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	HAMBURG Tourismus GmbH Steinstraße 7 20095 Hamburg Tel. +49 (0) 40/300 51-300 Fax: +49 (0) 40/300 51-333


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HAMBURG

Hamburg - The Aroma Of The Great Wide World!

Hamburg has more bridges than Venice or Amsterdam. The breeze from overseas blows far into the city on the water with its cosmopolitan flair. Trade always played an important role in Hamburg's economy. Experience one of the greatest European trans-shipment centers – the harbour of Hamburg. A trip through the ware-house city enables you to sense the atmosphere of what it was once like, sacks of cocoa, coffee and tea are stored here and you can smell the aroma of nutmeg and curry. In its vicinity you may observe Europe's largest construction area - the Hafen City (Harbour City) and the emigration center "Ballinstadt - Port of Dreams". Here is also where Hamburg's future landmark will be stading - the enromous Elbphilharmonic. Hamburg offers a high quality of life. Proud merchants' palaces and noble villas, elegant parks and numerous water routes dominate the city. The quality and variety of the goods in the tempting shopping world with its glass passages are a point of honor in this city of traders and businessmen. Active and enthusiastic visitors gather in Hamburg's No. 1 entertainment mile – the „Reeperbahn“ to choose between musicals, travesty shows or the city’s No. 1 dance clubs. Whoever has not yet gone to bed after that, can make a side-trip to Hamburg's fish market.

Reasons are plenty to take Hamburg by storm – on foot or on water.

Hamburg - Art & Culture

Historic Buildings
St. Michaelis Church, also affectionately referred to as „Michel“, is Northern Germany’s most important Baroque church. This most famous landmark of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg was built between 1751and 1762.

The Hamburger Rathaus (Hamburg’s town hall) is a magnificent sandstone block edifice built in the Neo-Renaissance style (1886 - 1897).

Art
In German-speaking countries, the Hamburger Kunsthalle is a top destination among art museums focusing on German painters of the 19th century. The adjacent „Gallery of the Present“, features mainly contemporary masterpieces from "Pop Art to Present."

Music
The Hamburger Staatsoper (Hamburg State Opera), founded in 1678, is world-renowned. The operas of Mozart and Verdi are performed here, as are contemporary works. In the same venue John Neumeier has been producing exciting ballet events for years.

Theater
Numerous smaller theaters and venues for staging events offer colorful and even off-beat entertainment, while the renowned Deutsches Schauspielhaus (German Theater) and the equally famous Thalia Theater present highlights of dramatic art.

Museums
More than 70 state and private museums display exhibits of famous painters, but also invite the visitor to become acquainted with foreign cultures or the history of Hamburg. The Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte (Hamburg History Museum) is one of the most beautiful museums of this city. Exhibits from medieval times to the modern era are on display.

Hamburg - Events & Festivals

The Hamburg DOM, the biggest folk festival of Germany’s North takes place three times a year, in spring, summer and winter. The 160,000 square meter large „Heiligengeistfeld“ is transformed for 30 days into a sparkling city of lights made up of stalls, nostalgic carousels and high-tech rides. The DOM caterers offer a culinary accompaniment of the best that kitchen and cellar have to offer, ranging from a „sausage handed to you“ to the finest menu.

The Harbor Birthday - every year in the beginning of May the Harbor of Hamburg celebrates its birthday. This is Germany’s largest harbor festival with numerous events on land, in water and in the air.

The first Marathon in Hamburg started in 1986. It is one of the 8 largest marathons in the world and takes place every year at the end of April. It is known as a fast course, going through the entire city, past many Hamburg sights along the Elbe and the Inner and Outer Alster. An enthusiastic audience repeatedly eggs on the approximately 16,000 runners, from the first to the last.

The Vattenfall Cyclassics is Hamburg’s cycling race for professionals and amateurs. In mid-August about 20,000 amateur cyclists finish their own race in front of the professionals and the world elite of bicycle sports.

Hamburg - Fairs & Conventions

InterNorga
• international trade fair for the hotel industry, the restaurant trade, catering, bakeries and confectioneries
• including the fields of system gastronomy and catering firms, food vendor stalls, snack producers, gas stations, industry, wholesale and foreign trade.

With over 870 exhibitors from 21 nations, the restaurant trade fair is the leading and largest specialized trade fair of its kind in Europe. The InterNorga informs its more than 104,000 professional visitors from all over the world about trends, acts as a graph of leading economic indicators, gives stimuli and is a forum for innovation. It is a meeting place for exchanging views and information, a place where the visitor can further educate himself and is above all the perfect market place.

Hamburg Messe (Trade Fair)
Whether highly specialised trade fairs or consumer exhibitions which attract large numbers of the general public – the diversity of the Hamburg Messe portfolio of events reflects the breadth of the services offered. Hamburg Messe has achieved an international reputation through its extremely successful trade fairs and exhibitions.

Hamburg - Lifestyle & Entertainment

Hamburg is Germany’s music and show Mecca. High-class entertainment is offered by three Musical Productions (Mamma Mia, Dirty Dancing, Disney's The Lion King), music stages with their own and off-Broadway productions and big events that take place regularly.

The Reeperbahn is Hamburg’s No. 1 entertainment mile.What was originally a red light district has developed into a first class entertainment district in the last few years. The best clubs in the city, unusual restaurants and bars and numerous music theaters attract crowds of nocturnal revellers.

The Alster, Hamburg’s splendid lake, offers a refuge for relaxation right in the heart of the city. Ships sail in the canals and allow one to look at marvellous city villas.

Hamburg - Shopping

Starting at the central train station, Hamburg’s major shopping boulevard - the Mönckebergstrasse - stretches to the magnificent Town Hall (Rathaus). This „boulevard of shopping dreams“ impresses with its merchant houses, which today are the homes of large department stores. Only few steps away from the City Hall is located Hamburg's most glamorous shopping street, the "Neuer Wall". Armani, Louis Vuitton, Bulgari, Cartier - the who-is-who of international fashion presents their creations to the amazed audience in and outside the luxurious flagship stores.

In Hamburg’s Passagen-Viertel, there are ten shopping galleries arrayed like pearls, offering luxurious shopping par excellence. The new "Europa Passage" with 120 shops located in Hamburg's major shopping street Mönckebergstrasse attracts shopping fans from all over the world.

Hamburg - Culinary

Labskaus is a sailor’s meal, dating from the time when ships were made of wood and the sailors’ stomachs were ironclad. High on the seas, far from the nearest port, one had to eat what the Smutje, as the cook was called, mixed together. Today, Labskaus is found on the menu of the renowned restaurants serving Hanseatic cuisine. Labskaus consists of cured meat and potato and is served with red beets and Rollmops.

Nobody knows who invented Rote Grütze. It is found on almost all menus of Hamburg’s gastronomy. This is how the north German specialty is prepared: One kilogram of fresh or frozen berries (rasp-berries, strawberries black and red currants) are lightly stewed and one liter of red currant juice is added. The fruit compote is thickened with corn starch or a similar agent. It is served with vanilla ice cream, vanilla sauce or whipped cream. A heavenly delight for the palate!

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Fish Market, Hamburg

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