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Afghan Museum
Started by a native Afghani to remind himself and his friends of what life was like before the 1979 Soviet invasion, this extraordinary
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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 Hamburg harbour.
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Bucerius Kunst Forum
Founded by the Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius Zeit Foundation in 2002, the Bucerius Kunst Forum has already hosted some of the world’s premiere art.
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Cap San Diego
Nestled into the Hamburg harbour is the Cap San Diego, one of the last classic cargo ships. It has come to be known as the "white swan of the South Atlantic.
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City Model
A fabulous little find this scale model of the city has yet to offer any information in English but is well worth the visit. Much
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German Customs Museum
Whatever you do, don’t ask the man in the hut outside for directions. He’s a dummy, and the first of many exhibits this fascinating museum has in store.
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Hamburg Dungeon
Part of the ever-growing global Dungeon franchise, if you’ve ever visited one of the other places you’ll know exactly what this place is about.
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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
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Hamburgmuseum
An impressive building with a lighthouse-like tower perched on the roof is home to the Museum for Hamburg History. Focusing
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Krameramtsstuben
Directly translated, the name means "shopkeeper office flats“. This historic area right outside St. Michel dates back to the 17th century.
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KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme
The concentration camp Neuengamme was created by the Nazis in 1938 as a work camp. An exhibit and memorial have since been erected to remind us of the atrocities of the Second World War and those who perished.
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Miniatur Wunderland
There’s nothing miniature about the queues waiting to get into this place. If you can be bothered to hang around, then expect the largest H0 model railway layout in the world and lots of other models.
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Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe
Just keep your eye out for a beautiful yellow building located outside the main train station. It houses one of Europe’s renowned exhibits of applied arts.
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Museum für Völkerkunde
The Museum for Ethnography was founded in 1879 and has become one of the largest of its kind in Europe. It holds over 350,000 objects, and documents the art and cultural history of humans.
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Museumshafen Oevelgönne
When a ship has run its course, there are few more desirable places to retire than in this harbour. They call this museum a harbour for old-timer ships.
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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 admired by visitors for over 125 years.
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Planetarium
Established in 1930, Hamburg’s Planetarium is one of the oldest in the world. It is located in the centre of the city park in an old water tower.
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Spicy's Gewürzmuseum
A deliciously fragrant affair and reputed to be the only one of its kind in the world, this small museum is packed with good things, tracing the history of the city’s shipping trade through the world of spice.
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U-Boot U-434
Feel like you have entered an espionage film while aboard this submarine. Then imagine being one of 78 Russian crewmen who used it for reconnaissance purposes - you might begin to feel some claustrophobia.
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