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of maritime history, it includes VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
model ships, sea charts, sextants
and compasses, and a copy of the Practical Information
first nautical atlas ever printed. In Road map C2. * 1.7 million.
celebration of the area’s maritime n Hauptbahnhof, Kirchenallee
history, traditional sailing ships (040-30 05 701) Open 9am– 7pm
line the Magellan Terraces and Mon–Sat, 10am–6pm Sun & hols;
can be spotted from the curved in the port, Landungsbrücken
pontoon walkways in the harbor (040-30 05 12 03). ∑ hamburg-
basin of Sandtorhafen. This tourism.de Hafenrundfahrten
(harbour tours): Tel (040) 311 70
Traditionsschiffhafen (trad itional 70 & 31 31 40. Open Apr–Oct:
ship harbour) is run by the once every 1.5 hrs,10:30am–
Hamburg Maritime Foundation. The Expressionist Chilehaus 4:30pm; Nov–Mar: call for times.
in Kontorhausviertel _ Hafengeburtstag (anniversary
P Kontorhausviertel of the port, around 7 May).
A district of commercial offices into dramatic exhibition halls in
known as Kontorhausviertel was 1997 and are now used for major Transport
k in Fuhlsbüttel, U1 or S1 to
built between Mönckebergstraße, art exhibitions. Ohlsdorf, then Airport Express
Steinstraße and Messberg at the (40 min). £ Kirchenallee.
start of the 20th century. Together P Speicherstadt
with nearby Speicherstadt, this Located within the toll-free area
historic quarter is UNESCO World of the port, this giant warehouse
Heritage listed. Chilehaus, built district is reached after crossing monu ments, Speicherstadt now
by Fritz Höger in 1922–4, is the the customs post. It is the largest houses the Speicherstadt
most famous,, with its pointed complex of ware houses in the Museum.
eastern façade resembling a world. The Neo-Gothic buildings, E Deutches Zollmuseum
ship’s bow. dating from the end of the 19th Alter Wandrahm 16, 20457. Tel (040)
century, are separated by canals. 30 08 76 20. Open 10am–5pm Tue–
P Deichtorhallen Modern industries, such as multi- Sun. ∑ museum.zoll.de
Deichtorstraße 1–2. Open 11am–6pm media companies, are slowly Located by Kornhaus brücke tells
Tue–Sun (during exhibitions). replacing the storerooms packed the story of customs and excise
The enormous market halls of the with spices, coffee and carpets. from the Roman Empire to the
port built in 1911–12 were turned Listed as one of the city’s historic present day.

Hamburg City Centre
1 Rathausmarkt LOMBARDSBRÜCKE Flughafen
20 km (12 miles)
2 Binnenalster NEUER JUNGFERNSTIEG
Deutsches
3 St Petrikirche Binnenalster Kunsthalle Schauspielhaus
4 Hafen City Hauptbahnhof-
5 Kontorhausviertel JUNGFERNSTIEG Jungfern- BALLINDAMM Nord
RABOISEN
6 Deichtorhallen GROSSE BLEICHEN stieg FERDINANDSTR. BRANDSENDE Hauptbahnhof
7 Speicherstadt POSTSTR. HERMANN- MÜHREN STEINTORWALL
KURZE-
8 Deutches Zollmuseum HEUBERG BLEICHENBR. STR. Mönckebergstr. AHRENSBURG
9 Kunsthalle FUHLENTWIETE NEUER WALL RATHAUS- BERGSTR. MÖNCKEBERGSTR. MÜHREN LANGE-
MARKT
0 Altstadt (Old Town) Rathaus BUGENHAGENSTR. Hauptbahnhof-
Sud
Rathaus St Petrikirche Jakobikirche STEINSTR.
Stadthausbrücke ALTER WALL & Börse BURGER STR. SPEERSORT ALTSTÄDTER STR. Steinstr. KLOSTERWALL
SCHAUEN-
HERRENGRABEN GROSSER BURSTAH DOMSTR. Chilehaus
LUDWIG-ERHARD-STR.
Michaeliskirche Nikolaikirche
Krameramtswohnungen Rödingsmarkt Messberg Deichtor-
Alsterfleet KL. BURSTAH WILLY-BRANDT-STRASSE DEICHTORSTR.
DOVENFLEET
hallen
SCHAARSTEINWEG RÖDINGSMARKT Katharinen- ALTER WANDRAHM OBERBAUM- BRÜCKE
kirche
St Pauli, STUBBENHUK DEICHSTR. CREMON KATHARINENSTR. BEI DEN MÜHREN Deutsches
Fischmarkt, K AJEN Zollmuseum
Landungsbrücken NEUER WANDRAHM BROOKTORKAI
Baumwall Binnenhafen ERICUSBR.
B AUMWALL Speicherstadtmuseum
VORSETZEN
Elbe KEHRWIEDER International
Maritimes Museum
A M S A N D T O R K A I
0 metres 250
Magellan Terrassen
OSAKAALLEE
0 yards 250
VASCO-DA- ÜBERSEEALLEE
GAMA- PLATZ
Überseequartier HafenCity
Universität
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