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Hamburg In Your Pocket

Hamburg In Your Pocket

Germany's most important harbour city, a bustling and wealthy metropolis with a huge number of sights and events, and the place where the Beatles made fame - Hamburg is as varied as cities can come.

The Hamburg In Your Pocket guide is packed with information to make your visit a pleasant and succesful one.

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OUR Hamburg HIGHLIGHTS

  • Hamburger Kunsthalle

    Hamburger Kunsthalle
    Comprising of three buildings from 1869, 1919 and 1997 and packed full of wonderful art from the 14th century to the present day including some fine example of work by Rembrandt, Renoir, Monet, Kokos
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  • Grosse Freiheit 36

    Grosse Freiheit 36
    For all those who grew up in the 1980s and have yet to leave the music behind - you have found your home. Located on one of the most famous streets near the Reeperbahn, this bar has music, alcohol an
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  • Renaissance Hamburg

    Renaissance Hamburg
    The time of being ashamed of 1980s design is over, and the Renaissance is proud that the fabulously swirly wall designs in the suite can otherwise only be seen at New York's MOMA. Set inside the land
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  • Panoptikum

    Panoptikum
    The Panoptikum is the oldest exhibition of wax figures in Germany. The elaborately decorated wax images of over 120 personalities from the world of culture, history and entertainment have been admire
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  • BallinStadt

    BallinStadt
    At the opposite end of New York's Ellis Island, the new BallinStadt 'emigration city' museum focuses on the mass emigration from Europe to the New World, when over 5 million people left  from Ha
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  • Hanse-Viertel

    Hanse-Viertel
    A quarter of a century old and looking good for its age, this luxurious indoor shopping arcade is packed with shops selling everything from clothes to porcelain to perfume. There’s a good M
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Latest Hamburg Comments

  • Die Herren Simpel
    definitely nice cozy place you won´t expect on sternschanze. nice music. interesting people, hoepfully not getting too touristic after that comment :)[...]
  • Karstadt
    Karstadt is the best department store I have ever been too, and I live near NYC. Hamburg's shopping district is unbelievable. Clean, beautiful, quiet, reasonably priced, and NO CRIME. Wake up America.[...]
  • Karstadt
    The downtown Karstadt store complex (on Moenkebergstrasse) always was and definitely still is the best place to shop in all of Hamburg. To go one step further, it is one of the top shopping addresses in all of Europe! Here you'll find almost everyth[...]
  • Die Fischküche
    There is no true separation between the smoking section and non-smoking section. 70,00/person dinner way over-priced for the ambiance, service. Skip-it! Simply not worth the trouble.[...]
  • Milk Bar Lounge
    Oh yes, beautiful place; delicious cocktails and  super friendly nice service! I just love it! Nice spicy food.[...]
  • Karstadt
    I visited the Karstadt about 24 years ago and saw the best Christmas window displays I have ever seen.Each window had a Santa Claus form various countries around the world and it was a magical sight for children.[...]
  • Fürst Bismarck
    Are you sure this review is based on the right hotel!I stayed at this hotel on 20/02/2008 for 2 nights based on the above comments and I was very disappointed. I paid extra for a double room with a queen bed. On arrival I was given a small twin. I w[...]