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MARITIME HAMBURG The city’s splendid seaside 215140911HH_Card_Tageskarte_Einzeln_2012_HH_Card_Tageskarte_Gr Advice. Booking. Service. Hamburg CARD Tel. +49(0)40.300 51 300 Tageskarte | 1-Day-Ticket Datum | Date www.hamburg-travel.com Einzel | Single /1 Einzel INTRODUCTION We have the best tickets Moin, ahoy and good day! This new edition of “Maritime Hamburg” presents the most beautiful, interesting and inspiring places, squares and paths from HafenCity via Landungsbrücken and St. Pauli even ranging as far as Övelgönne and Blankenese – spotlighting numerous discoveries and surprises in the harbour and along the river Elbe. The port of Hamburg and its more than 800-year-old history has shaped the city and given rise to its prosperity: ship-owners and shipbuilders, importers, MUSICAL exporters, coffee, tea and carpet merchants, shipyards, TICKETS freight forwarders and many others established their from global operations in line with the development and growth of the port. These connections from all over € the world, as well as the visits of millions of sailors Your advantages for our 36.39 have made Hamburg a cosmopolitan and tolerant city. major musical-highlights Today Hamburg is connected to 900 ports in 170 countries • Book your tickets directly and and there is a lot more to discover in the harbour and uncomplicated online on the river Elbe than just giant container ships. • Get connected seats by choosing Hamburg welcomes you – enjoy the special atmosphere directly from the seating plan of Germany’s largest port city. Be it for a few hours, • Find numerous additional events a day or a navy blue weekend, Hamburg Tourist Board in in our wide range of offers cooperation with the mare-editors have compiled the • You are more than welcome to best tips and recommendations, things worth contact the Hamburg-experts for knowing, maps and photographs which will take you a personal recommendation on tours to the unique sights of our city. Your Hamburg Tourist Board BOOK NOW: HAMBURG Tel: +49 (0)40-300 51 721 or Tourist Board www.hamburg-tourism.de/tickets Hamburg Tourismus GmbH | Steinstraße 7 | 20095 Hamburg 3 Anz_Tickets_HH_Maritim_100x210_engl.indd 1 11.02.14 14:55 HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS Michel Elbphilharmonie Hamburg’s most famous New landmark: a world-class steeple and the most import- concert hall is being built in ant landmark for sailors the river Elbe Hamburg’S Pages 10, 36 I Tours 1, 5 Pages 12, 34 I Tours1, 5 PEARLS The heart of the city clearly beats on the Elbe. But where exactly? Here are the ten maritime highlights that you should definitely not miss Harbour Cruises Speicherstadt Reeperbahn Landungsbrücken The Hamburg-classic: Idyllic site in the city: Once the workplace of rope- Germany’s most famous jetty. Discover the harbour on a historical warehouse district makers and cord-makers, now Start your harbour cruise boat trip intersected by canals the legendary nightlife mile here Pages 11, 35 I Tours 1, 5 Pages 11, 35 I Tours 1, 5 Pages 28, 36 I Tours 4, 5 Pages 11, 35 I Tours 1, 5 Jenisch Park Alter Elbtunnel Treppenviertel Fischmarkt English garden with magni- Living memorial and shortest Steep Elbe slopes, narrow An outing for night owls and ficent mansion and fantastic way between St. Pauli and lanes, white beaches – Ham- early risers, legendary and river view the world of containers burg’s Mediterranean flair entertaining Pages 22, 36 I Tours 3, 5 Pages 11, 35 I Tours 1, 5 Page 16 I Tour 2 Pages 29, 35 I Tours 4, 5 4 5 TOURS TOURS THE ELBE IN VIEW 3 Along the Hamburg at its most beautiful – on its waterfront. Elbe Slopes On our tours you will discover the maritime sides Hamburg’s green water- of the city side, the river is always in sight: The Elbe slopes tour leads through quiet Great service section gardens, magnificent parks and romantic with foldable map forests Everything Maritime at a glance Page 38 Page 20 1 Hamburg 4 St. Pauli, for Beginners Altona, Övelgönne From HafenCity to Altona – everything From Hamburg’s Fisch- important in one markt to the most maritime tour beautiful beaches: Page 8 a walk for gourmets Page 26 2 Blankenese 5 The and the Navy Blue Treppenviertel Weekend Picturesque lanes, In town from Friday winding staircases to Sunday? With time give Blankenese a to go exploring? Our Riviera flair suggestions for a Page 14 maritime weekend Page 32 6 7 HAMBURG FOR BEGINNERS TOUR 8 9 Place of yearning for sailors and landlubbers: St. Pauli Landungsbrücken Bahrenfelde Uhlandstr. U Kalckreuthweg Wartenau U Chaussee r Sternschanze Stresemannstr. U Blankenese Hemmingstedter Weg Stresemannstr. GROSS Außenalster r Alster HOCHKAMP BAHRENFELD STERN- FLOTTBEK An de BLANKENESE S3 SCHANZE Hochkamp Holstenstr. Dammtor Bahrenfeld S21 Lübecker Str. U S1 U3 S1 Friedensallee U Stephansplatz U Kennedybrücke Klein Flottbek Messehallen ST. GEORG U2 -Wall An der Alster DOCKEN- Elbch S1 Othmarschen ock e Budapest F aussee h- U Halbmondsweg OTTENSEN Thadenstr c Lohmühlenstr. Bürgerweid HUDEN -Allee HAMBURG FOR BEGINNERSU Feldstr. or Behrin . G Gänsemarkt KLEIN S3 U1 gs nwall U Binnenalster . tr. Hol ischaussee NIENSTEDTEN FLOTTBEK e S21 Max-Brauer s r . lac tenst U . S G Holste U Burgfelder Str. Elbchaussee Behringstr tr r. Berliner Tor Parkstr ALTONA ST. PAULI U Haupt- r-Allee . Altona U2 U S21 Eiffestr oght-Str Jungfernstieg bahnhof Kurt-Schumache Simon-v.-Utrecht-Str U tr. OTHMARSCHEN . NEUSTADT Stadthausbrücke U ALTSTADT U Steinstr. U . Baron-V Nordkanals Mörkenstr. Ludwig-Er Rathaus St. Pauli h Bernadottestr S1 Reeperbahn ard-Str. Spaldingstr . Reeperbahn U Rödingsmarkt U1 15 HAMMERBROOK Elbchaussee 1 Elbe Bernadottestr. U H Hammerbrook ei Königstr. Landungsbrücken U3 Messberg d . 16 enk Elbchaussee U Elbchaussee ampswe St.-Pauli-Hafenstr 2 Baumwall Amsin 3 S3 5 U ckstr. 7 10 kai andtor 13 g Am S 14 6 9 HAFENCITY 11 Norderelbe 4 12 Überseeallee Elbe U U Norderelbe U4 Vers Airbus Deutschland 8 Übersee- HafenCity mannstr 0m250 500 quartier Universität . FINKEN- Köhlbrand WERDER Neßdeic WALTE RSHOF STEINWERDER h ücke e Finkenwerder Norderdeich ck HafenCity, Speicherstadt, Landungsbrücken – ü A maritime icon: the museum freighter “Cap San Diego”, r 1 enelbbr b K LEINER lb eihaf Norderel one of the “white swans of the Atlantic” everything important in one tour GRASBROOK Fr Neue E be ch Duration: from 2 to 6 hours dei with its bars and restaurants, we continue on to St. Pauli The highlights of this tour: Veddel Landungsbrücken 3 with the dome of the Alter Elb- Neßhaupt e hafen r Damm e Michel I St. Pauli Landungsbrücken I Alter Elbtunnel I Saal tunnel 4. In 1911 it was opened for wagons and port wor- Speicherstadt I HafenCity I Elbphilharmonie Am VEDDEL kers, with two tubes running 24 meters deep under the amm d ß Elbe. It is also open for cars. Veddel Ro ee Aue-Hauptdeich auss urger Ch Köh Harb lbrandbrüc A first view of maritime Hamburg is offered by the under- The waterfront, simultaneously a flood protection ke ground line U3 leaving from the town hall towards Barm- system, is Hamburg’s busiest pedestrian area with the bek (left window seat in the direction of travel). Get off at museum ships “Rickmer Rickmers” 5, a tall ship built in Baumwall, passing the building of the Gruner+Jahr media 1896, and the general cargo vessel “Cap San Diego” 6. company and on to the Michel 1. Barges and ferries depart from here to their harbour The baroque church of St. Michaelis is the principal cruises 7 to the container terminals, to the Koehlbrand landmark of Hamburg. With a height of 132 meters, its Bridge 8 and to the shipyards or to the old warehouse tower is visible from afar for returning sailors and offers district, Speicherstadt 9, which has been nominated a magnificent panorama of the harbour from its observa- as a World Heritage site. Anyone who is still curious tion deck (453 steps). Through the Portuguese quarter 2 to further explore it has not got far to go. Today these red-brick Gothic style warehouse buildings are no longer Idyllic brick façades on the town canal: Speicherstadt solely used for storage but have also been opened up for other purposes. Awesome is the Miniatur Wunder- land 10, the largest model railway in the world: 930 trains HHT Expert tip on 13 kilometres of If you only have time for tracks. Visitors can a short visit to Hamburg: marvel at 335,000 Take a ride on bus 111! lights, 215,000 fi- From HafenCity via gures, the Grand Can- Landungsbrücken to the yon, Las Vegas, Swit- Altonaer Balkon – a different zerland and Scandi- sight can be admired every navia, including the 111 seconds. 10 11 HAMBURG IN 6 STUNDEN Car museum PROTOTYP 14 ozzi The fascinating world of motor sport becomes an experience: Trattoriastal & Pizzeria 50 rare sports and racing cars, stories about constructors and Pa driver legends as well as a Porsche 356 driving simulator, model wind tunnel, cinema, audio box, glass workshop, and the “Erlkönig” café, named after disguised pre-test vehicles. Charming flair and Northern Lights. (Long waiting times! Booking in advance a cucina fantastica. is advisable.) Still got some energy left? Directly next to The heart of Hamburg’s the old warehouse district is the HafenCity 11, an expe- Portuguese quarter rimental laboratory for innovative architecture: the cruise beats in Reimarusstrasse 10 – terminal, offices and apartments in prime location with a river view and an underground connection (U4). The and it’s an Italian heartbeat! glass structure of the Elbphilharmonie 12 on the former Kaispeicher A: a concert hall of the superlative and Ham- burg’s most expensive construction site. The HafenCity has come alive, trendy restaurants, bars, cafés cater for all wishes, ranging from Labskaus to cham- pagne.