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Hamburg Highlights: Rathaus to the Harbour

From the grand city hall through red-brick canals to the roaring Reeperbahn.

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What's the walk about?

Welcome to Hamburg, Germany's great port city-state, where grand civic splendour meets the salt-tang of the sea. This walk carries you from the ornate Rathaus on its bustling market square, past the shimmering Binnenalster and the elegant Jungfernstieg promenade, through a landscape of red brick that is Hamburg's signature. You'll trace the canals of the UNESCO-listed Speicherstadt, stand beneath the wave-crested Elbphilharmonie, and climb toward the harbour where cranes, ferries and container ships define the horizon. Along the way you'll meet the sober memorial of St. Nikolai, the astonishing brick-expressionist Chilehaus, and the copper spire of the 'Michel'. The route ends amid the neon and clamour of St. Pauli and the Reeperbahn. From measured merchant grandeur to riotous nightlife, this is Hamburg in one unforgettable walk down to the water.

What you'll see

  1. 1

    Hamburg Rathaus

    Landmark

  2. 2

    Jungfernstieg & Binnenalster

    Viewpoint

  3. 3

    Mahnmal St. Nikolai

    monument

  4. 4

    Chilehaus

    Landmark

  5. 5

    Speicherstadt

    landmark

  6. 6

    Elbphilharmonie

    landmark

  7. 7

    St. Michaelis (Michel)

    Church

  8. 8

    Landungsbrücken

    landmark

  9. 9

    Reeperbahn & St. Pauli

    District

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