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Cultural highlights for international guests

Special services for non-German-speakers

English stage arts & performances

Though the major language for theatre perfromances in Hamburg is German, there still is a fine selection of leading theatres and other institutions that also perform in English. For more detailed information, please check the websites of the following cultural institutions:

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The English Theatre of Hamburg
The English Theatre in Hamburg shows dramas, thrillers and comedies exclusively with British actors from London.
The English Theatre of Hamburg
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Traditional stage with impressive productions Thalia Theater
A visit to the venerable Thalia Theater promises visitors a high-class and stylish theatre visit in the heart of Hamburg even today.
Thalia Theater
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Venue for music, theatre and dance Kampnagel
Kampnagel enjoys worldwide recognition as an international production house. It offers a multi-faceted platform for contemporary performing arts, as…
Kampnagel

Guided tours in English

The following cultural institutions offer regular tours in English. For non-native speakers, some tours are also available in other languages. For example, the International Maritime Museum offers guided tours in French. The Deichtorhallen also offer tours of the Falkenberg Collection in Turkish.

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Altona Museum

Visitors can find out more about the history of the popular Hanseatic city and the whole of Schleswig-Holstein at the Altona Museum in Hamburg. The museum brings you closer to the art and cultural history of northern Germany as well as fishing and sailing.

Altona Museum

Altonaer Museum

Museumstraße 23
22765 Hamburg

Automuseum Prototyp

In the HafenCity, the PROTOTYP car museum presents rare sports and racing car classics as well as cars with a special story from over 80 years of automotive history.

Automuseum Prototyp

AUTOMUSEUM PROTOTYP

Shanghaiallee 7
20457 Hamburg

Bucerius Kunst Forum

The Bucerius Kunst Forum, located on the street "Alter Wall", invites its guests to enjoy an exclusive encounter with the classics of art. Four alternating exhibitions per year show, in a concentrated format, international art of the highest quality, from antiquity to classic modern art.

Bucerius Kunst Forum

Alter Wall 12
20457 Hamburg

CHOCOVERSUM

Hamburg is the German chocolate capital. Every year 150,000 tons of cocoa are imported to Germany via the port of Hamburg. When you have a sweet tooth you can see for yourself how the bitter beans are turned into sweet gold at the Chocoversum.

CHOCOVERSUM

CHOCOVERSUM by HACHEZ

Meßberg 1
20095 Hamburg

Deichtorhallen

The Deichtorhallen Hamburg is one of Europe's largest art exhibition halls. There art and photography enthusiasts will find a wide variety of different pictures and interesting exhibitions.

Deichtorhallen

Deichtorstraße 1-2
20095 Hamburg

Deichtorhallen - Falckenberg Collection

The Falckenberg Collection in the Phoenix Fabrikhallen in Hamburg-Harburg presents the private collection of Harald Falckenberg (1943-2023) on over 6,000 square metres and five floors, with a focus on German and American contemporary art from the 1980s onwards.

Deichtorhallen - Falckenberg Collection

Deichtorhallen - Sammlung Falckenberg

Wilstorfer Straße 71
21073 Hamburg

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English audio guides

Many museums and exhibitions supply audio devices or audio guide apps in English, some even more foreign languages.

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From Hamburg to a new world Emigrant Museum BallinStadt
The emigrant museum BallinStadt in Hamburg opens its doors and shows in its exhibition the emigration history from four epochs.
Emigrant Museum BallinStadt
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Who is really real here? Panoptikum
The waxworks museum on Spielbudenplatz has been open for over 130 years and it is well worth a visit! Here you can meet everyone from Albert Einstein…
Panoptikum
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International Maritime Museum
Kaispeicher B in Hamburg's Speicherstadt is home to the world's largest private collection of maritime treasures from 3000 years of shipping and naval…
International Maritime Museum
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From antique to contemporary to modern. Hamburger Kunsthalle
The Hamburger Kunsthalle is one of the most important and largest art museums in Germany. Its first-class collection takes visitors through 8…
Hamburger Kunsthalle
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Spicy's Gewürzmuseum
The unique SPICY'S Gewürzmuseum, housed in an old warehouse in Hamburg's Speicherstadt since 1993, is a spice museum that appeals to all the senses -…
Spicy's Gewürzmuseum
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Planetarium
The Hamburg Planetarium is probably the most advanced planetarium on your home planet! Under the dome of the hall is assembled a "multimedia…
Planetarium
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Hamburg Museum for Archaeology and History Helms Museum Hamburg
The Archaeological Museum Hamburg is Hamburg's museum for archaeology and the history of Hamburg. The museum in the south of Hamburg offers an…
Helms Museum Hamburg
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Three of the most beautiful exhibition halls in Europe Deichtorhallen
The Deichtorhallen Hamburg is one of Europe's largest art exhibition halls. There art and photography enthusiasts will find a wide variety of…
Deichtorhallen

English information material & descriptions of the exhibits

Information material and exhibition texts as well as descriptions of the exhibits in English can be found at the following cultural institutions: