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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!

Speicherstadt

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…

Landungsbrücken

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…

Elbphilharmonie

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.

Fish Market

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.

Alter Elbtunnel

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.

Cap San Diego

Überseebrücke
20459 Hamburg

Container terminals

Approx. 85 million tons of goods are shipped daily at the four terminals of Europe's second largest container harbour.

Container terminals

Containerhafen

Waltershofer Damm
21129 Hamburg

Dockland

A few years ago, a particularly prominent office building was built at the Fischereihafen with DOCKLAND.

Dockland

Van-der-Smissen-Straße 9
22767 Hamburg

Fish auction hall

The FISH AUCTION HALL was built in 1894 and is the impressive centre of the traditional Fish Market.

Fish auction hall

Fischauktionshalle

Große Elbstraße 9
22767 Hamburg

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.

HafenCity InfoCenter in the Kesselhaus

HafenCity InfoCenter im Kesselhaus

Am Sandtorkai 30
20457 Hamburg

Jan-Fedder-Promenade

The waterfront promenade at the harbor now bears the name of the popular hamburger!

Jan-Fedder-Promenade

Vorsetzen 72
20459 Hamburg

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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.

View Point

Magellan-Terraces

Alter Elbpark

Wasserkunst Elbinsel Kaltehofe

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