Maritime Sights
- A lot of water
- A strong breeze
- A lot of impressions
The water and the Hanseatic city belong together. Its mayor river the Elbe, strongly embattled and craftily conquered in the Middle Ages, shapes the cityscape. The Elbe is the heart and soul of the city. Nowhere does Hamburg come together as directly as here: Hamburg locals and visitors as well as cultural heritage sites, such as the Speicherstadt, to modern architecture, like the Elbphilharmonie - time for a worthy overview!
Maritime Highlights
Here you get an overview of the most popular places to go near the water!
Take a relaxed walk along the Landungsbrücken or visit the Hamburg fish market on Sunday morning. The Elbstrand invites you to relax and have a look at the ships. Where else to admire the large freighters that arrive in the port of Hamburg, you can find out here.
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Hamburg Speicherstadt
The Speicherstadt is probably the best-known symbol of the maritime history of the Hanseatic city of Hamburg. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is the expression of Hamburg's rise and is one of the most beautiful sights today!
Hamburg's water station. Landungsbrücken
The floating dock - called the "Landungsbrücken" (landing stages) – is 700 metres long. Harbour tours and the HADAG steamers to Finkenwerder, Oevelgönne and Blankenese leave from this water "station". Impressive luxury cruisers also dock here from…
World renowned concert hall and city emblem Elbphilharmonie
Hamburg has a new cultural landmark! The Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall represents an unprecedented synthesis of the arts - architecture, music and the unique location in the middle of the Hamburg harbour. More than 2.6 million guests have already…
Sundays 5 to 9 am Fish Market
Every Sunday morning since 1703 Hamburg's most traditional market has been trading in just about anything and everything that isn't nailed down.
Outstanding German civil engineering Alter Elbtunnel
When the old Elbe Tunnel, also called St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel, opened in 1911, it was a technical sensation. Today, it is a nostalgic and lovingly tended piece of Hamburg history – and has already celebrated its 100th anniversary.
Maritime experiences
There is a lot to discover along the Elbe!
Visit one of the museum ships like the Cap San Diego, which is located directly on the water or visit the harbor police station. The harbor police station can be combined perfectly with a visit to the Elbphilharmonie - beautiful photo opportunities included.
Cap San Diego
The White Swan of the South Atlantic - The "Cap San Diego" was built in 1961 as a cargo ship and has been a museum ship with a fixed berth at the Überseebrücke in Hamburg since 1986.
Container terminals
Approx. 85 million tons of goods are shipped daily at the four terminals of Europe's second largest container harbour.
Dockland
A few years ago, a particularly prominent office building was built at the Fischereihafen with DOCKLAND.
Fish auction hall
The FISH AUCTION HALL was built in 1894 and is the impressive centre of the traditional Fish Market.
HafenCity InfoCenter in the Kesselhaus
In the former energy centre of the Speicherstadt, visitors can expect exciting insights into the development of Europe's largest inner-city urban development project.
Jan-Fedder-Promenade
The waterfront promenade at the harbor now bears the name of the popular hamburger!
Maritime insider tips
These highlights are known as insider tips!
The Magellan Terraces with their wide steps invite you to relax close to the Elbe, and the "green island," as the four-hectare "Elbpark" is lovingly called, is ideal for a leisurely picnic. From afar, you can even catch a view of the Bismarck Monument.
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