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Hamburg Fish Market
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Located inside the harbor area, the Hamburg Fish Market offers see goods freshly shipped from all over the world. Here you can find sorts of fish meat, your local vendor surely doesn’t sell. And not just fish - here varieties of exotic products are traded. Every Sunday between 05:00 and 09:30 in the morning, this flea market opens for customers and it has been like that since the 18th century.
Speicherstadt
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Speicherstadt is the world’s largest “warehouse city”. It is here that precious goods like tea, coffee, spices, cocoa, tobacco, computers, and oriental carpets and rugs used to be stored. Today, The Speicherstadt holds ground for museum exhibitions that attract thousands of visitors. The biggest attraction is Miniatur Wunderland, a model railway museum. Hamburg Dungeon that shows evidences of the city’s darker times and the Afghan Museum, a private-owned Afghanistan-themed museum, are parts of The Speicherstadt district.
Hamburger Kunsthalle
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Hamburger Kunsthalle museum of art is the cultural center of Hamburg. The museum complex consists of three buildings of different age. The oldest part of Hamburger Kunsthalle was built in the 19th century, while the newest addition came in 1997. Located in the central part of Hamburg, near the Main Train Station and the lake Binnenalster, the Hamburger Kunsthalle is an unavoidable tourist checkpoint.
Hamburger Kunsthalle museum proudly exhibits its collection of art, ranging from medieval times to modern days. Works of Max Liebermann, Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso and other significant artists are exhibited permanently.
Hagenbeck Zoo
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The Tierpark Hagenbeck is the official name of the Hamburg Zoo. It was built in the early 20th century, but was destroyed in an air raid during the WWII. Being a favorite place for Hamburg citizens, it was rebuilt to the exact look as before the demolition. The Tierpark Hagenbeck was the first zoo in the world which used moats instead ordinary cages to keep the animals separated. That way the animals got more free room, similar to their natural habitats. Currently, the Hamburg zoo houses almost 2,000 animals of more than 200 species.
Miniatur Wunderland
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Miniatur Wunderland is a railway model museum, that is worth seeing even if you are not a train enthusiast. With more than 900 train models, airports, and highways, the Miniatur Wunderland is truly amazing. Millions of visitors already been to experience this miniature world first hand, and came out more than impressed. Miniatur Wunderland is a part of the Speicherstadt area of the Hamburg port.
Hamburg Rathaus
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Hamburg Rathaus is the town hall of Hamburg and the main city’s government office. Located in the very centre of the Hamburg city, between the artificial Alster Lakes and the river Elbe, the Hamburg Rathaus became the top tourist attraction. It’s not just its location and importance that brought fame to the Hamburg City Hall. Its history is equally impressive.
Mönckebergstraße
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Mönckebergstraße is the main shopping center of Hamburg. The street cuts through the city core, making it a busy all day long.
Along the Mönckebergstrasse you’ll find mall-like establishments such as Europa Passage as well as department stores like Karstadt, Kaufhof and Saturn, that offer everything from clothes to electronic devices. Fashion for every taste and budget can be found at chain-stores like C&A, Peek & Cloppenburg or H&M.
HSV at The Imtech-Arena
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Hamburger SV is a sport association based in Hamburg, world famous for its football team the HSV. One of the oldest clubs in the world HSV has lots of bright moments in its 126 years long history. It is the only club that has never been relegated from the German Bundesliga since the foundation.
Airbus Factory Tour
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The Airbus headquarters are located in Toulouse, France, but the company has factories all around the world. One of them is located in Hamburg and has become an important attraction in the last couple of years. The company organizes tours around the factory for curious visitors, making them acquainted with the airplane manufacturing process. To enter the facilities, you need to make a reservation in advance due to security checks. The minimal age for visitors to be allowed to enter is fourteen.
Alster Lakes
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Hamburg has two artificial lakes in its main area, the Außenalster and the Binnenalster, which are commonly referred as the Alster lakes. The lakes were made using the flow of the river Alster and has became over the years places around which the city has developed. They are used as the most important places for leisure in Hamburg.
Port of Hamburg & harbor cruise
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Hamburg port is one of the biggest and oldest in Europe. It’s been around as much as Hamburg and thus is one of the most important parts of the city. Being a stopover for people around the globe, the harbor is the place to which Hamburg owes its cosmopolitan spirit. Hamburg actually isn’t a seaside city. It lies on the Elba river, some one hundred kilometers from its mouth to the North Sea. Geographical position was the key factor why this port became so significant for European history. From there, thousand of thousands of families sailed away to the new world. Evidence of Hamburg mundane lifestyle is visible everywhere in the port.
St. Pauli and the Reeperbahn
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For centuries, the port city of Hamburg has been a temporary home for millions of lonely sailors. This has been a perfect growing ground for a red light district that is today the most famous of its kind in the world. The Reeperbahn is one of the most liberal places on earth and it is difficult to find a place as open-minded as here. Dozens of sex shops, strip clubs, and brothels make this street probably the most crowded in Germany, when the night falls.
