Historical Old Town Tour - Experience history!

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Historical Old Town Tour - Experience history!
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Historical Old Town Tour - Experience history!

Total duration1h 25min
Distance3.7 km.
Places13

Description

What you can expect: History in a totally different way; a journey through the over 1200-year history of Hamburg, from Emperor Charlemagne and Frederick Barbarossa, through the Vikings, the rise of the Pepper Sacks, the Reformation to Protestantism, the Great Fire of Hamburg, and World War II, up to the 21st century and Europe's largest inner-city development project - the HafenCity. Some stations of this tour: - The Binnenalster: Part of the Alster and thus one of Hamburg's three main rivers: Alster, Elbe, and Bille - The impressive City Hall: Symbol of the wealth of Hamburg's merchants - The Cathedral Square: Founding site of the Hammaburg and origin of the city of Hamburg. - The Kontor houses: Symbol of Germany's economic rise - The St. Nikolai Memorial: An important symbol of the culture of remembrance of the Holocaust and World War II - The Deichstraße: Hamburg's most beautiful historic street from the 17th century - The UNESCO World Heritage Speicherstadt: Symbol of trade freedom and Prussia's influence on Hamburg in the 19th century - The Elbphilharmonie: the new landmark of Hamburg - The St. Michaelis Church or as we Hamburgers say "Michel": Historic landmark and the best view of the city!

Your Guide

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Info

During the tour, you will naturally be on foot and cross many red-marked bicycle paths. Therefore, please keep an eye out for female/male cyclists, some ride like a captain who hasn't been ashore for years. Please always keep part of the path and especially the red bicycle paths clear at the stops, so that bicycles and other pedestrians can pass.

Tour Route

  • The Alster - river and lake at the same time.
    1
  • The Town Hall - An Ode to the Merchants of Hamburg
    2
  • The Knochenhauertwiete - Small, but wow
    3
  • The Cathedral Square - The Cradle of Hamburg
    4
  • The historic financial district
    5
  • The Trostbrücke and the Port of Hamburg
    6
  • The War Memorial St. Nikolai
    7
  • The Hopfenmarkt - Now it's getting hoppy!
    8
  • The Deichstraße - Of Fire and Merchant Houses
    9
  • The legacy of the Hamburg spice merchants
    10
  • The Speicherstadt - The Heritage of the Prussians
    11
  • The Elbphilharmonie - Hamburg's new landmark
    12
  • The Michel - Hamburg's true landmark
    13
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