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Hamburg holidays

July 2024

  • A large concrete air raid shelter with trees planted on its roof and upper floors

    Hamburg’s wartime bunker is reinvented as an unlikely green oasis

    An iconic air raid shelter in the St Pauli district has been given a new lease of life with the addition of a hotel and rooftop urban park

May 2024

  • Lindau at Sunrise Bodensee Harbor Bavaria Germany<br>Sunrise over Bodensee Harbor Entrance of Lindau with the famous Lighthouse and Bavarian Lion Sculpture (from the year 1856). Sunrise, Aerial Drone point of View. Lindau, Bodensee, Bavaria, Germany.

    Extra time at Euro 2024: day trips and more from Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Leipzig

    Spectacular scenery and rich culture from the Alps to the North Sea are just a train ride away from the main hubs at this summer’s football tournament

June 2022

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    A local's guide
    A local’s guide to Hamburg: concerts, cocktails and dockyard cuisine

    Concert pianist Alexander Krichel reveals his pick of the best bars, vintage stores, ferry rides and sailor-sized dishes of Germany’s second largest city

January 2021

  • People playing volleyball in the sea in Hamburg, Germany, with cranes from the freight port behind them.

    Travel through a lens
    Hamburg's giant cranes create a beach scene like no other

    Our series on evocative travel images continues with Celia Topping’s shot of a carefree volleyball game at an urban beach

December 2020

  • Rhonda Carrier on interrail train

    Interrailing at 50: reliving our backpacking days … in style

    The European rail pass offers two friends a second bite at their youth, as they savour bars, views and food from Amsterdam to Copenhagen

March 2020

  • Barbecue at the Outer Alster, Hamburg, Germany, Europe<br>J3PP0E Barbecue at the Outer Alster, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

    A local's guide
    A local's guide to Hamburg: 10 top tips

    With buzzy cafes, plenty of green space, music venues, fashion and football, there’s more to the Beatles’ favourite German city than the Reeperbahn

December 2019

  • Frozen Alster with a view to the Turmweg-Church. Image shot 01/2012. Exact date unknown.<br>G03YW5 Frozen Alster with a view to the Turmweg-Church. Image shot 01/2012. Exact date unknown.

    Alfresco beers and tiny trains: make tracks to Hamburg for a city break

    St Pauli’s left-wing football, a great brew outdoors and the biggest model railway in the world … there’s plenty to explore in Germany’s bustling second city

December 2018

  • Herzog & de Meuron’s wavy glass Elbphilharmonie building on the waterfront

    Hamburg in harmony: the ebb and flow of an artistic city

    Its latest landmark, the Elbphilharmonie, dominates the waterfront but throughout this port city there is captivating art, architecture and music

December 2017

  • A fun night at Oliver Jones bar, Hamburg, Germany.

    For a great night out: head for Hamburg, not London

    The German port city came top in a new survey of the world’s best cities for nightlife, with Berlin and Copenhagen close behind. London scored dismally on quality, safety and ease of travel

February 2017

  • Alte Post building, Hamburg, Germany<br>GGK54N Alte Post building, Hamburg, Germany

    10 of the best things to do in Hamburg

    The recent opening of the stunning Elbphilharmonie concert hall put the port city in the spotlight, but there is a host of other attractions, plus great cocktails, design hotels and totally delicious fish sandwiches

November 2016

  • A canal cutting through the Speicherstadt, the world’s largest warehouse district with 17 building complexes, Hamburg

    Instagram snapshots
    Instagram snapshots: Marianne Hope at Hamburg's new concert hall

    Photographer Marianne Hope was one of 18 Instagrammers invited to Hamburg this month and given exclusive access to the Elbphilharmonie building, which opens on 11 January

September 2016

  • The Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg … a state-of-the-art music venue on the banks of the Elbe containing three concert halls that opens in January.

    Music blog
    A musical tour of Europe's great cities: Hamburg

  • St Pauli’s piers and the port of Hamburg at night.

    Move over Barcelona: four great alternative city breaks

May 2016

  • Altenwerder village, Hamburg

    The story of cities
    Story of cities #40: how a village had to die so Hamburg's port could survive

    In the 60s Hamburg officials planned to demolish a fishing village to make space for a new container terminal. As port cities struggle to keep up with an ever-changing industry, how will Hamburg face the challenges of the next generation?

March 2016

  • 'Ovation of the Seas'

    Eyewitness
    Eyewitness: Hamburg, Germany

    Photographs from the Eyewitness series

July 2015

  • Winner Cevin Chan on Kazzi, left, in action during the gallop competition at the derby week in Hamburg, Germany

    Sport picture of the day
    Sport picture of the day: you can lead a horse to water …

    Winner Cevin Chan on Kazzi, left, in action during the galopp competition at the derby week in Hamburg, Germany

March 2015

  • Beatles-Platz, Hamburg.

    'St Pauli pees back': Hamburg red-light district's revenge on urinating revellers

    A community group in Hamburg has found a unique way to keep its streets clean – using water-repellent paint to ‘splash back’ on visitors who pee too freely

November 2014

  • My wounded glüwein mug

    Life and Physics
    Glühwein and gravitational waves

  • Rhidian Brook and father

    Hamburg after the war: How my dad made friends with the Germans

October 2013

  • Hamburg

    Hamburg's answer to climate change

    The German city is planning a green network that will cover 40% of the city area, contributing to resilience and allowing biking, swimming and nature watching in the city

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