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 £43 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 £59 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 £23 per night
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Altona
2.3 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 £63 per night
This weekend
From £478 per night
Next weekend
From £171 per night
| Most popular time to visit | October–December |
| Cheapest time to visit | January–March |
| Local currency | € 10 = £8.73 |
| Language | German |
| Average weekend price | £112 per night |
| Average weekday price | £114 per night |
| Typical stay | 2 nights |
Points of interest in Hamburg
Stay near the top sightseeing spots in Hamburg
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Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
0.9 miles from city centre
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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
For lovers of classical music, a visit to the...
29 September 2022
For lovers of classical music, a visit to the Elbphilharmonie should be on your bucket list. This astonishing building took much longer than planned to build, blew the budget out of the water, and generated much controversy, but the final product is magnificent. The sound deadening surfaces throughout the hall help produce a fabulous acoustic. The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra is first-class. The views from the plaza are wonderful, but you'll have to compete with the tourists who all want to experience this masterpiece.
There's plenty to see and do in Hamburg and quite a few...
26 September 2022
There's plenty to see and do in Hamburg and quite a few things that you don't need a huge budget for. Always worth getting away from the centre and checking out some of the little neighbourhoods.
I was interested in graffiti culture and I got what I wanted.
23 September 2022
I was interested in graffiti culture and I got what I wanted. Elbphilharmonie is great. However organisers could allow just brief look at main concerthall which is unic. Otherwise it was too little. There were quite a lot museums and galeries for contemporary art. We were just lucky to manage the exhibition The Mystery of Banksy during our days. This was my first visit of the city and I am sure not the last one.
I travel a lot to a wide variety of places and stay in from...
20 September 2022
I travel a lot to a wide variety of places and stay in from a guesthouse in Marakesh to 4 and 5 star hotels in Dubai some places work for me others just dont. example in Tallin I was in the Economy Hotel at £11 per night and it was perfect. Hamburg would be fine for most people just did not work for me so no problem off to Spain in November my type of travelling would drive steady Eddie crazy.
The good weather helped but overall a very clean and easy to...
18 September 2022
The good weather helped but overall a very clean and easy to navigate city. Lovely architecture, much too see, definitely use the Hamburg Cad to get easy around, even with ships and use the discounts.
Our trip was to visit friends, so we did not view all the...
16 September 2022
Our trip was to visit friends, so we did not view all the sights available. Hamburg has two lovely lakes with restaurants and cafes adjacent, so a great place to relax. There was a good variety of shops not just high end designer ones.
Popular places to stay in Hamburg
Stay in some of the best accommodation Hamburg has to offer
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Brands Loft Hamburg, Germany
From £193 per night
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Top ausgestattete 40qm 2-Zimmer-Ferienwohnung mit Netflix, Garten und Laufband Wandsbek, Hamburg
From £146 per night
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August The Boardinghouse Sternschanze, Hamburg
From £153 per night
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Apartment Factory Hohenfelde, Hamburg
From £243 per night
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Ferienwohnung Hamburg - Kirchwerder Bergedorf, Hamburg
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