The heart of Hamburg
Neighborhood: Several neighbourhoods
Nearest Train: Landungsbrücken: U3, S1, S3
Phone: +49 40 3005 1300 (Touristen Information)
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Hamburg's harbour, often referred to as the 'gateway to the world', has expanded a great deal since its founding, prior to the 12th century. If the Alster is the soul of the city, then the harbour, pulsating the energy that drives the city, is its heart. Hamburg is one of the world's largest sea ports - approximately 12,000 ships dock here annually and with the volume of traffic reaching over 71 million tonnes, it is clearly one of the largest industrial areas in Europe. The harbour covers about 75 square kilometres and takes up almost one tenth of the city's total area. 400 kilometres of railway track connect it to trade routes and it has access to several million square metres of warehouse and open-air storage. The industrialisation of transportation by sea introduced the use of containers (the container terminal is one of the largest complexes in the harbour), however, traces of the olden practices still remain in some of the buildings in the Speicherstadt district. The Landungsbrücken, the Old Elbe Tunnel and one of the city's major landmarks, the Köhlbrandt bridge are all eye-catching symbols of the old harbour. The early 1990s saw the conversion of the formerly derelict Kehrwiederspitze area, which lies in the centre into a modern residential and business district. Several tours of the harbour take place in many areas of the port daily, departing from the Landungsbrücken.
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Harbour-site: Prepare for hour-long sunday walk
From the newly built quarter "HafenCity" over the historical harbour lane untill the mediterranean "...
Reviewed by:Vince J from on Jul 10 2006
A must in Hamburg (the "heart")
The harbour (Hafen) and all the businesses around it are the basis of Hamburg as a merchant city. It...
Reviewed by:KASH from on May 14 2006
