Hamburg-“The gateway to the world”
The cosmopolitan city of Hamburg is thesecond-largest city in Germany and is the second-largest harbour in Europe. Itis a major port city in northern Germany that connects the country to the globethrough trading routes. It has three rivers, large lakes and countless canalsmaking it a city built on water. On a visit to this beautiful destination, onecan see its many faces that offer a unique experience for everybody. Deckedwith brilliant architecture, great café culture, amazing nightlife, diverseneighbourhoods, delicious cuisines, pirate history, youthful vibes and creativitymake it a destination that offers high standards of life with lots of optionsfor leisure. So make a plan and book flights to Hamburg to enjoy anunforgettable holiday trip.
It is a city with a personality of its ownand is well worth a stop on a trip around Germany.
RemarkableSpeicherstadt:- Hamburg boasts several UNESCO WorldHeritage Sites. The remarkable red-brick Speicherstadt is the largest warehousein the world built between 1883 and 1927. Sprawling on 26 hectares, it is aunique building and winding network of streets, canals and bridges. It is abeautiful neo-gothic brick architecture representing an exciting contrast tomodern constructions in Hafenc city and is a must-see attraction on a trip toHamburg.
The imposing Elbphilharmonie:- It isHamburg’s tallest inhabited building unveiled in 2017 and is locally known asElphi. Located at the point of the Grasbrook Peninsula is a major landmark ofthe city and is one of the largest and most acoustically advanced venues everbuilt. The largest of its three concert halls seats around 2000 people andfeatures 10,000 plates specially designed to tune sound waves. The building ishome to a hotel, café, restaurants, parking and a publicly accessibleobservation platform that provides splendid views of the harbour and the city
MiniaturWunderland:-It is among the best places to visit inthe city boasting more than 15,400 meters of track and 1,400 trains is the bestplace to visit with kids. Built on a massive scale it covers an impressive2,300 square meters and is the largest model railway system in the world. It isvoted the most popular tourist attraction in Germany. Here visitors can see andadmire different countries and even an airport in miniature size with planesthat take off and some 100,000 vehicles that move. All are illuminated by morethan 500,000 lights containing some 400,000 tiny human figures. If you don’twant to miss all this fun and much more then fly to Hamburg now.
MajesticRathaus:- In the center of the city stands themajestic City Hall or Rathaus. It is an elaborately decorated Neo-Renaissancebuilding adjacent to the Stock Exchange with a proud and prosperous identity. Completedin 1897 it has 647 rooms many of which remained open to the public for the city’slong night of museum events. The towering building in the heart of Altstadt isa statement of wealth, sovereignty and the city’s historic membership in theHanseatic League.
Beautiful ElbeTunnel:- It is truly amagnificent experience for visitors to pass through the 426-meters long ElbeTunnel at 24 meters below the river. It has transformed the lives of Hamburg’sharbour workers commuting from right to left banks. The northern entrance atLandungsbrücken has a green dome and Jugendstil architecture is the charm ofthe tunnel. Two tunnels running parallelly for cars and pedestrians arebeautifully decorated with maritime motifs and glazed tiles.
