Hamburg may have been a little cool (in the literal sense) in the past. Now it’s as cool as they come, figuratively speaking. With its beach clubs, cafés and beer gardens, Hamburg in summer is one vast open-air event, offering plenty of opportunities to enjoy the long northern light.
Hamburg’s contrasts help to make the city such an attractive destination. The refined Elbchaussee is only a short distance from St. Pauli and the bustling harbour district and the hip Schanze quarter. Hamburg is a place where apparently opposite worlds treat each other with respect.
In winter this multifaceted boomtown transforms itself again, into a centre for musicals, a forum for art and culture and shopping paradise with its historic arcades. Hamburg is hip yet conservative, cosmopolitan and laid-back. In short, it’s excitingly relaxed.
Writer: Dagmar Grehm; Photographer: Dagmar Schwelle
Out and about in Hamburg
Restaurants & more
From fish rolls to gourmet menus, harbour city Hamburg offers dizzying culinary variety certain to please your taste buds!
Shopping & more
Weird, curious, unique, fascinating, surprising, elegant … shopping here is guaranteed to be entertaining.
City portrait
Hamburg is a wonderfully easy-going city full of charming contrasts and a distinctive maritime flair.
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