Hamburg

Sites to see

The harbour and its gangplanks, St. Michael Church, Alster Lake, Miniature Wonderland (the largest model railroad layout in the world), town hall, historic branch office houses from the Hanseatic League, old storehouse district along the harbour with its many bridges

Things to do

Shop in the elegant city centre, take a cruise through the huge harbour and its remarkable Maritime Museum, take a boat trip on the Alster Lake, enjoy the nightlife on the “Reeperbahn”, relax at the sandy beaches of the river Elbe, take an excursion with a speed boat to the island of Helgoland in the North Sea, visit the fish market in the very early morning, visit the “Kunsthalle Hamburg” with its impressive collection of contemporary art or the “Deichtorhallen”-House of Photography.

How to get there

Direct flights from overseas and connections from all major European airports, by German railway express trains from Frankfurt and Berlin, or with international trains from Scandinavia, Prague and Amsterdam.