Sites of Interest in Hamburg`s City

Alsterarkaden
Museum f. Kunst u. Gewerbe
Venetian-styled Colonnade with
cafés and shops at the Small
Alster Lake
Palace-like Neo Renaissance
building (1867), one of the most
important museums for applied arts
Alsterfleet
Peterstraße
Channel connecting Alster Lake
to River Elbe, with adjoining
promenade
Pedestrian street with facade
replicas of bourgeois houses from
1610 to 1780
Alter Elbtunnel
Rathaus
Built 1907-11. Twin tubes of
450 m length connect the quarters
of St. Pauli and Steinwerder
Impressive building in eclectic style
(1897), seat of Hamburg’s Senate
and Parliament
Außenalster
Reeperbahn
Largest of the three Alster Lakes,
completely surrounded by
promenade parks
Most famous street of Hamburg in
the amusement and red light
district of St. Pauli
Binnenalster/Jungfernstieg
Rickmer Rickmers
Inner city lake with beautiful
cityscape and promenade at the
southern shore
One of the last remaining freight
sailing vessels (1896), full-rigged
ship with a steel hul
Bismarck-Denkmal
Speicherstadt
Biggest Monument in Hamburg
located at former town ramparts
close to the harbor
Part of the freeport (1888) with
Wilhelminian storage buildings,
illuminated at night
Cap San Diego
St. Jacobi
One of the last remaining bulk
cargo freighters, now a museum
and exhibition ship
One of Hamburg’s four mediaeval
main churches (1255), brick hall
construction
Chilehaus
St. Katharinen
World famous office building
(1922), in the shape of a ship,
illuminated at night
Main church (1255), opposite of the
storage city with baroque spire
St. Michaelis
Colonnaden
Baroque main church (17. cent.),
famous landmark of Hamburg,
called Michel
Pedestrian shopping street
connecting Jungfernstieg Street
with Esplanade Street
St. Nikolai
Dammtor-Bahnhof
Impressive Art-Nouveau-styled
railway station hall construction
(1904)
Former main church, destroyed in
1842 and 1943, now anti-war
monument
Deichstraße
St. Petri
Deichstraße
One of the oldest streets, already
mentioned in 1250, with storage
houses from the 17th century
Deichtorhallen
Former market halls, glass and
steel construction, photography
and art exhibitions
Dom
Site of three annual fun fairs in
spring, summer and winter
in St. Pauli quarter
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Fleetinsel
Großneumarkt
Sites of Interest in Hamburg’s City
Piazza surrounded by modern
and historical buildings between
two channels
Picturesque market place in the
center of the western New Town
with numerous street cafés
Triangular place with street cafés
and a monument dedicated to
the german poet Lessing
Large-scaled city development
project on revitalized former
port areas
Gänsemarkt
HafenCity
Hamburg Museum
Hafen-Hochbahn
Elevated railway section with
wonderful views at the harbor
and river Elbe
Illustrations: Barbara Heinke
Krameramtsstuben
Impressive brick building with
exhibitions on Hamburg’s
history
Small street (17. cent.) close to
central church St. Michaelis with
shops, galleries and restaurants
Biggest railway station in
Germany (1906) in Neo
Renaissance Style
Building in Italian Renaissance
style (1869), largest Art Museum
in Germany
Hauptbahnhof
Kunsthalle
Oldest main church (1195) in
Hamburg’s geographic center
Planten un Blomen
Public recreation and promenade
park close to Dammtor railway
station
Wallanlagen
Green corridor on the site of former
town ramparts with numerous
children’s playing grounds and
recreational areas