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Europe » Germany » Hamburg » Hamburg May 11th 2019

The day started at 3am because we were going on holiday. Travelling for the first time with another couple, Zanne and David, Glyn and I left in the dark as David drove us to Manchester airport. The flight left at 6.40am with just three of us and David took the train for a transcontinental journey he won’t be forgetting in a hurry. It turns out that the rail system in Germany isn’t as good as hoped; trains ran late with little info given and David got accosted by drunks and a Nazi in Cologne. Meanwhile, Glyn, Zanne and I landed happily in Hamburg after an uneventful 80 minute flight. During the descent into Hamburg, I noticed that The city was thick with dark green trees, like a dense forest with buildings poking out. Plus many bridges, ... read more
St Peter's Church
Old building
Rathaus

Europe » Germany » Hamburg November 12th 2018

Our Fred Olsen cruise ship Balmoral arrived in Hamburg on a very wet and windy day. We visited St Michael's church and the Rathaus. Later we went to the amazing, incredible miniature wonderland. This is home to the largest model railway in the world. The exhibition covers around 1500m2 and there are more than 1000 trains. The displays feature Hamburg, Germany, Switzerland, USA, Scandinavia and Italy. The detail in the models is wonderful. one of many highlights is the working airport with planes taking off. from time to time the displays go dark as night time is simulated and there are thousands of lights in operation to create a real night scene. We spent around 2 hours at the exhibition. It is very busy with visitors but numbers are controlled This was the highlight of our ... read more
Sunset approaching Hamburg
A family of cranes
Medieval lifting style

Europe » Germany » Hamburg » Hamburg June 26th 2018

Today is going to be a better day! Got up early so I could travel into the city with Christiane. First we went to her office building and went to the 14th floor to see the views over the city. We then headed to Cafe Paris which is a very beautiful cafe in the heart of the city. We had a very nice breakfast with more food than I could eat, so did the old traveller trick of putting some cheese into the croissant and wrapping it up for later. Christiane headed off to work and I walked around the Town Hall (Rathaus), which is a very impressive building. From here I jumped on the HopOn HopOff bus to get my bearings of the city. Hamburg has these two beautiful lakes and this tour went all ... read more
The Town Hall, Hamburg
Steam Paddle Boat - tour of the harbour
It was 12pm!

Europe » Germany » Hamburg » Hamburg June 25th 2018

After waking and getting myself sorted for the day, I walked to Nyhavn for breakfast. I stopped to take a photo of #20, which was the house that Hans Christian Andersen lived in. After a nice breakfast of eggs & bacon, I continued my walk to enjoy some of the final sights of Copenhagen. The time soon came to check out of my hotel and head to the Central Train station for my trip to Hamburg. The journey started off nicely with my seat not actually on the window, but I could see the view of the countryside fully, without interruption this time. After about 2 hours I needed to change trains at Fredericia, which is a town in Denmark. As we were getting close to the station, an announcement advised us that the train to ... read more
The queue for the bus in Fredericia
My view for 2 hours ?

Europe » Germany » Hamburg » Hamburg June 12th 2018

Bonjour à tous, Je positive, j'ai passé une agréable partie de la journée à arpenter les rue d'Hambourg. Hier au soir j'étais bien dans la quartier chaud de la ville. Lorsque je suis allé manger vers 20h, je n'ai rien vu d'autre que des sexes shops. Je mange à une terrasse, malgré la petite fraîcheur, et au bout d'un moment je vois une jolie femme, même très jolie, qui paraissait attendre, sur la place, pas très loin de moi, et régulièrement regardait dans ma direction, autant dire que mon imagination tournait à plein. La réponse est venue quand je suis parti, elle est venue m'aborder en allemand, et là j'ai tout compris c'était une péripa... enfin une pute, et je me suis traité de naïf. Sur le chemin du retour à l'hôtel il y en avait ... read more
Eglise St Nicholaï
flensburg
l'Elbe

Europe » Germany » Hamburg » Hamburg June 11th 2018

Bonjour à tous Rectificatif. Hier j'écrivais que Frankfort était une ville tristouille. Je crois que c'était dimanche après midi, pas d'activité dans les rues, que la ville était prise dans une gangue de brume de chaleur. Mais ce matin avec un beau ciel bleu et de l'animation, j'ai eu un tout autre regard. La comparer à NY c'est un peu fort, mais je pense à Toronto avec toutes ces tours et celles à venir. C'est du délire. De plus beaucoup de parcs, d'espaces verts. C'est avec plaisir que je revois ma première opinion. Hambourg-Franckfort c'est 500 km d'autoroute, ce n'est pas mon habitude de garder l'autoroute, mais j'avais prévu de me rendre au plus vite à Hambourg. Vite ça été le cas. Je dois vieillir, à 220, j'ai coupé, trop de voitures. Sur ces 500 km ... read more
Wunderland
Wunderland
Hambourg

Europe » Germany » Hamburg May 23rd 2018

Hallo in die Heimat Die Fahrt brachte uns an die Nordsee in ein kleines Nest namens Butjadingen, aber mit einem grossen internationalen Drachenflugfest. Dabei einer der grössten Drachen der Welt, gennant "Der Manta", mit einer Spannweite von 45 Meter und einer Länge von 72 Meter. Die Zugleine hatte eine Last von 12 Tonnen und musste mittels eines LKW als "Anker" gesichert werden. Weiter der Küste entlang fuhren wir zum Campingplatz "Geesthof" am Fluss "Oste". Ein wirklich schöner Platz mit Forellenteich zum Fischen und einem dazugehörenden Reiterhof. Nach kurzer Weiterfahrt erreichten wir Hamburg und fanden in der Stadt einen Campingplatz. Nachmittags konnten wir bereits eine Hafenrundfahrt mit dem Ausflugsboot "Gerda" unternehmen. Eindrücklich die Speicherstadt, die neue Elbharmonie sowie die Frachtanlagen mit den riesigen Containerschiffen. Anderntags besuchten wir die ries... read more
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Europe » Germany » Hamburg » Hamburg September 11th 2017

We have both been to Hamburg before. I, Nina, have been many times here, already as a child with my parents (my dad went to university here) and later on business travels. Hamburg is a wonderful city. A city we could live in - if only it has some mountains nearby ;-). People are different here. Often, they are said to be arrogant (mainly south germans and swiss say this) which might be true for some. But if you get to know them, they are very friendly and funny and not arrogant at all. Well, we were happy to be back in Hamburg. And lucky enough we arrived early and had a full day to discover the city again after some time (I think it is about 9 years ago we last came here). We had ... read more
enjoying a morning coffee in an old fashioned colonial shop in Deichstrasse
heritage part of Hamburg: Deichstrasse
us receiving Darshan from Paramahamsa Vishwananda in Hamburg

Europe » Germany » Hamburg » Hamburg August 27th 2017

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