles…

36 landmarks, museums and harbor classics

Hamburg sights.

From the UNESCO World Heritage Speicherstadt to the glass crest of the Elbphilharmonie, from the Reeperbahn to the Treppenviertel - the definitive list for your Hamburg trip.

36 sights Each mapped to its neighborhood - opening hours and prices as stated by the operators.
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Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, GermanyThe Elbphilharmonie Hamburg is one of Hamburg’s most famous landmarks. It is located in HafenCity on the former Kaispeicher A, a brick warehouse dating from 1963. A spectacular glass…
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Elbphilharmonie

HafenCity · Hamburg's landmark since 2017: a spectacular glass wave on a brick base, with a public plaza and a world-class concert hall.
Block P (and Wandbereiterbrücke) in the Speicherstadt, Hamburg at night, GermanyThe Speicherstadt was built between 1885 and 1927 as the world’s largest contiguous warehouse complex on over 100,000 oak and poplar piles…
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Speicherstadt

HafenCity · The world's largest continuous warehouse complex – a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2015.
Block D (left) and Block L (right) with Sand Bridge in the Speicherstadt warehouse district in Hamburg, GermanyThe Speicherstadt was built between 1885 and 1927 as the world’s largest contiguous warehouse complex on…
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Miniatur Wunderland

HafenCity · The largest model railway in the world – 16,000 meters of track, 1,120 trains, Hamburg airport included.
Ladies at a picnic on the St.Pauli Landungsbrücken
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Landungsbrücken

St. Pauli · 688 meters of floating harbor promenade – the starting point for every harbor tour.
Hamburg, Reeperbahn
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Reeperbahn

St. Pauli · The world's most sinful mile – cradle of the Beatles, musical theater row, club stronghold.
Reflection of St. Michaelis Church in a window of St. Ansgar in Hamburg, Germany.
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St. Michaelis (Michel)

Neustadt · Hamburg's main church with a viewing tower – a sailors' landmark since the 17th century.
View across the Außenalster to the Heinrich-Hertz-Turm.
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Außenalster

Winterhude · Hamburg's largest stretch of water - 164 hectares of sailing, rowing and strolling territory.
Tierpark Hagenbeck
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Hagenbecks Tierpark

Eimsbüttel · World-famous for its barless enclosures since 1907 - Hamburg's classic family day out.
Treppenviertel in Hamburg-Blankenese
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Treppenviertel Blankenese

Blankenese · 5,000 steps up the Elbe slope - Hamburg's most picturesque residential quarter on the river.
Hamburg, Germany, city hall

Hamburger Rathaus

Altstadt · A neo-Renaissance showpiece from 1897 with 647 rooms – one of Europe's most magnificent town halls.
Ships on the Binnenalster, Hamburg, Germany

Binnenalster

Neustadt · Hamburg's living-room lake between Jungfernstieg and Lombardsbrücke.
Hamburg, Park "planten un blomen", summer 2023, eastern lake with botanical greenhouses

Planten un Blomen

Neustadt · 47 hectares of city-center park with Japanese garden, apothecary garden and the water-light concerts.
Chilehaus (Entrance Chilehaus A) im Kontorhausviertel, Hamburg, GermanyThe Kontorhaus district, with its brick expressionist office buildings, was created in the 1920s as a globally unique, purely commercial district…
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Chilehaus

Altstadt · Fritz Höger's expressionist Kontorhaus masterpiece - a brick ship's prow and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Fischauktionshalle, Hamburg, Germany

Fischmarkt St. Pauli

Altona · Sunday mornings from 5 a.m. - Hamburg's oldest market on the Große Elbstraße.
Old Elbe Tunnel in Hamburg, Germany

Alter Elbtunnel

St. Pauli · Pedestrian tunnel under the Elbe, built in 1911 - Hamburg's subterranean industrial monument.
Restaurant am Jungfernstieg, Hamburg, Germany

Jungfernstieg

Neustadt · Hamburg's grand promenade on the Binnenalster - boulevard and meeting point since 1665.
IdentificatieTitel(s): Exterieur van de Hamburger Kunsthalle te Hamburg. Kunsthalle. (titel op object) Hamburg. (serietitel)Objecttype: stereofoto Objectnummer: RP-F-F05960Opschriften / Merken: nummer, recto, gedrukt:…

Hamburger Kunsthalle

St. Georg · One of Germany's largest art museums - from Caspar David Friedrich to Andy Warhol.
View across a meadow to the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg.

Deichtorhallen

Altstadt · Two historic market halls - Europe's largest exhibition venue for contemporary art and photography.
View of the former warehouse “Kaispeicher B” in Hamburg, Germany. The building is one of the oldest preserved warehouse structures in the Port of Hamburg and is now home to the International Maritime Museum Hamburg.

Internationales Maritimes Museum

HafenCity · 3,000 years of maritime history housed in the Kaispeicher B warehouse of 1879.
Museumsschiff Cap San Diego, Überseebrücken, Hamburg

Cap San Diego

St. Pauli · The world's largest seaworthy museum cargo ship - a 159-meter general-cargo freighter.
Navigation room of the Rickmer Rickmers

Rickmer Rickmers

St. Pauli · A three-master built in 1896 - a floating landmark moored in front of the Landungsbrücken.
Gedenktafel Beatles Platz Hamburg Hier auf St. Pauli begann die musikalische Karriere der Beatles. Der Hamburger Komponist, Arrangeur, Orchesterleiter und Produzent Bert Kaempfert 16.10.1923 +24.06.1980 und der…

Beatles-Platz

St. Pauli · At the corner of Reeperbahn and Große Freiheit - five steel silhouettes recalling the Beatles' Hamburg years 1960-62.
Krameramtswohnungen in Hamburg vom Turm des Michels aus photographiert.This is a photograph of an architectural monument.It is on the list of cultural monuments of Hamburg, no. 30008.

Krameramtsstuben

Neustadt · Hamburg's last surviving 17th-century half-timbered courtyard - right beside the Michel.
Whitsunday in Hamburg city park.

Stadtpark Winterhude

Winterhude · 148 hectares of public park with a planetarium, open-air stage and Stadtparksee.
Hamburg Millerntor-Stadium of FC St. Pauli

Millerntor-Stadion

St. Pauli · Home of FC St. Pauli - the Bundesliga's most political football club, on the Heiligengeistfeld.
Outside Volksparkstadion

Volksparkstadion

Altona · Hamburger SV's 57,000-seat arena in the Bahrenfelder Volkspark.
Hamburg - Block D on the Kehrwieder

Hamburg Dungeon

HafenCity · Shivery time-travel through 600 years of Hamburg history - plague, Klaus Stoertebeker, the Great Fire.
Schmidt-Theater

Schmidt Theater

St. Pauli · The original Reeperbahn theater since 1988 - Corny Littmann, Tucholsky Lounge and midnight shows.
View from the Elbphilharmonie Plaza (8th floor) to St Nicholas Church, Hamburg, Germany

Mahnmal St. Nikolai

Altstadt · Surviving tower of the church destroyed in 1943 - anti-war memorial with a elevator up to 76 meters.
Ford Model A delivery van from the Speicherstadt coffee roasting plant in Hamburg

Speicherstadtkaffeerösterei

HafenCity · Industrial brick hall with a drum roaster and cafe - Hamburg coffee since 1887.

Mönckebergstraße

Altstadt · Hamburg's classic downtown shopping street, running arrow-straight from the main train station to the city hall square.

Deichstraße

Altstadt · Hamburg's oldest surviving street: a short lane of restored Hanseatic merchant houses gabled toward the Nikolaifleet canal.

Alsterhaus

Neustadt · Hamburg's grand luxury department store, right on the Jungfernstieg promenade with the Binnenalster at its doorstep.

Elbbrücken

HafenCity · Historic steel bridges across the Norderelbe, paired with a spectacular glass transit station at the edge of HafenCity.

Köhlbrandbrücke

Wilhelmsburg · The 1974 cable-stayed bridge arcing over the Köhlbrand, a landmark of the working port of Hamburg.

Elbstrand Övelgönne

Altona · Hamburg's favorite city beach: real sand on the Elbe, with container ships passing within what feels like arm's reach.

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