Hamburg
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Hamburg's Speicherstadt: Tour and destinations
The Speicherstadt is the world's largest contiguous warehouse complex and, together with the Kontorhaus District, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2015. It consists of brick spokes...
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Planten un Blomen: what's there
Planten un Blomen is the large park in the heart of Hamburg, right next to the city center and the exhibition grounds. The name is Low German for plants and flowers. For visitors, it is primarily a...
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Hamburg sights: the selection
Hamburg's sights are located in four areas: the port with Speicherstadt and HafenCity, the city center with the Alster lake, the western suburbs along the Elbe, and the parks. Those planning their visit by area rather than by name...
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Hamburg sights: insider tips
Hamburg's famous sights are on every list. This one gathers the places you only discover on a second visit and explains why each one is worth seeing.
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HafenCity Hamburg: what's worth it
HafenCity is Europe's largest inner-city urban development project and has been growing since the 2000s on former port land east of the Speicherstadt (warehouse district). For visitors, this means...
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Elbe beach in Hamburg: the sections
The Elbe beach stretches for several kilometers along the northern bank of the Elbe River from Neumühlen to Blankenese. It's a real sandy beach right in the middle of a major city, with container ships instead of Horizon...
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Blankenese Staircase Quarter: the tour
The Treppenviertel (Staircase Quarter) in Blankenese is a network of staircases, alleys, and side paths on an Elbe hillside, where approximately 5.000 steps provide the access that streets would elsewhere. It...
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Blankenese: what makes the district special
Blankenese lies at the western end of Hamburg on a slope overlooking the Elbe River and looks like a fishing village that someone built onto a hillside. Historically, that's exactly what it is: a pilot and fishing village...
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Wellness hotel in Hamburg: what to look out for
A wellness hotel in Hamburg is almost always a city hotel with a spa area, not a resort in the countryside. That's the most important difference from what many expect: The spa area is a...
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Planning a wellness weekend in Hamburg
A wellness weekend in Hamburg thrives on not spending both days in the same format. Two sauna sessions in a row are more tiring than it sounds. The most practical schedule...
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