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8 Hamburg P Binnenalster of maritime history, it includes VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Elegant arcades lead from the model ships, sea charts, sextants
Germany’s second largest city, Hamburg has an openness Rathausmarkt to Binnenalster, a and compasses, and a copy of the Practical Information
to the world and a variety of architectural styles in its districts, large lake in the middle of the first nautical atlas ever printed. In Road map C2. * 1.7 million.
n Hauptbahnhof, Kirchenallee
making it a fascinating place to visit. For many years, city. Like the larger Außenalster celebration of the area’s maritime (040-30 05 701) Open 9am– 7pm
Hamburg was a leading member of the Hanseatic League to the north, it was created by history, traditional sailing ships Mon–Sat, 10am–6pm Sun & hols;
line the Magellan Terraces and
damming the Alster River. On a
and an indepen dent trading town, and in 1945 it became a sunny day, the elegant riverside can be spotted from the curved in the port, Landungsbrücken
city-state of the Federal Republic. Visitors are attracted by boulevard of Jungfernstieg is a pontoon walkways in the harbor (040-30 05 12 03). ∑ hamburg-
Hamburg’s enormous port, situated right in the centre pleasant place for a walk. Great basin of Sandtorhafen. This tourism.de Hafenrundfahrten
(harbour tours): Tel (040) 311 70
of the city, colourful entertainments in the red-light district views of the city can be had from Traditionsschiffhafen (trad itional 70 & 31 31 40. Open Apr–Oct:
St Pauli, many attractive parks and lakes as well as the warm the café in the Alsterpavilion. ship harbour) is run by the The Expressionist Chilehaus once every 1.5 hrs,10:30am–
Hamburg Maritime Foundation.
From a small quay, boats depart
welcome extended by the locals who, on first encounter, for the “Alster rundfahrt”, a cruise in Kontorhausviertel 4:30pm; Nov–Mar: call for times.
_ Hafengeburtstag (anniversary
may seem a little cool. to the Außen alster and to smaller P Kontorhausviertel of the port, around 7 May).
canals offering views of the A district of commercial offices into dramatic exhibition halls in
villas in the north of Hamburg known as Kontorhausviertel was 1997 and are now used for major Transport
P Rathausmarkt and the cityscape of the centre built between Mönckebergstraße, art exhibitions. k in Fuhlsbüttel, U1 or S1 to
The symbol of Hamburg is the with its five main towers. Steinstraße and Messberg at the Ohlsdorf, then Airport Express
(40 min). £ Kirchenallee.
enormous Neo-Renaissance start of the 20th century. Together P Speicherstadt
town hall, the fifth in the city’s R St Petrikirche with nearby Speicherstadt, this Located within the toll-free area
history. Previous town halls were Mönckebergstraße Tel (040) 325 74 historic quarter is UNESCO World of the port, this giant warehouse
destroyed by wars as well as a 00. Open 10am–6:30pm Mon, Tue, Heritage listed. Chilehaus, built district is reached after crossing monu ments, Speicherstadt now
catastrophic fire in 1842. Little Thu, Fri; 10am–7pm Wed; 10am–5pm by Fritz Höger in 1922–4, is the the customs post. It is the largest houses the Speicherstadt
remains of the old town. Sat; 9am–9pm Sun. most famous,, with its pointed complex of ware houses in the Museum.
The city’s current The church of St Petri, eastern façade resembling a world. The Neo-Gothic buildings, E Deutches Zollmuseum
appearance is origin ally Gothic, was ship’s bow. dating from the end of the 19th Alter Wandrahm 16, 20457. Tel (040)
characterized by extensively rebuilt century, are separated by canals. 30 08 76 20. Open 10am–5pm Tue–
19th-century style in the Neo-Gothic P Deichtorhallen Modern industries, such as multi- Sun. ∑ museum.zoll.de
as well as Modern- style after the Great Deichtorstraße 1–2. Open 11am–6pm media companies, are slowly Located by Kornhaus brücke tells
ism. The town hall Fire of 1842. The Tue–Sun (during exhibitions). replacing the storerooms packed the story of customs and excise
itself, with its Grabower Altar that The enormous market halls of the with spices, coffee and carpets. from the Roman Empire to the
ornamental halls, is once belonged to the port built in 1911–12 were turned Listed as one of the city’s historic present day.
worth visiting. Door knocker on church has been
A fountain in the Neo-Renaissance The town hall square St Petrikirche transferred to the
Rathausmarkt is enclosed on one side Kunst halle (see Hamburg City Centre
NEUER JUNGFERNSTIEG
by Alster fleet. Once a small river, pp440–41). Tourists can still 1 Rathausmarkt LOMBARDSBRÜCKE FlughafenFlughafen
LOMBARDSBRÜCKE
Exploring Hamburg it is now one of the many canals admire the Gothic sculpture of 2 Binnenalster NEUER JUNGFERNSTIEG 20 km (12 miles)20 km (12 miles)
The best way to get around is that have earned Hamburg the the Madonna, dating from 1470. 3 St Petrikirche KunsthalleKunsthalle DeutschesDeutsches
by metro (U-Bahn and S-Bahn), name “the Venice of the North”. 4 Hafen City BinnenalsterBinnenalster SchauspielhausSchauspielhaus
BALLINDAMM
on an all-day ticket (Tageskarte). A monument by artist Ernst P HafenCity BALLINDAMM Hauptbahnhof-Hauptbahnhof-
NordNord
GROSSE BLEICHEN
The city centre can be explored Barlach pays tribute to the Still under development, with a 5 Kontorhausviertel JUNGFERNSTIEG Jungfern-Jungfern- FERDINANDSTR. BRANDSENDE HauptbahnhofHauptbahnhof
RABOISEN
RABOISEN
FERDINANDSTR. BRANDSENDE
stiegstieg
on foot, including the main victims of World War I. Between projected completion date of 6 Deichtorhallen GROSSE BLEICHEN KURZE-
JUNGFERNSTIEG
HERMANN-
railway station, the lake, the old Rathausmarkt and Gän semarkt 2025, HafenCity is a huge project 7 Speicherstadt POSTSTR. HERMANN- MÜHREN STEINTORWALL AHRENSBURGAHRENSBURG
KURZE-
STR.
STR.
POSTSTR.
MÜHREN
NEUER WALL
town, the port and Hamburg’s is a network of elegantly roofed that involves redeveloping the 8 Deutches Zollmuseum FUHLENTWIETE HEUBERG BLEICHENBR. Mönckebergstr.
STEINTORWALL
MÖNCKEBERGSTR.
two largest museums. 19th-century shopping arcades. old city port, expanding the city 9 Kunsthalle NEUER WALL RATHAUS-RATHAUS- BERGSTR. MÖNCKEBERGSTR. MÜHREN LANGE- Hauptbahnhof-Hauptbahnhof-
MARKTMARKT
BUGENHAGENSTR.
BUGENHAGENSTR.
BERGSTR.
by as much as 40 per cent. While 0 Altstadt (Old Town) RathausRathaus STEINSTR. SudSud
LANGE-
HEUBERG BLEICHENBR.
STEINSTR.
Mönckebergstr. MÜHREN
FUHLENTWIETE
parts of this exciting new quarter StadthausbrückeStadthausbrücke RathausRathaus St PetrikircheSt Petrikirche SPEERSORT JakobikircheJakobikirche
SPEERSORT
ALTER WALL
& Börse& Börse
are still under construction, some ALTER WALL BURGER STR. ALTSTÄDTER STR. Steinstr.Steinstr. KLOSTERWALL
SCHAUEN-
ALTSTÄDTER STR.
SCHAUEN-
HERRENGRABEN
BURGER STR.
GROSSER BURSTAH
landmarks are now open to the LUDWIG-ERHARD-STR. GROSSER BURSTAH ChilehausChilehaus
DOMSTR.
KLOSTERWALL
LUDWIG-ERHARD-STR.
public. Designed by Herzog & de MichaeliskircheMichaeliskirche HERRENGRABEN NikolaikircheNikolaikirche DOMSTR.
Meuron, the Elbphilharmonie KrameramtswohnungenKrameramtswohnungen RödingsmarktRödingsmarkt WILLY-BRANDT-STRASSE E MessbergMessberg Deichtor-Deichtor-
RÖDINGSMARKT
WILLY-BRANDT-STRASS
DOVENFLEET
concert hall contains two Alsterfleet Alsterfleet KL. BURSTAH DOVENFLEET DEICHTORSTR.
hallenhallen
BRÜCKE
auditoriums, a five-star hotel, a SCHAARSTEINWEG RÖDINGSMARKT Katharinen-Katharinen- OBERBAUM- BRÜCKE
OBERBAUM- DEICHTORSTR.
KL. BURSTAH
ALTER WANDRAHM
SCHAARSTEINWEG
STUBBENHUK
BEI DEN MÜHREN
kirchekirche
popular viewing platform and 45 DEICHSTR. DEICHSTR. CREMON KATHARINENSTR. BEI DEN MÜHREN ALTER WANDRAHM
CREMON
KATHARINENSTR.
NEUER WANDRAHM
apartments. The 108-m (354-ft) St Pauli,St Pauli, STUBBENHUK K AJEN NEUER WANDRAHM DeutschesDeutsches
Fischmarkt,Fischmarkt,
BROOKTORKAI
Zollmuseum Zollmuseum
K AJEN
tall building was constructed LandungsbrückenLandungsbrücken BaumwallBaumwall Binnenhafen BROOKTORKAI ERICUSBR.
Binnenhafen
B AUMWALL
VORSETZEN
with acoustics in mind and is VORSETZEN B AUMWALL SpeicherstadtmuseumSpeicherstadtmuseum
ERICUSBR.
KEHRWIEDER
topped by a vast glass wave-like ElbeElbe KEHRWIEDER InternationalInternational
Maritimes MuseumMaritimes Museum
structure. Also in HafenCity is 0 metres 250 A M S A N D T O R K A OSAKAALLEE
A M S A N D T O R K A I I
the Internationales Maritimes Magellan TerrassenMagellan Terrassen
OSAKAALLEE
Museum, in the historic Kais- 0 yards 250 VASCO-DA-VASCO-DA- ÜBERSEEALLEE
ÜBERSEEALLEE
peicher B warehouse building. GAMA- PLATZGAMA- PLATZ
The Elbphilharmonie building in the port of Hamburg Covering more than 3,000 years ÜberseequartierÜberseequartier HafenCityHafenCity
UniversitätUniversität
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp501–502 and pp529–31 For keys to symbols see back flap
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