HafenCity & Speicherstadt

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What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.

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Where it sits

The circle is HafenCity & Speicherstadt and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

• The Rathaus13 min walk1.1 km
• The Kunsthalle19 min walk1.6 km
• A fischbrötchen & Hanseatic food25 min walk2.1 km
• The Alster lakes28 min walk2.3 km
• The Reeperbahn8 min taxi2.5 km
• The Sunday Fischmarkt9 min taxi3.1 km
• Sternschanze10 min taxi3.5 km
• The Elbe beach at Övelgönne17 min taxi5.8 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

• 1.The Elbphilharmonie — Hamburg's dazzling icon — a wave-crested glass concert hall rising from a historic brick warehouse on the harbour, one of the finest (and most expensive) concert venues in the world. Even without a concert, ride the long curved escalator to the free public Plaza for a superb 360° view over the port and city. The building alone is worth the trip; catch a concert if you can. The symbol of modern Hamburg.
• 2.The Speicherstadt — The world's largest warehouse district and a UNESCO site — a spectacular ensemble of neo-Gothic red-brick warehouses rising straight from the canals, laced with bridges and gorgeously atmospheric, especially when floodlit at night. Wander the waterside lanes, cross the little bridges, and visit the museums and the famous Miniatur Wunderland within; the most photogenic corner of Hamburg and the soul of its port heritage.
• 3.A harbour cruise — Hamburg lives by its huge port, and seeing it from the water is essential — take a harbour boat tour or, cheaper, hop on the public ferry line 62 with a normal transit ticket for a DIY cruise past the container terminals, dry docks and the Elbe shore. The scale of the working port is astonishing; go at sunset, and end at the Landungsbrücken piers for a fischbrötchen. The maritime heart of the city.
• 5.Miniatur Wunderland — The world's largest model railway, in a Speicherstadt warehouse, and far more magical than it sounds — a jaw-dropping, endlessly detailed miniature world of countries, cities, an airport with planes that actually take off, and day-night cycles, all crafted with astonishing love and humour. A genuine delight for all ages and one of Germany's most popular attractions; book ahead to skip the queues. Utterly charming.