Skip to main content

Hagenbeck Zoo

Location

Hamburg

Germany

53° 35' 41.91" N, 9° 56' 29.9796" E

See map: Google Maps

DE

General info:

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.

Getting there:

The Hamburg zoo is located in Lokstedter Grenzstraße 2, with Hagenbecks Tierpark subway station just outside.

Costs:

Entrance fee is about 20 Euros.

You might be interested in

Singapore Zoo & Night Safari

Unlike in traditional zoos where the day-night cycle of animals has been reversed, Night Safari gives the chance to see what the night animals are really up to during nighttime.

Happy Valley Shanghai

Happy Valley Shanghai is the newest and most western type of amusement park in Shanghai. The area is clean, services are good and the selection of rides is not bad either.

The Bronx Zoo

The Bronx Zoo is the largest metropolitan zoo in the United States, comprising 265 acres (107 ha) of park lands and naturalistic habitats.

Stratosphere Thrill Rides

The highest observation tower in the USA is Las Vegas’ Stratosphere. The tower rises about 350 meters to the sky and is used as a luxurious hotel and casino. It is the northernmost of all the venues of the Las Vegas Strip.

Miami Seaquarium

Miami Seaquarium is the oldest oceanarium in the USA and one of the most important in the world, with over half a million visitors per year. Its area is over 39 acres and is located near the Miami City center.

Zoo Miami

Miami Zoo is the only tropical zoo in the United States, thus making it one of the most famous and the most visited ones. It is the home of more than 2000 animals.

Interesting places nearby

The Resistance Museum

The Dutch people are proud of their anti-fascist history and, therefore Dutch Resistance Museum is one of the most popular WWII-themed museums.

Red Light District

The largest Red Light district in Amsterdam is De Wallen, located in the very center of the city. The area has plenty of brothels, sex shops, cabarets, and cabins rented by prostitutes.

Amsterdam Brown Café

In the last decade, Amsterdam became famous all over the world for its coffee shops that offered marijuana products. It brought thousands of visitors to the city and changed the look and the spirit of the traditional Amsterdam bars.

Van Gogh Museum

The 30th most visited art museum in the world and definitely the most visited in the Netherlands, is the Van Gogh Museum.

Anne Frank Huis

German-born Jewish girl wrote about her suffering during the WWII. Anne Frank and her family were hiding from the Nazis for over two years in an old house in the middle of Amsterdam.

Hamburger Kunsthalle

Hamburger Kunsthalle museum of art is the cultural center of Hamburg. The museum complex consists of three buildings of different age.