A story about Germany. If the city of Hamburg were a person... Hamburg message in German

Hamburg is the second largest German city, Germany's main seaport and largest foreign trade point. For example, hundreds of enterprises from China, Japan and Taiwan are located here. In total, there are more than 3,000 firms that export and import. Next are the cultural and political features of the city, attractions.

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“Monologue in German with translation “Hamburg””

Deutschlands Tor zur Welt. Im Stadtstaat Hamburg sorgt der Hafen für den Herzschlag der Wirtschaft. Dass aber alle Ölkonzerne an der Elbe heimisch sind, ist den Tanker-Terminals zu verdanken. Entsprechend groß ist die Nachfrage nach Kultur, die befriedigt wird von renommierten Museen wie der Kunsthalle und von fast 40 Bühnen – einschließlich der Staatsoper mit Ballett- Weltstar John Neumeier. Nationaler Champion ist Hamburg bei den Musical-Theatern, die monatlich Tausende von Besuchern in die Stadt locken.

Germany's gateway to peace. In the city-state of Hamburg, the port provides the heartbeat of the economy. However, all oil concerns are located on the Elbe thanks to tanker terminals. Accordingly, there is a great demand for culture, which is satisfied by museums such as the Kunsthalle and almost 40 stages - including the State Opera and Ballet Theater of superstar John Neumeier (an American-born German choreographer). The national champion is Hamburg with its musical theaters, which attract thousands of visitors to the city every month.

Hamburg ist die zweitgrößte deutsche Stadt, der wichtigste Seehafen Deutschlands und größter Außenhandelsplatz. Hier haben sich beispielsweise Hunderte von Unternehmen aus China, Japan und Taiwan angesiedelt. Insgesamt gibt es über 3.000 Firmen, die im Im- und Exportgeschäft tätig sind.

Obwohl Hamburg Deutschlands zweitgrößter Industriestandort und Zentrum einer Metropolregion von vier Millionen Menschen ist, gilt es als eine der grünsten Städte Deutschlands: 40 Prozent der Gesamtfläche sind Acker- und Gartenland, Parks und öffentliche Grünanlagen, Wald, Mo or und Heide. Landschafts- und Naturschutzgebiete machen 28 Prozent der Stadtfläche aus. Zu den zahlreichen Parkanlagen kommen mehr als 240.000 Straßenbäume.

Although Hamburg is Germany's second largest industrial center and metropolitan center with four million people, it is considered one of the greenest cities in Germany: 40 percent of the total area is arable land, parks and public squares, forests, marshes and heathland. Landscape and nature reserves make up 28 percent of the city's territory. Numerous parks are complemented by more than 240,000 street trees.

Die Kaufmannsstadt Hamburg war und ist als Ort der Freiheit und Toleranz zugleich eine Stadt der Bildung und der Kultur. Zehn Hochschulen machen Hamburg zu einem Zentrum der wissenschaftlichen Ausbildung, Forschung und Entwicklung. Die Oper, drei Staatstheater und rund 35 Privattheater tragen ebenso zum kulturellen Profil der Stadt bei wie die außerordentlich qualitätsvolle Sammlung der Kunsthalle.

The trading city of Hamburg has been and remains a place of freedom and tolerance, while at the same time being a city of education and culture. 10 institutions of higher education make Hamburg a center for education, research and development. The opera, 3 state theaters and approximately 35 private theaters make a notable contribution to the city's cultural profile, as does the exceptionally high quality of the Kunsthalle (Hamburg Art Gallery) collection.

To the question Please, I need a text about the German city of Hamburg in German. Thanks for the help! =) asked by the author Anastasia Lazareva the best answer is Hamburg liegt in Norddeutschland an der Mündung der Alster und der Bille in die Elbe, die 110 km weiter nordwestlich in die Nordsee fließt. An der Elbe erstreckt sich der Tidehafen etwa von der Veddel bis Finkenwerder, hauptsächlich auf dem Südufer der Norderelbe, gegenüber den Stadtteilen St. Pauli und Altona. Die beiden Ufer sind durch die Elbbrücken im Osten sowie durch den Alten und Neuen Elbtunnel verbunden. Das Land südlich und nördlich des Flusses ist Geest, höher gelegene Flächen, die durch die Sand- und Geröllablagerungen der Gletscher während der Eiszeiten entstanden sind. Die unmittelbar am Fluss liegenden Marschen wurden auf beiden Seiten der Elbe über Jahrhunderte von Nebenarmen der Elbe durchzogen und vom Flutwasser der Nordsee überschwemmt, wobei sich Sand und Schlick abgelagert haben. Inzwischen ist die Elbe beidseitig eingedeicht, Nebenarme wurden trockengelegt, umgeleitet, kanalisiert oder abgedeicht. Alte Deichanlagen erinnern in den Außenorten noch an die Zeit, als bei Hochwasser ganze Viertel unter Wasser standen. Höchste Erhebung ist mit 116.2 m ü. NN der Hasselbrack in einem Nordausläufer der Harburger Berge. Die Alster wird im Stadtzentrum zu einem künstlichen See aufgestaut. Dieser teilt sich in die größere Außenalster und die kleinere, vom historischen Kern der Stadt umschlossene Binnenalster. Die Zuflüsse zur Alster wie die Alster selbst sind im Stadtgebiet zum Teil kanalisiert. Sie sind zumeist von ausgedehnten öffentlichen Parkanlagen gesäumt. Die zahlreichen Fleete, Flüsschen und Kanäle der Stadt werden von mehr als 2500 Brücken überspannt. Diese Zahl enthält auch Bauwerke wie Lichtzeichenanlagen oder Gleis überspannende Oberleitungen. Hamburg ist damit die brückenreichste Stadt Europas und hat mehr Brücken als Venedig (400), Amsterdam (1200) und London zusammen. Weithin unbekannt ist dagegen, dass sich auf der größten Flussinsel der Elbe, in Wilhelmsburg einer der letzten Tideauenwälder Europas befindet. Hamburg grenzt im Norden an Schleswig-Holstein und im Süden an Niedersachsen. Bis auf einige kleinere „Gebietsbereinigungen“, wie den Erwerb der Insel Neuwerk und Flurstücke beim Stauwerk Geesthacht, bestehen die heutigen Grenzen der Stadt Hamburg seit dem Groß-Hamburg-Gesetz, das am 1. April 1937 in Kraft trat. Die Stadt ist nach Berlin sowohl von ihrer Einwohnerzahl wie auch von ihrer Fläche her die zweitgrößte Stadt Deutschlands. Hamburg ist das Zentrum der Metropolregion Hamburg, der siebtgrößten der elf Metropolregionen in Deutschland. Zu ihr zählen neben der Stadt selbst die niedersächsischen Landkreise Cuxhaven, Harburg, Lüchow-Dannenberg, Lüneburg, Rotenburg, Soltau-Fallingbostel, Stade und Uelzen und die schleswig-holsteinischen Kreise Herzogtum Lauenburg, Segeberg, Steinburg, Stormarn, Pinneberg und Dithmars chen.

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city-land in Germany on the river. Elbe 110 km from the North Sea; the country's second largest city; area 755 km 2, population 1.7 million; bridges and a 450-meter tunnel connect the banks of the Elbe; from the 13th century member of the Hanseatic League; 1815 - free city; transport hub, the most important sea and river port (“das Tor zur Welt”); industrial, financial and cultural center; shipbuilding, aircraft manufacturing, electrical engineering, oil refining, chemical industry, non-ferrous metallurgy, film industry; metro, university, Institute for Nuclear Research, State Opera, numerous museums (historical, ethnographic, arts and crafts, etc.), churches (including the Baroque Church of St. Michael with the Michel Tower - the symbol of the city), Hagenbeck Zoo , monument to Heinrich Heine

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Let's imagine that cities are people... Then Munich is a cheerful, hospitable, cheerful place, Stuttgart is a hard worker, Cologne is an adult woman with a wonderful sense of humor, and Berlin is a young boy in search of himself.

Here comes Hamburg, let’s get acquainted...

The German city of Hamburg, in my opinion, is a tall, handsome, stately middle-aged man. Multifaceted and contradictory. Friendly, but lonely; open but cold. And also very smart, inquisitive and immensely talented.

If the city of Hamburg were a person, its face would be port. Huge and majestic, sometimes gloomy, and sometimes joyful and happy. Hamburg is the first port city in my life. Before this, this combination had an extremely negative connotation for me. Vessels, cargo, warehouses - how can anyone like it? Maybe if it's Hamburg!

10,000 ships and steamships enter Hamburg harbor every year, 500,000 passengers travel by water from here, and 131 million tons of cargo meet the port every year. And all this despite the fact that Hamburg is not a sea port, but only a river port, and the nearest North Sea is 100 kilometers away.

If we imagine that Hamburg is a person, then his skeleton can be considered numerous city bridges. There are more than 2,500 bridges in Hamburg. And this is more than in London and Venice combined. Many of them are bridges for railway tracks. The largest and most famous bridge in the city is the Köhlbrandbrücke, almost 4 kilometers long. For almost twenty years it remained the largest bridge on the planet.

It is the bridges that create the special architectural appearance of Hamburg. They are everywhere you look.

If Hamburg were a man, then through his eyes there would be Church of St. Michel, made in Baroque style. Since ancient times, the 132-meter tower of this particular church served as a lighthouse for sailors. The city was lost several times due to fires and bombs, but quickly recovered. Every year, the church and tower are visited by millions of people: from above there is a stunning view of the port and the city center.

If Hamburg were a man, then the famous fish market- would, of course, be his stomach)) This market has existed since 1703, and its length is almost a kilometer. Despite the name, you can buy not only fish here, but also other food products - vegetables, fruits, eggs, spices. You can even buy a live rooster or rabbit.

And in the covered part of the bazaar you can eat and listen to a live orchestra. The Hamburg fish market is open during strictly designated hours - on Sundays from 5 to 10 am.

Among other interesting places, Hamburg is famous for its “street of debauchery” – Reeperbahn, where there are numerous entertainment venues, nightclubs, sex shops, erotic shops, and brothels. What would this street be like if Hamburg were a person? Hmm... No, no details here, think for yourself))

And the heart of Hamburg is, of course, his town hall. The majestic, huge building of the town hall consists of more than 640 rooms and is decorated with twenty statues of German kings and emperors. By the way, Hamburg Town Hall is a fairly young building, which began its existence in 1887. The ancient town hall building burned down in a fire in 1842. The city of Hamburg is somewhat unlucky in this regard: it was engulfed in fires many times, flooded by the waters of the Elbe, and suffered greatly during the war.

In the courtyard of the Town Hall, a monument to the goddess of health Hygieia was erected - as a symbol of victory over the terrible cholera.

If we imagine that Hamburg is a person, then museums and theaters- these are his talents. And the city has a lot of them: more than 50 museums of various types and 40 theaters. Hamburg – city of musicals, third most popular in the world after New York and London. Some even call Hamburg “German Broadway”. Two million tickets to musicals are sold here every year. The most popular shows today are “The Lion King”, “Tarzan”, “Rocky”.

If the city of Hamburg were a person, then Church of St. Nicholas– would be his memory. The tower of the church is 147 meters and it was once the tallest tower on earth.

The church was destroyed during the Second World War, and it was not restored, only the ruins were restored and secured, providing the tower with a modern elevator. And statues were placed near the church by mourners for the dead. The result is a memorial.

Basic moments

The city was unlucky: in 845, Hamburg was burned by the Vikings. Over the next 300 years, it burned and was rebuilt eight times. In 1842, a three-day fire destroyed more than a quarter of the city. During the expansion of the port area in the 1880s. part of the old buildings was destroyed. During World War II, 55 thousand people died in the city. More than half of the houses, 80% of port facilities and 40% of industrial enterprises turned into piles of stones. Is it any wonder that there are almost no monuments of the medieval past left in Hamburg?

Buses run along city streets with engines that burn hydrogen; such vehicles do not pollute the air at all. There are 70 bicycle storage and rental stations in Hamburg. In 2011, the city received the title of European Capital of Environment.

Story

The city was founded by Louis the Pious around 811 under the name Hammaburg (Hammaburg)- Forest town. Archbishop Ansgar, canonized in 865 for his services in the spread of Christianity in northern Germany and Scandinavia, conducted his missionary activities from here.

By the end of the 11th century. Hamburg's rapid development was driven by brisk trade. In 1189, Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa granted it important customs and economic privileges. In the same year, the port of Hamburg began its work. The city was one of the first to join the Hanseatic League and was a member of this union for more than three centuries. Kings and princes never ruled the city; its fate was always determined by the citizens themselves.

Thanks to powerful fortifications, Hamburg managed to survive the Thirty Years' War without major losses. By the end of the 17th century. it already had 70 thousand inhabitants and was the second largest after Cologne.

From the beginning of the 17th century. Hamburg merchants regularly visit the largest Russian trading port of Arkhangelsk at that time. Of the 40-50 European ships that arrived at this port annually, eight were from Hamburg.

Official name: "Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg" (Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg) he acquired in 1819

In 1678, the first permanent opera house in Germany was founded here. Composers J. L. F. Mendelssohn were born in Hamburg (Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, 1809-1847) and I. Brahms (1833- 1897) .

During World War II, the city was subjected to air raids by Anglo-American aircraft several times. As a result of Operation Gomorrah from July 25 to August 3, 1943, more than 50 thousand residents were killed and most of the city buildings were destroyed from the bombings and the gigantic fire they caused.

Hamburg has the right to be called the second home of the Beatles. In 1960-1962 they played there every night for at least 8 hours. Paul McCartney once said: “Hamburg is 800 hours of rehearsal.”

The glorious musical traditions are continued by three large symphony orchestras and many other diverse creative groups. Center of the city's musical life - Music Hall (Musikhalle, neo-baroque, 1904-1908). Hamburg State Opera (Hamburgische Staatsoper) In terms of the level of skill in staging classical and modern works, it ranks with the leading opera houses in the world.

The workshop of the former Kampnagel crane factory was adapted for tours of foreign theater groups. (“Kampnagel”) in the Barmbek area, where performances of the famous musical “Cats” were given ("Cats") Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Hamburg today

Currently, Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany and the second most important industrial center of the country. Main landmarks - TV tower (Heinrich-Hertz-Fernmeldeturm, northwest of the center) and the bronze spire of St. Michael's Church (St. Michaeliskirche, in the center). The appearance of Hamburg is largely determined by water. There are more than 2,500 bridges in the city.

Most of Hamburg's attractions are concentrated in the central part, bounded on the south by the Elbe and its channels, and on all other sides by the inflated former city ramparts, the existence of which is now recalled only by the names of the streets laid in their place: they all end in -wall (German wall - “shaft”).

This semicircle is divided in half by the mouth of the Alster River, which has been turned into a canal (Alsterfleet) and artificial ponds Outer and Inner Alster (Aussenalster and Binnenalster).

Southeast of the latter is the Old Town (Alte Stadt), and to the northwest - New Town (Neustadt).

Hamburg is divided into several districts, very different from each other. The center of the modern city coincides with the old city, which was seriously damaged by the fire of 1842.

Like other big cities in Germany, Hamburg has double-decker guided tour buses. However, sightseeing with the help of transport, with the breeze, is almost the same as watching a documentary about the city. Convenient, interesting, but quickly forgotten. Only what you walk around with your feet and slowly examine remains in you.

Hamburg city center

The bridge spans the channel connecting the ponds. It offers a very beautiful view of the center of Hamburg.

Jungfernstieg Promenade

This promenade - wide and elegant - stretches along the southwestern shore of the lake. There is a pier for pleasure boats, a cafe, and the Alster pavilion. (Alsterpavillion).

On and near Grosse Bleichen you will find the most sophisticated shopping arcades: Hansa ("Hanse-Viertel"), "Gallery" ("Galleria"), "Goose Bazaar" (“Gaensemarkt”), "Old Post" (Alte Post), "New Goose Bazaar" ("Neuer Gaensemarkt"), "Bleichenhof" ("Bleichenhof") and etc.

Town Hall (Rathaus)

In the luxurious town hall building, built in the neo-Renaissance style (1886- 1897) , the land government sits. It has 647 beautifully decorated rooms. The Town Hall is decorated with a 112-meter tower. During the day, excursions are organized for tourists in the building.

St. Peter's Church (St. Petrikirche)

This church is from the 12th century. with a 133-meter tower is located next to the town hall. It is the oldest in Hamburg. The church acquired its neo-Gothic appearance after the fire of 1842 and the subsequent reconstruction. Pay attention to the figure of the Mother of God (1470) .

Church of St. Jacob (St. Jacobikirche)

Built at the end of the 14th century. The church was restored in 1959. Its interior preserves a medieval altar and an organ - one of the best works of the master Arp Schnittger.

House of Chile (Chilehaus)

This is one of the architectural symbols of the city, a striking example of expressionism in architecture (architect F. Heger, 1920-1923). Part of this brick building juts out sharply, resembling the bow of a ship. The name of the house is due to the fact that the customer of the building, entrepreneur G. Solomon, imported Chilean saltpeter to Germany, from which smokeless gunpowder and fertilizers were made.

Church of St. Nicholas (Nikolaikirche)

The church was destroyed during the Second World War. Only the 147-meter tower has survived from it. Now in its basement there is a museum that tells about the bombing of the city.

Dam Street (Deichstrasse)

The street runs parallel to the Nikolai Canal (Nikolaifleet) and is built up with houses of the 17th-19th centuries. with high and narrow facades. This is the last urban development of traditional Hamburg architecture untouched by time.

"City of Warehouses" (Speicherstadt)

“City of Warehouses” built at the end of the 19th century. located on the island of Brockinsel (Brookinsel). Old brick buildings, sometimes up to seven stories high, line the narrow canals that cut through the island. They stored carpets, tea, coffee, and spices. The canals do not have embankments: sailing ships and steam ships moored right next to their walls. With the help of ropes stretched through pulleys, bags of colonial goods were lifted from the holds of ships to warehouses. And on the opposite side of the warehouse, at the right time, the goods were lowered onto carts, and later into trucks.

Nowadays, technology has changed: most goods are delivered in containers. They are loaded directly from ships, bypassing warehouses, into railway cars or cars.

The “city of warehouses” has now lost its purpose; offices, restaurants, and museums are now located here. (If you're lucky, you can sometimes see carpets being unloaded from the warehouse the old fashioned way.)

It can also be viewed from aboard a pleasure boat. (departure from St. Paul's Piers).

Port

Hamburg is "Germany's gateway to the world." Everyone who arrives in the city must visit the port - one of the largest in the world. More than half of German exports and imports pass through it. The total length of the berth line is about 275 km. Every year, approximately 12 thousand ships arriving from all over the world are serviced here. You can see a tourist steamship with stern wheels - the kind that sailed a century and a half ago on the Mississippi - and a modern cargo ship, carrying so many containers that only dozens of trains could transport them overland. Hundreds of different ships, a forest of port cranes, docks where ships are repaired, warehouses and fuel tanks. An unforgettable experience can be gained by taking a round trip on a tourist ship. In the center of the harbor, close to St. Paul's Quays (St. Pauli-Landungbruecke), the banana ship-museum “Cape San Diego” is permanently moored ("Cap San Diego"), nicknamed the “White Swan of the Atlantic.” Nearby is the sailing ship "Rickmer Rickmers", built in 1896 in Bremerhaven, now with a restaurant on board.

Early on Sunday morning it is interesting to visit the Fish Market (Fischmarkt). It is located in the port, just below the Reeperbahn. Every night from Saturday to Sunday, pallets of seafood are unloaded from the refrigerators of fishing boats. Since the opening in 1703, city elders have allowed trade only from 4.00 to 10.00, that is, before the start of church services. The Fish Market sells not only fish, but also other products at prices lower than in regular stores. Everything has been preserved the same as at the beginning of the 20th century: marble tables, ceramic jugs, an accordionist playing sea melodies at the entrance. If you wish, you can drink a mug of mulled wine or a glass of hot toddy.

On the pier, sea bass and flounder, smelt and herring are laid out in wooden boxes covered with ice. (fried herring is one of the favorite delicacies in northern Germany). Mountains of mollusks and arthropods rise on long counters.

Nearby, at the piers of Landungsbrücken (Landungsbrucken) curious to see the old Elbe tunnel (Alter Elbtunnel, 448 m, 1906) leading to the shipyards on the island of Steinwerder (Steinwerder). A new tunnel was opened in 1975 (Neuer Elbtunnel) 3200 m long, depth under the river up to 27 m.

From afar, the 130-meter pylons of the new symbol of the city are visible - the highest bridge in the country, the Kelbrand Bridge. (Kohlbrandbrucke, span height 53 m, length 3.9 km, 1974) through the southern channel of the Elbe in the port part of Hamburg.

Monument to Bismarck (Bismarck-Denkmal)

The monument, built in 1906, stands near the former city ramparts, in the old park above the Elbe (Alter Elbpark). Over 60m high, it is modeled after the medieval statues of Roland.

St. Paul's area

Not far from the piers of Landungsbrücken on the Elbe, the Reeperbahn street, well known to sailors and tourists all over the world, stretches (Reeperbahn), which means Ropeway. It is the busiest in the St. Pauli area, among the red light districts. Nightlife is in full swing here: brothels, discos, theaters, all kinds of clubs, bars and restaurants.

Church of St. Michael (St. Michaeliskirche)

This late Baroque Protestant church (architect E. G. Zonnin, 1750-1762) on Neander street (Neanderstrasse)- symbol of Hamburg. Locals lovingly call her “Mikhel”. The height of the tower is 132 m. In the old days, captains of ships sailing to Hamburg first saw the spire of this church on the horizon. From the observation deck on the tower (there is an elevator) A magnificent panorama opens up. Next to the church are several old houses built by the trade guild for the widows of merchants.

Other attractions

Botanical Garden (Botanischer Garten)

The garden is located behind Gorkha Foka street (Gorch-Fock-Wall). Behind it is the People's Park "Plants and Flowers" (Volkspark Planten und Blomen). It is a recreation center with a music pavilion for outdoor concerts, greenhouses, a Japanese garden, a children's playground and a miniature railway. There is a fountain with color music on the pond.

Congress Center Hamburg

The congress center, built in 1973 next to the park, is one of the most modern in Europe. It consists of 17 halls and seats up to 7,500 people.

Hamburg Trade Fair (Messegelande, Messe Hamburg)

The fair is adjacent to the Plants and Flowers Park. Its territory of about 60 thousand m² accommodates 12 exhibition pavilions.

Television tower named after. Heinrich Hertz (Heinrich-Hertz-Fernmeldeturm)

The television tower is located northwest of the park. Its height is 271.5 m. There is a restaurant on a rotating platform (132 m).

Art gallery (Kunsthalle)

On display at the Hamburg Art Gallery (1850) Art of the 19th-20th centuries is widely represented, including works by F. O. Runge (1777-1810) and K.D. Friedrich (1774-1840) . Glockengiesserwall.

Open: Tue, Wed, Fri-Sun 10.00-18.00, Thu 10.00-21.00.

Museum of Ethnography and Prehistory (Museum fur Volkerkunde und Vorgeschichte)

The museum, which opened in 1878, has about 350 thousand exhibits! Rothenbaumchaussee, 64. Open: Tue, Wed, Fri-Sun 10.00-18.00, Thu 10.00-21.00.

Submarine U-434 (U-Bootmuseum)

The submarine, made in Russia, is the largest in the world: length - 90 m, width - 9 m, height -15 m. Powered by diesel engines. St. Pauli, Fischmarkt, 10. Open: Mon-Thu 10.00-18.00, Fri-Sun 9.00-19.00.

Miniatur-Wunderland

It’s hard to believe: 700 small locomotives pull freight and passenger trains through cities, forests, mountains, deserts, and across bridges across chasms. Day and night alternate. 10 km of tracks have been installed, 15 thousand cars, 150 thousand figures, 200 thousand lights, 150 thousand trees, 5,000 houses and bridges, 300 cars are moving along the roads. Scale 1: 87. All this is controlled by 36 computers. Over 3 million visitors per year! Kehrwieder, 2 (in "City of Warehouses"), Block D.

Open: Mon, Wed-Fri 9.30-18.00, Tue 9.30-21.00, Sat, Sun and holidays 8.30-20.00.

Emigration Museum Ballinstadt (BallinStadt das Auswanderermuseum)

From 1901 to 1934, about 5 million people left Hamburg for the New World in search of a better life. The camp of departing emigrants has been reconstructed. BallinStadt, Veddeler Bogen, 2. Open: April - October 10.00-18.00, November - March 10.00-16.30.

To visit Hamburg's many museums, you can purchase a museum card or a family ticket, which is valid for all museums at once.

Hamburg ranks first among European cities in terms of the number of bridges (more than 2300). The city has more bridges than Venice (400) , Amsterdam (1200) and London combined.
Hamburg has the world's largest warehouse district (German: Speicherstadt), built at the end of the 19th century on wooden piles driven into the shallow waters of the Elbe. With their architectural appearance, smoky red brick 5-6 storey warehouse buildings, located in rows-blocks on islands in the middle of the Elbe, where canals serve as “streets”, can serve in the evening and twilight as an excellent backdrop for filming films about Sherlock Holmes based on the novels of Conan Doyle. For tourists, it is considered a good omen to successfully throw a coin from the bridge “as a keepsake” onto the end of a pile sticking out of the water a few meters from the bridge. The art of throwing is to try so that the coin does not bounce off upon impact and does not fall into the waters of the canal, but remains lying on the pile.
The musical group "The Beatles" toured Hamburg several times, being still known only in their homeland, in Liverpool. Here they decided to take Ringo Star into the group and dismiss drummer Pete Best. Also here, after a short family life, one of the “founders” of The Beatles, Stuart Sutcliffe, died.

Geography

Hamburg is located in Northern Germany on both banks of the Elbe River at the confluence of the Alster and Bille rivers, approximately 110 km southeast of where the Elbe flows into the North Sea. The natural sea harbor extends along the entire length of the Elbe, especially along the southern bank of the Elbe opposite the urban areas of St. Pauli and Altona. The city neighborhoods on both sides of the river are connected by many bridges, as well as by the old (now pedestrian) and the new tunnel under the Elbe. The natural landscape south and north of the Elbe is called geesta and is a hilly lowland of sand and sediment formed by a glacier that descended during the Ice Age.

The state of Hamburg is located between Schleswig-Holstein in the north and Lower Saxony in the south.

Logistics and Transport

Hamburg is home to Germany's largest port, the third largest in Europe after Rotterdam and Antwerp, as well as Europe's second largest container cargo terminal.

Hamburg's public transport system includes the metro (German: U-Bahn), city railway (German: S-Bahn), commuter trains and buses. All city transport is managed by the Hamburg Transport Association (German: Hamburger Verkehrsverbund). The fare is determined by zone. There is a flexible fare system that provides the possibility of purchasing single tickets for different types of transport, for different periods, individually or for a group. Especially for tourists, there is also a preferential card “Hamburg CARD”, which, in addition to the right to travel on all types of transport, allows you to visit 27 museums of the city for free or at a discount, take part in city tours, boat trips, etc.

One of the railway directorates of the Deutsche Bundesbahn was located in Hamburg.

Best time to visit

The best time to visit Hamburg is in spring or summer.

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What to see

A boat tour of the harbor and/or canals of Hamburg will allow you to admire the wonderful city (you can use the public ferry "HADAG" for this).
Take the Skytrain from Rodingsmarkt station to Landungbrucken. You will have stunning views.
The Baroque Church of St. Michael, built in the 17th century, is one of the most ornate churches in Northern Germany.
Blankenese is a former fishing village on the Elbe - with picturesque streets, small houses and tiny beaches.
The magnificent shopping center with Victorian columns on the shore of the lake is called the Alter Arcades. In 1842, the shopping center suffered a severe fire, but was completely restored.
The Old River Tunnel under the Elbe is walkable, and the Steinwerder entrance offers an unforgettably beautiful view of the city.

The Beatles performed successfully at the Reeperbahn in 1960: 48 concerts at the Indra Club and 58 at the Kaiserkeller.

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