Hamburg in 2 days
A ready route for 2 days in Hamburg: the main sights grouped by area, so you don't walk back and forth. Each day opens on the map with all its stops.
Speicherstadt & HafenCity
3 places · about 5 h of sightseeing · 1,1 km between them
Morning
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Miniatur WunderlandThe world's biggest model railway, with miniature landscapes, cities and an airport built in remarkable detail inside a Speicherstadt warehouse.
Afternoon
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Speicherstadt warehouse district (UNESCO walk)A maze of red-brick warehouses, canals and little bridges that makes up one of the world's largest warehouse complexes, listed by UNESCO in 2015.
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Elbphilharmonie Plaza (public viewing platform)
The open-air viewing platform on the 8th floor of the concert hall, reached by a very long curved escalator, with views over the harbour and the city.
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The Harbour, Landungsbrücken & the Michel · St. Pauli & the Schanze
6 places · about 6 h of sightseeing · 6,0 km between them
Morning
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St. Michaelis Church (Hauptkirche St. Michaelis, "Michel")Hamburg's baroque landmark church with a 132 m tower, a crypt and a panoramic platform over the harbour.
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St. Pauli Landungsbrücken (Landing Piers)Hamburg's busy floating piers where harbour tours and ferries depart, with the clock tower and a view of the port.
Afternoon
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Old Elbe Tunnel (St. Pauli Elbtunnel)A 426 m pedestrian and cycle tunnel under the Elbe from 1911, free to walk through at any hour.
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Harbour boat tour (Hafenrundfahrt, 1 hour)
The classic one-hour boat trip around the port and the Speicherstadt, leaving from the Landungsbrücken piers.
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Planten un Blomen (city park)A free 47-hectare city park with a Japanese garden, a rose garden, playgrounds and, in summer, evening water-light concerts.
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Hamburg City Hall (Rathaus)Neo-Renaissance seat of Hamburg's Senate and parliament on Rathausmarkt, with a courtyard and guided tours of the grand state rooms.
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Good to know
When to go
Hamburg is good in any season, and its events are a nice reason to pick your dates.
Book ahead
Miniatur Wunderland, Elbphilharmonie Plaza (public viewing platform), St. Michaelis Church (Hauptkirche St. Michaelis, "Michel"), Harbour boat tour (Hafenrundfahrt, 1 hour)
Want times, places to eat and a plan for your own dates?
In your own plan:
- exact times for each day, checked against the opening hours on your dates
- places to eat near every stop, in three budgets
- your flights, hotel, kids and pace taken into account