Top things to do in Hamburg
Attractions, tours and activities in Hamburg
Recommended museums in Hamburg
Where to discover culture and the arts in Hamburg
Hamburg: the city's best neighbourhoods
Find a great area to stay in Hamburg
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Hamburg Neustadt
0.7 miles from city centre
Neustadt means “new town”. Yet, grand old buildings and historic hotels all but define the area. Join the city’s high rollers around Gänsemarkt, as they browse wallet-busting trinkets and haute couture. Gaze over the horizon from St Michaeliskirche’s lofty spire. For an award-winning “fishy on a dishy”, book a table at Fischmarkt.
Places to stay from £41 per night
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St. Georg
0.6 miles from city centre
By George! St Georg’s a cosmopolitan grab bag of nationalities, where kebab houses, theatres and mosques sit side by side. By day, tuck into coffee and cake in cosy Gnosa Café. By night, grab your feather boa and join the free and fab party-goers along Lange Reihe Street. Raunchy joints like Tom’s Saloon, Contact and La Strada have all persuasions covered.
Places to stay from £11 per night
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St. Pauli
1.4 miles from city centre
Hamburg’s counterculture capital. Anything goes in St Pauli, a proud bastion of tolerance since its glory days of the 1960s. Although bars have replaced the bordellos of old, the Reeperbahn is still Hamburg’s go-to spot for a night of fun. Line your stomach with hearty fare from Krug before hitting the dancefloors of Neidklub or Molotow.
Places to stay from £10 per night
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Hamburg Altstadt
In the city centre
Kick it old-school in Altstadt. A stroll around the Old Town is a lesson in Hamburg’s history. Ogle overwhelming opulence at Rathaus and sail the waterways between Speicherstadt’s vast neo-Gothic warehouses. Work up an epic appetite in Gängeviertel’s ramshackle alleyways. Then feast like a king at Estancia, purveyor of succulent steaks and rare gins.
Places to stay from £57 per night
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Rothenbaum
1.3 miles from city centre
Lakeside livin’. Rothenbaum’s swanky waterfront villas are home to Hamburg’s big cheeses, with the odd flag-flying consulate sandwiched in between. It’s a life of leafy luxury here – leisurely dog walkers and lycra-bound joggers all tread the peaceful banks of the Aussenalster, while racquet fanatics descend on Am Rothenbaum for the German Open.
Places to stay from £22 per night
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Altona
2.2 miles from city centre
Altona’s a wee bit different. Under Danish rule for centuries, it was always an open-armed haven for Hamburg’s unwanted minorities. The town’s crest even features a welcoming open door. When the sun’s out, all and sundry make a B-line for the riverbanks, picnicking at grassy Altonaer Balkon or chilling at beach bars like Strandperle.
Places to stay from £10 per night
About Hamburg
Including tips for the best time to visit Hamburg
In Hamburg, Germany’s self-proclaimed ‘gateway to the world’, a strong maritime culture fuses with innovative designs and vibrant nightlife.
Huge container ships trundle daily into the city’s vast port, where Speicherstadt – the old warehouse district – creaks with history. Over a century old, its giant storehouses are built on oak logs and divided by canals where ships bound for destinations across the globe are loaded. Other points of interest in this area include the St. Nikolai Memorial and Miniatur Wunderland – one of the world’s largest model railways. When the tide is in, you can cruise these narrow waterways by barge to get a close-up view.
More architectural delights like Hamburg City Hall await in the city centre, while a stroll along the banks of the River Elbe reveals Hamburg’s biggest attraction: the cutting-edge Elbphilharmonie concert hall. Clad with over a thousand individually curved pieces of glass, this building is the city’s tallest and well worth visiting.
Germany’s second biggest city is also the unlikely setting where The Beatles rose to fame. Take a guided tour of the lively Reeperbahn district, where the ‘Fab Four’ lived before they were famous, for the chance to visit bars and clubs where they performed. After a day’s sightseeing, refuel in one of Schanze’s laid-back restaurants and try the local food – ‘fischbrötchen’ (fish roll) and ‘aalsuppe’ (eel soup) are particularly popular.
Tonight
From £52 per night
This weekend
From £227 per night
Next weekend
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| Most popular time to visit | October–December |
| Cheapest time to visit | January–March |
| Local currency | € 10 = £8.45 |
| Language | German |
| Average weekend price | £93 per night |
| Average weekday price | £94 per night |
| Typical stay | 2 nights |
Points of interest in Hamburg
Stay near the top sightseeing spots in Hamburg
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Außenalster
1.1 miles from city centre
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Miniatur Wunderland
0.6 miles from city centre
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Fish Market Hamburg
2.5 miles from city centre
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Inner Alster Lake
0.4 miles from city centre
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Mönckebergstraße
0.1 miles from city centre
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Laeiszhalle
0.9 miles from city centre
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St. Michael's Church
0.9 miles from city centre
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Große Freiheit
1.7 miles from city centre
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Television Tower Hamburg
1.4 miles from city centre
Hamburg reviews
What other travellers say about Hamburg
Hamburg is an under-rated German city.
4 May 2022
Hamburg is an under-rated German city. It offers great places to enjoy like the Kunsthalle museum, harbor cruises, Elbphilharmonie, Planten Un Blomen park, Landungsbrucken eateries, and Alster Lake walks. It has a superb mass transportation system for getting around.
Hamburger Alm hotel was really bad.
3 May 2022
Hamburger Alm hotel was really bad. They who have graded it 9-10 must be the hotel staff them selves. It is impossible to give it such a high grade. Not even a blinde and deaf person can give the hotel such a high grade.
Loads of wonderful things to see like the fish market, the...
30 April 2022
Loads of wonderful things to see like the fish market, the Hamburg Port, the Panoptikum wax museum, Miniatur Wunderland, the Elbphilharmonie, St Paulie's Pier and so much more, great city to walk around in with so much to see. We would have loved to do the Reeperbahn Walking Tour with Olivia Jones or the Chocversum however a lot of the tours were only available in German.
I think it would've been a lot better to go with someone...
30 April 2022
I think it would've been a lot better to go with someone who knew the area. I didn't have time to do much research before we went, so we went without a plan for things to do. Our German was barely passable, so it was hard to ask for directions or recommendations, and it was a barrier for some experiences, although many people spoke English. I think this is the kind of city that's hard to occupy yourself in for eight days when you're on a student budget. A lot of museums and attractions had ticket fees. I believe I would've enjoyed it more if I'd known what to look for, and I might go back, but I think I'd rather try a different German city next time. The harbor is nice though, and we enjoyed the architecture. St. Nikolai's memorial is informative and well-priced for the experience and museum. I don't recommend the zoo--not the best zoo as far as zoos go, and pretty pricey for the quality. I do recommend taking a train to Schloss Ahrensburg, though! We really enjoyed the castle and museum, and it was well worth the price of admission, plus very accessible for English-speakers. We didn't eat out at all, but got a LOT of bread from local bakeries and grocery stores. And I have nothing but good things to say about the bread and pastries! (Try a Käse Schnecke from Lidl if you get the chance!) It's quite easy to get around the city using the trains and busses; the HVV website is helpful for planning trips. We got day passes each day and that made transportation fairly affordable.
Tierpark/zoo was great,we spent 4 hours there,but it was...
29 April 2022
Tierpark/zoo was great,we spent 4 hours there,but it was difficult trying to get to some locations. Multiple modes of transport needed to get to the harbour area and then you still had to walk 1.4km! Alster lake was lovely and serene to walk around part of it-its huge! Lots birds in the area too.
Open top bus tour a must;
17 April 2022
Open top bus tour a must; as is a boat trip and a visit to the viewing platform at the Elbphilharmonie. Very good breakfast in Mutterland Stammhaus. Excellent food in VLET Kitchen and Bar. Hamburg a great place to visit
Popular places to stay in Hamburg
Stay in some of the best accommodation Hamburg has to offer
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The Fontenay Rothenbaum, Hamburg
From £304 per night
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Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Hamburg Neustadt, Hamburg
From £393 per night
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August The Boardinghouse Sternschanze, Hamburg
From £134 per night
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Tortue Hamburg Hamburg Neustadt, Hamburg
From £160 per night
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