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Hamburg lies in the north of Germany, is both city and federal state, and with around 1.9 million inhabitants is the country's second-largest city. Its heart is the harbour on the Elbe: Germany's largest sea port, through which containers from all over the world travel on inland. That is exactly what Hamburg is famous for: its harbour, the red-brick Speicherstadt warehouse district and the fish market in the early hours of Sunday morning. Its newest landmark is the Elbphilharmonie, whose wave-shaped glass façade has crowned an old quayside warehouse since 2017. Construction ran years late and cost many times the original estimate: today it is the city's postcard image. Hamburg's coat of arms shows a white castle on a red field, symbol of the fortified trading city. Officially it is the “Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg”, a title from the days when the Hanseatic League dominated trade in northern Europe. Did you know that Hamburg has more bridges than Venice, Amsterdam and London combined: over 2,500 of them?
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Hamburg
Hamburg is both a city and a federal state, on the Elbe about 100 kilometres upstream from the North Sea: close enough for tides to reach the port.
💡 Did you know? The North Sea island of Neuwerk, 100 kilometres away off Cuxhaven, belongs to Hamburg: at low tide you can walk there across the mudflats.
about 1.9 million
the north
Foto: Hackercatxxy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
the Elbphilharmonie
Elbe
Wappen: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
a white castle
its large port
Hamburg is famous for its great harbour, one of Europe's largest, and the Speicherstadt warehouse district.
💡 Did you know? Hamburg has Germany's biggest sea port and more bridges than Venice, Amsterdam and London combined.
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