Things to do in Hamburg
The history of Hamburg's seafaring tradition can be traced at the International Maritime Museum. Take a Boat Tour through Speicherstadt to explore this historic brick storehouse labyrinth. Hamburg Port, meanwhile, is home to busy container terminals. Get a bird's eye view of the city from St Michaelis Church, near the Altstadt (old town), before resting at Plants and Flowers, a green, city-centre oasis. Most museums open 10am to 6pm and close Monday.
Art Hall
German masters
Old German masters, including the Hamburg-born Bertram and Renaissance
pioneer Hans Holbein the Elder, share the walls with the likes of Munch,
Warhol and Beuys at the Art Hall in the old town. This is North Germany's
leading art museum.
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Cost
€8.50; concessions €5
Opening Hours
Tue-Sun 10am-6pm (until 9pm Thu)
Address
Glockengiesserwall, Hamburg 20095
Telephone
+49 (0) 40 428 131 200
International Maritime Museum
History of seafaring
From June 2008, the International Maritime Museum revives 3000 years of
maritime history at its brick warehouse home in the 19th-century
Speicherstadt storehouse district. Models, paintings, maps, photos and all
sorts of nautical objects spread across ten floors.
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Cost
€10; concessions €7; under-6s free
Opening Hours
Tue-Sun 10am-6pm (until 8pm Thu)
Address
Kaispeicher B, 1 Koreastrasse, Hamburg 20457
Telephone
+49 (0) 40 300 92 300
Hamburg Dungeon
Spooky past uncovered
Housing the catacombs of Speicherstadt, Hamburg's old storehouse district,
Hamburg Dungeon is an interactive horror museum. Shows, rides and
re-enactments bring to life thousands of years of gruesome local history,
including the story of Störtebecker, Hamburg's infamous pirate.
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Cost
€18.95; concessions €17.95; under 15s €14.95
Opening Hours
Daily 10am-5pm (10am-6pm Jun-Aug)
Address
2, Kehrwieder, Hamburg 20457
Telephone
+49 (0) 40 3600 5520
Hamburg Port
Giants of the ocean
Europe's second largest, Hamburg Port can be explored by boat. A tour takes
visitors past huge anchoring ships, container terminals, tankers and rusting
vessels being repaired in the docks. Eighty million tonnes of goods pass
through this port every year.
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Cost
Various
Opening Hours
Departure times vary, check with the operators at the Landungsbrücken piers
Address
1, St Pauli Landungsbrücken, Hamburg 20359
Telephone
+49 (0) 40 31 1707 0
Town Hall
Neo-Renaissance beauty
Chandelier-lit halls and marble stairs lurk behind the ornate sandstone
façade of Hamburg's grandest building. Overlooking the River Alster in the
historic old town, the neo-Renaissance Town Hall stands in stark contrast to
the city's otherwise sober architecture.
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Cost
€3
Opening Hours
Guided tours: Mon-Thu 10am-3pm (until 1pm Fri, 5pm Sat & 4pm Sun)
Address
1, Rathausmarkt, Hamburg 20095
Telephone
+49 (0) 40 428 31 2409
St Michaelis Church
View from the top
Soaring 132 metres above Hamburg's old town, the tower of baroque St
Michaelis Church, known locally as Der Michel, has long guided
sailors towards the city. Climb the steps for some of the best views of the
city and port.
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Cost
Church free; Tower €3, concessions €2.50
Opening Hours
Daily 9am-7.30pm
Address
1a, Englische Planke, Hamburg 20459
Telephone
+49 (0) 40 376 78 0
Boat Tour through Speicherstadt
Exploring 19th-century Hamburg
Take a Boat Tour through Speicherstadt to explore this 19th-century
storehouse district of Hamburg's port. Leaving from Landungsbrücken pier,
the hour-long tour is most impressive at night, when the brick storehouses
that once housed spices, coffee and cocoa are illuminated.
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Cost
€12; under-12s €6
Opening Hours
Daily 9am-6pm (departure times vary)
Address
3, St Pauli Landungsbrücken, Hamburg 20359
Telephone
+49 (0) 40 31 31 30
Plants and Flowers
Green oasis
Europe's biggest Japanese garden lies at the heart of Plants and Flowers,
Hamburg's most central green space. Located just west of St Pauli, the park,
known locally as Planten un Blomen, also features botanical gardens
and tropical conservatories.
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Cost
Free
Opening Hours
Oct-Mar 7am-8pm; Apr 7am-10pm; May-Sep 7am-11pm
Address
Marseiller Strasse, Hamburg 20355
Telephone
+49 (0) 40 428 23 2125
Old Elbe Tunnel
Underwater walk
Built to connect central St Pauli and the off-shore Steinwerder, the Old Elbe
Tunnel was a technical sensation when it opened in 1911. Walk through the
tunnel for almost half a kilometre, 24 metres below the River Elbe.
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Cost
Free
Opening Hours
For traffic Mon-Sat 5.30am-8pm (Sat until 4.20pm); for pedestrians daily all day
Address
7, St Pauli Landungsbrücken, Hamburg 20359
Telephone
+49 (0) 40 311 503
Transport
Landungsbrücken U-Bahn or S-Bahn
