Organisational Details
- Participants
- 1 - 20 Participants (Open tour )
- Languages
- German, English, Dutch
- Booking option
- Booking on fixed rate
Description of Tour
We will see how two completely different places grow together: the historic Speicherstadt, the largest contiguous warehouse complex in the world and the Hafencity, a brand new district with modern architecture, a pearl of urban planning.
We start with an unforgettable view over Hamburg's harbor with stories about the history of the port, where is the Rickmer Rickmers, a cargo sailing ship that is now a museum and where did the Cap San Diego sail to during its time as a general cargo ship?
The port panorama includes Dock Elbe 17, the popular musical theater The Lion King and the brand new theater where the Miracle of Bern has been performed since November 2014.
...past the old port police, now a movie star, we walk over many a bridge towards the coffee roastery, which we enter and where you can watch the roasting masters at work. Here we are enchanted by the smell of fresh coffee.
Just next door is the world's largest model railroad, Miniatur Wunderland.
At the Kesselhaus, the former energy center of the Speicherstadt, where a model of Hamburg's city center and the port area is exhibited, HafenCity and Speicherstadt are explained. Everything that has been built in HafenCity so far and what is still being planned.
From here we will walk directly into HafenCity.
The traditional ship harbor welcomes us with its historic ships and the Magellan Terraces invite us to linger. From here, we have a wonderful view of our new Hamburg landmark - the Elbphilharmonie - which has been under construction since April 2007 and will be completed in 2017 to create a sensation as a concert hall in HafenCity.
At Magdeburger Hafen, where the Greenpeace European headquarters is located, we learn more about the legend of Klaus Störtebeker and his buccaneers at a statue. We shudder to hear that the pirates were beheaded right here...
The tour ends at the cruise terminal, where great cruise liners moor, such as the AIDA ships, TUI Mein Schiff and also the Queen Mary 2, which is one of the largest passenger ships in the world with a length of 345.03 m.
Maybe one of these ships will also be at anchor when our tour docks?
Requirements
Guided public tour in German, daily 3.30 pm. Other languages on request.
Meeting point:
Baumwall subway station
Hafencity/Speicherstadt/Kehrwiederspitze exit
directly at the kiosk bakery/under the tracks
The price per person is EUR 25.00
Children and young people up to 14 years EUR 12.50
Booking
Please choose a date in the calendar and make a request.
Date of travel:
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