Visit Hamburg 2 days: guide to the Hanseatic city
When you think Germany, immediately come to mind the great “classical”: Monaco, Berlin… as, Nuremberg.
Yet, the North estremo e Paese, specifically Hamburg, although badly affected by Allied bombing, can give us a different Germany. In a way, MORE “authentic”, since foreign tourists, for what I could see, scarce. In compenso, There is a decent tourist flow inside. You recognize them immediately, zainone in shoulder, bike, and your, with a nice group tour. 🙂
The technically savvy, Hamburg could be associated only with the famous “Reeperbahn“, center Red Light District of the port city, very reminiscent of Amsterdam. I guarantee you that it is not so, Rather!
the Hanseatic city (adjective descending from belonging to the old “lega anseatica”, association of cities bordering the Baltic Sea), Besides being the most populous capital city does not EU, boasts some jewelry that survived the bombings of World War II, such as the splendid Town Hall (Town hall), the beautiful houses with sloping roof overlooking the channels, Gothic churches from the lofty bell towers, gli ex-port warehouses, now converted into museums and commercial activities…
Even, perhaps with a little’ di narcisismo, a quarter of the city overlooking the River Elbe, is defined as the “Positano North” (Blankenese)!
The highly efficient transport network Hamburg, managed by HVV and HADAG (Usual, As in all large cities German-, composed of the U-Bahn, S-Bahn, bus, with the useful addition of Ferries) allows you to move from one part of the city in few minutes. obviously, also’Airport is connected to the city center by S-Bahn.
In alternative, you can use the ever popular bike sharing though, Personally, I have not felt the need.
Spreader is buy Daily tickets (Full Day card), Day tickets available from 9am onwards (9-Clock Day Card), the individual tickets, the cost of 3eur, which, however, are not very convenient.
In definitiva, if you make more than two trips, you should buy a day ticket, cost of 7.30 eur. Tickets can be purchased at the machines that are located in each station, or by paying directly to the bus driver.
Beware of bus lines called “Schnellbus“: it comes to lines express, covering large distances by making a few stops, and require a small fee, to be paid to the driver. You might run into one of these buses (number 36) by moving from Blankenese to Ovelgönne, as I will describe in my short itinerary. I find it a theft, given that the tickets have already a substantial cost, ma tant'è…
for explore the city, I used two days filled, divided into a full day and two half days (arrival in the early afternoon, restart in the afternoon after two days), and I really believe I have seen everything there was to see in the city, as one confirmed by a friend who lives in a nearby town (As).
Thanks to the many hours of daylight in the late spring, I was able to take advantage of the last days. If you visited the city in winter, as well as equip yourself with MANY heavy clothing, You should recalibrate the route, spread it over an additional day, or by cutting some things.
I do not like to speak of the restaurants or bars of the city that I visit but, this being the North of Germany, is required to sample a krapfen jam filling or, as they call it up from Berlin, a “Berliner“!
I leave a couple of videos that I shot at Miniatur Wunderland, the wonderful museum that reproduces parts of the world in miniature, visited by over a million visitors a year (I'm serious, It may seem a nerdata, but it is a great experience!)
The photos of my visit to 2 days in Hamburg are loaded, Usual, in my gallery, A this address.
We come to’detailed itinerary these two days:
1 day (arrival in the afternoon - green pins):
- U-434 museum housed in an old Soviet submarine (Mon-Sat: 9AM – 8pm – Sun: 11AM – 8pm – 9EUR – students 6eur)
- Old Elbe Tunnel (pedestrian and cycle tunnel to cross, to take pictures of the city from the opposite bank of the Elbe)
- Port of Hamburg – Jetties (Port) (the largest port in Europe)
- Church of San Michele (9am to 8pm in summer - free entry - Ability to climb the tower for 5eur - Main Lutheran Church of Hamburg, built in 600)
- Krameramtsstuben (Apartments office / association of merchants - are the only 5 wooden buildings dating back to the '600, still remaining in Hamburg, built for the widows of merchants)
- Reeperbahn (famous throughout the world for its nightclubs and shops mainly red light (but not only) and nightlife hub)
2 day (Centro - red pins):
- Un Blomen (Big city park, built at the beginning of '900. To visit the Rosengarten and the largest Japanese garden in Europe) (Buy tageskarte to 7.30 eur)
- Gängeviertel (In 12 vintage case against Valentinskamp, Caffamacherreihe Speckstrasse and artists live and work, and almost every evening concerts are, readings, exhibitions, installations, performance, always free. E'una sorta di “common”, whose residents are opposed to the demolition of the courtyard, to make way for new buildings) (Caffamacherreihe 43, every day except Monday from 13, the-gaengeviertel.info)
- Alsterpark - Outer Alster (beautiful park that overlooks a man-made lake, where you can relax and jogging) (Gängeviertel by walking eastward until Gänsemarkt, and take Bus 109 You verso Alsterdorf per 5 stops, fino a Alsterchaussee. Turn right and walk on Alsterchaussee)
- Jungfernstieg (the shopping street) (reaches the southern end of Alsterpark, svolta the right hand and imbocca Alte Rabenstraße, Turn left and take Mittelweg. At the intersection with Fontenay, Take the bus 109 verso Rathausmarkt per 3 stops, fino a U Gänsemarkt)
- Alsterarkaden (beautiful alley covered by the arcs, opposite the Town Hall)
- Rathhausmarket (Square and Town Hall) (The Rathaus is a Neo-Renaissance building of 800. On the main facade are depicted 20 German emperors, including Charlemagne and Frederick Barbarossa. At fixed times, you can get into the Hall, and arrange a visit to the building)
- St. Peter’s Church – Monckebergstrasse (Climb to the top of the tower to get a view of the city, at a cost of 3eur. It 'a Lutheran cathedral, close to the place where it is believed the fort was created Hammaburg, which gave the city its name. It dates back to the end of 1100, and was rebuilt in the Gothic style in the '300 and '800, after a fire. The handles of the door in the shape of lion, the '300, are the oldest evidence of Hamburg existing)
- Bischofsturm – Bishop’s Tower (input 1 euro) (Dating back to the twelfth century, it is the foundation stone of the residence of the Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen Adalbrando)
- Chiesa in Sankt Jacobi (Lutheran cathedral of the '500)
- Spitalerstraße (pedestrian shopping street. Walk to the Hauptbahnhof)
- Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg (Hbf take U4 from North to HafenCity Universitata for 2 stops, fino a Überseequartier) (10am to 6pm, closed on Mon. – studenti 9eur – intero 12eur)
- HafenCity (great project of conversion of old port warehouses into residences and offices)
- Elbe Philharmonic Hall (one of the future landmark Citizens, still under construction)
- Speicherstadt (City warehouse - 17 Warehouses built in the late '800, the largest complex ever built in the World. Were used for the storage of spices, TO, coffee, carpets)
- Nikolaifleet (Constitutes the oldest part of Porto, developed in the twelfth century. It is a ship on which overlook beautiful homes in the Nordic style)
- Deichstraße (the oldest city street, where are the oldest buildings remaining in the city, di fine ‘700)
- Church – St. Nikolai Memorial (Church destroyed by bombing. It is the bell tower, which was the tallest building (147mt) of the world for two years, a fine ‘800. Possibility to visit the museum and sailre on top, cost of 4EUR)
- Miniatur Wunderland in tarda around (museum with the largest model railway in the world. See the model of Switzerland, Berlin, Hamburg, Airport, and the United States) (Opening times vary – Adulti 12eur – Studenti 9eur – discount 10% for online bookings)
3 day (Area of villages to the west - blue pins – re-start in the early afternoon):
- Blankenese – Treppenviertel (former fishing village, now the residence of wealthy people, called the "North Positano") (Buy tageskarte 7.3 eur – prendi drag S1 end a Blankenese, and then go down to the river through the pedestrian streets)
- Elbchausee (the main city street) – Ovelgönne (former fishing village with beautiful beaches) (back to the station Blankenese, and take the bus 36 Berner e verso main road, after 7 stops, scendi a Halbmondsweg)
- Museumshafen Oevelgönne (free admission – 20 old German and Dutch ships of the period 1880-1960). Then take the ferry number 62, and returns to the city center, zona Altona Fish Market.
MAP GOOGLE ON THIS TOUR: link
I regret not having been able to visit the Fishmarkt, the fish market, which seems to be a really nice view but, Unfortunately, is open only on Sundays. If I had more time, no doubt I would have made a leap to the nearby Airbus factory. 🙂
Also, if you're in the area for longer, seems to be highly recommended a daily visit to the nearby Lubecca, whose center is a World Heritage Site. I've only touched by the’highway, but I will not fail to visit, in futuro!
Those of you who visited Hamburg? To hear around, at least in Italy, is a destination a little’ sui generis, but I must say that turned out to be a pleasant surprise.