In love, engaged, married
Simply put, whether spring, summer, fall or winter, Hamburg’s residents are in love with water, betrothed and connected for a lifetime: Not only through their nearness to the Elbe River, the port, Inner and Outer Alster, but also at times with rain, ice and snow.
Need some proof? The residences on the shores of the Elbe River, the Elbchaussee, the villas on the banks of the Alster, the elegant Jungfernstieg and, last not least, the port, leviathan and identity of Germany’s largest seaport. The summer is time for sailing, and in winter the frozen Alster plays host to ice skaters. Of recent times, joggers have discovered the circuit around the Outer Alster; traditionally Hanseatic, in contrast, is the walk by the waters of the Elbe in the direction of Blankenese, against the wind of the Baltic Sea and the refreshing rain it often brings with it.
City Hall & Neuer Wall
The Hamburg City Hall (Rathaus) and the plaza in front of it are like a Lighthouse and should serve as a point of departure and orientation for stroll ...
The golden Triangle
The triangle formed by the Neuer Wall, Jungfernstieg and Gänsemarkt and the shopping passages so typical to Hamburg form a shopping paradise in the inner city ...
The Jungfernstieg
The Jungfernstieg, directly along the Binnenalster, is not only one of the oldest streets in the city, it is also one of the most beautiful ones to stroll along in all of ...
Like a Lighthouse
Visible from far and wide, like a lighthouse. How could it be any different in Germany’s biggest seaport? Its permanent visibility has made the tower of Hamburg’s St. Michaelis ...
A short career
Meteor V. The yacht of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II. With a length of 47.6 meters, it was launched in 1914. And it was with this vessel that the Kaiser, himself an ...
Joëlle Boulogne
She whirls through the air like a bird, gliding with the sureness of a sleepwalker to the ground again, with intense concentration, all the while with a smile. That is the ...