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Inner Alster covers 18 hectares and is the most prominent feature of the centre of Hamburg. It is flanked by three boulevards, the Ballindamm, the Neuer Jungfernstieg and the Jungfernstieg. The white boats, the "Alsterdampfer" depart from …
The old town hall of Kiel was built between 1907 and 1911 and is since then home of the urban administration. The art nouveau main front and the high, quadratic tower are forming the town’s landmark. Every hour a glockenspiel is playing in the 106 …
The Barclaycard Arena Hamburg is momentarily the most modern multifunctional venue in Europe. Depending on the construction of the interior, it holds 12,000 to 16,000 visitors. On the first floor of this four-storey complex, there are loges that can …
The building of the Warburg library of cultural sciences was errected in 1925-26 by Gerhard Langmaack with the contribution of Fritz Schumacher. The oval reading hall which reaches out into the garden is especially interesting. Here the first …
This idyllic pub lies at the junction to Assmannkanal and further includes a boat rental and an all-year wine bistro. The family business was elected Germany’s second most beautiful beer garden by ADFC.
The Botanical Garden was founded in 1821, west of the Esplanande. The best preserved parts of Hamburg´s fortification, including the moat, are in this area. The many mature trees are the outcome of the original plans to create the park. The …
„More than cinema“ - is promised by CinemaxX. All of the 29 cinemas have 4K-image technique and a high modern sound system. Cinemaxx Dammtor is a premier cinema in the center of the city. Lots of national and international stars are walking the …
In 1735, the chamber of commerce founded the “Commerzbibliothek”. The aim was to collect all necessary literature for the training of merchants and make them publically available. So one of the most valuable libraries developed over the …
The Deichtorhallen near the harbour and the main station, great halls each of 5,000 square metres, were built between 1911 and 1914 on the Deichtorplatz as a central market. One can admire the characteristic steel and brick construction used at the …
A baroque theatre house: Germany’s largest national drama theatre was built by the architects Ferdinand Feller and Hermann Helmer after a Viennese example and seats an audience of 1200 people.
The Edelfettwerk is an old factory in Hamburg, in which fats were made till the 30's. The production was shut down and thus there were the possibility of creating a special event location.Old factories have been uninstalled and replaced by an …
The former womens' hospital in Finkenau now harbours the Hamburg Media School, but, for the time being, still offers locations for film productions as an old lecture theatre and a bunker that feature partly original equipment and furniture of the …
The concert hall Elbphilharmonie Hamburg had it's grand opening in January 2017. Due to its size and exciting architecture it has become a new landmark for Hamburg and the district HafenCity.
On Oct.5th 2006 the Europa Passage did open their doors. It is located between Mönckebergstraße and Ballindamm. Hadi Teherani, an architect from Hamburg, created the passage. Therefore, some historical buildings have been cut down under …
Every Sunday morning, between 6 and 10am, the famous fish market of St. Pauli takes place, directly on the Elbe embankment, on a broad cobblestone promenade with old lampposts lined by clinker houses. Goods of all sorts are being sold within this …
In Altona between Max-Brauer-Allee and Museumstraße the Platz der Republik is situated. The park forms an axis between the Altona townhall in the south and the train station in the north, whilst the high-rise building of the Deutsche Bank in the …
The manor house was built in 1642, the other house was built in 1727. Some small buildings and parts of the grounds are being used by the golf club of Segeberg.
Hamburg airport was built for Zeppelins in 1911 and extended between 1926 and 1928.With a further enlargement and the opening of two new Terminals in 2005, Hamburg received a modern airport. The terminals, 39 metres in height and designed like the …
The Hamburger Dungeon stands for interactive shows with professional actors, live entertainment, over 600 years of the history of Hamburg and horrible fun. The rooms in the catacombs are offered as a setting for individual shootings. Special effects …
The Hamburg Marriott Hotel is located directly in the city center, very close to the elegant shopping malls. The ground floor hosts a roomy lobby and bar.
Three times a year, the traditional Hamburg funfair, the "Dom", takes place on the “Heiligengeistfeld”, a 29-hectare open space. The fair was named after the medieval Christmas market held at the St. Marien Dom, the St. Marien …
The original brick building of the “Kunsthalle” was built in 1869, a new annex between 1914 and 1921. The “Kunsthalle” of Hamburg is one of the great picture galleries, with important European paintings from the Middle Ages to the present …
The variety of shopping malls is part of the city centre´s character. The Hanseviertel is the largest and most characteristic mall of the 1980s. The 200 metre-long promenade with red clinker floors and a glass barrel roof, accommodates 65 shops and …
The hotel is located at the high banks of the Elbe River in Lauenburg. It high period was in the 60s and 70s because of the transit line between Hamburg and Berlin. The Hotel with its restaurant is a beloved destination today. There are several …
The large hotel offers a variety of function rooms on the top floors with a panoramic view over the harbour. It also has a roof garden and the famous "Tower Bar". Apart from catering, the hotel offers technical facilities for events.
The Steigenberger Hotel is located on the Fleetinsel (a passage between two urban waterways) in Hamburg's city centre. It offers 214 rooms, 12 suites and 10 conference rooms (up to 265 sqm). In front of the hotel there is a private jetty, and the …
Road movie dreariness in Hamburg Harbour, and meeting-point not only for lonely hearts: Among the enormous container facilities, cranes and ships, one can also find places to tarry.
In Hamburg's beautiful city with its busy shopping streets, malls and squares around the Inner Alster there are numerous interesting film locations. Between Gänsemarkt and Mönckebergstraße the business life thrives and presents itself in various …
Since the Hamburg international garden show (IGS) has been ending, this area in the middle of the Wilhelmsburg district is open for the public. In the beautiful park you can chill out next to the water, you can go for a walk and the children have a …
Maritime pictures, models, flags, decorations, cards, uniforms and even a projection on a wall of ice makes the Maritime Museum in Hamburg so unique.On its 11 floors the largest private maritime collection by Peter Tamm, is presenting its beauty …
The Jenisch house, built between the years 1831 and 1834, is a typical representative of late classicist architecture. Due to its almost square floor plan and its only graphically differentiated walls, the building appears sublimely plain. On the …
The former factory for cranes used in the harbour, built in the style of the early warehouses, is located near the Osterbekkanal. The six huge assembly halls were preserved as a monument of industrial architecture and became one of Hamburg´s most …
The Karostar Musikhaus is located not far away from the city centre in the district St. Pauli. It is a court, built by former slaughterhouses, with a wooden floor and wooden terrace steps, which invite locals to rest. This court with its 1.200 …
With numerous lounge and meeting rooms, a chapel and a Hotel operated by the Basler Hof, the Catholic Academy opened in 1973 in Hamburg a wide range of spatial options. The building consists of five graded bodies, resulting in the center of a …
From the traditional granary, built in 1925, a lot of crown glasses are looking directly down to the port of Kiel. You get outside to the waterside through the big, former gate. The listed building is just 10 meters away from the water. Rooms can be …
The cinema Metropolis was built in 1952. The entrance and the walls of the courtyard were spray-painted in 1986 by the artists, D. Fedderke and A. Jankowsky. Geldmacher designed the light sculpture in the entrance.
Railway station:It is a 125 years old railway station close to the city of Neumuenster. The railway line Neumuenster – Segeberg – Bad Oldesloe doesn’t stop here, but the building is still existing and still looks like a railway station.
The "Kramer Amtsstuben" are located directly across from the Michel, the main church of Hamburg. Historical rooms with many details and restorations make you feel like a visitor of Hamburg 350 years ago.The narrow street leading from the …
One of Hamburg´s most prominent concert hall lies on Johannes Brahms square. The neo-baroque building, finished in 1908, has a red brick facade and long windows, in front of which run small balconies with iron railings. The slate roof rests on …
The Literaturhaus was built in 1868 by Jean David Jollasse. As was the fashion in those days, the facade combines late classic elements with romantic and gothic details. There are 3 beautiful salons and a bar on the first floor. The staircase with …
A very nice and quiet open-air pool, direct in the oldtown of Lübeck. Big green grasfloor and a view over the whole Krähenteich. Very useful for Child- and Teenagefilms.
The media center of the Media Docks is a meeting point and medium at the same time. The function rooms for workshops and presentations are available for interested companies, just as the audio-, video- and multimedia studios. Production, training, …
The Music and congress hall of Lübeck was created by the international architect Meinhard von Gerkan and unites the congress center, concert hall as well as the city and exhibition hall. Each year are there over 300 events where lovers of art, …
The ethnological museum, built between 1907 and 1911 and extended in 1929, has an asymmetrical layout. It consists of grand halls with pillars and reinforced concrete ceilings and has excellent bright spaces like those of a shipping company´s …
In 1913/14 Markthalle Hamburg was built in a typical hanseatic style by Fritz Schumacher. It first served as a market hall for vegetable and later for flowers. After World War 2 it was a storage for the post for a few years. After this periode the …
More than 120,000 working hours went into the construction of landscape and detailed gadgetry of this miniature world. Computers control the facility with its 500 trains, 50,000 lights and cars that run as if by magic. 60,000 figures on an area of …
This huge green space which is called “Moorweide” is surrounded by trees and lies near university of Hamburg. On the opposite there is the Dammtor train station. It is often used as a football field. On the Moorweide is a sculpture of a …
The Hamburg museum was founded as a museum of history of Hamburg in 1908. It presents a variation of the developing Hamburg history from the begging in 800 up to nowadays and is one of the biggest urban historically museums in Europe. 1914-22 has …
The MKG’s collections have been gathered over generations. Today it is a universal museum, presenting over 500 000 works showcasing human creativity and inventiveness at their best. The high calibre collection spans over 4000 years of human …
The „Museumshafen Oevelgoenne (museum harbour of Oevelgoenne) was founded by a private association in 1977 at the fairy pier of Neumuehlen. It offers a mix of historic professional sailing ships. For example an old fire ship, which was in …
The center hall is located in the middle of the city. The hall is approxametely 560qm and can cover about 400 persons, the passage has about 160 qm. The rooms can be integratetly used.
The Oberhafenkantine was built in 1925 and closed in 1997. After a longer break it was reopened in 2006. The heritage building with his typical north german "Klinkerexpressionismus" is opened 7 days the week. The comfortable dinning room is for up …
The Oberhafen district is located in the eastern part of the Hafencity. In contrast to the other part of the hafencity is the Oberhafen district used to stay in the hands of the Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg and give creativity and culture a new …
Ottensen starts on the western side of the Altona train station. In former times, Ottensen was an old farmer and handcrafter town. At the middle of the last century it developed to an important industrial location of North Germany. The …
The former water tower in Hamburg´ s city park, the Stadtpark, built between 1913 and 1915, has been used as an observatory since 1930. The cylindrical, 60-metres high red brick building was designed by the Hamburg architect Fritz Schuhmacher. …
In the heart of central Hamburg, Planten un Blomen park is linking inner city shopping streets with Hamburg convention and exhibition centres, Hamburg University and the bars and pubs of St. Pauli. Covering 450,000 sqm of reclaimed medieval …
The Portugiesenviertel (portuguese district) is located in the heart of the city, just between the Landungsbrücken and the Michel. The district got its name in the early sixties during a wave of immigration by Portuguese Harbour Workers which …
The town hall square constitutes the central marketplace within the city centre. Framed by the shops in the Alsterarkaden beside the waterways and the Mönckebergstraße, the square offers events of all kinds, e.g. the open air cinema …
Hamburg"s most notorious area, the Reeperbahn, a street of cabarets, peep-shows and bars is part of the redlight district in St. Pauli by the harbour. Best seen by night for its neon facades, the Reeperbahn is a line of casinos, clubs, …
Highlife on the street at daytime until late at night: The Schulterblatt with its many cafés, bars, restaurants and small shops marks the centre of the young, trendy Schanzen quarter.
The archive of the region Schleswig-Holstein was built around 1700. It is a three-winged, baroque manor house with a neo classical façade. Today the building is also called the “Prinzenpalais” (prince palais). The archive offers a science …
On a small island in the western part of the Schlei a castle of former dukes of SchleswigHolstein-Gottorf is nowadays home of the Schleswig-Holstein state museums.Architectural the four-winged building offers different styles: The western wing …
The castle of Ploen is the only well preserved castle in Schleswig-Holstein, which was built in attitude. The first duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Ploen, Joachim Ernst, built it in between 1633 and 1636. The ducal residence castle is deemed …
The moated castle was built between 1583 and 1587. The ducal property is a museum these days showing pieces of home décor dating back to the 18th and 19th century.
The Schreven lake gives the park its name. In former times it was bigger and the lake used for the water supply of the historic center. Moreover it is the oldest park in Kiel. The huge playground, a wading pool, a boul square and the lake next to …
Large park with three playgrounds. The public playground comprises a spacious soccer and basketball ground and inline skating facilities. The second playground lies across from a kindergarten and is supervised. There are many modern climbing …
St. Pauli is synonymous with the Reeperbahn, its erotic stores, long party nights and numerous well-known pubs. This main contact point for tourists and residents alike is a famous German image export and a popular place to live, especially among …
The construction of the Landungsbrücken, the great piers for the passenger ships, was started in 1839. Like most of Hamburg´ s buildings for public transport, built around 1910, the piers were given an impressive facade. The massive …
MADISON is a special and privately leaded Hotel between the center of Hamburg and the haven. With its 166 apartments and lofts, the Marley’s restaurant, the bar as well as 5 conference rooms does the MADISON not only offer nice views but also …
Behind the cladding of this historical brick-lined storehouse the modern designed playhouse offers space for up to 340 persons. The interior of the theatre is painted in red and black and the foyer with bar and bistro is designed elegant and reminds …
Carl Hagenbeck´s idea of a nature-orientated zoo was ground breaking at the beginning of the 20th century. The zoo was built between 1902 and 1907, and although it has been remodelled carefully over the past years, it has kept its original …
Situated right in the heart of St. Pauli, the resonanzraum - or room for resonance - is simultaneously the Ensemble's rehearsal room and a space for experimenting with new concert ideas.Large revolvable iron doors control the room's …
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