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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:

The English Theatre of Hamburg

Germany's oldest professional English theatre stages drama, thrillers and comedies with British actors.

The English Theatre of Hamburg

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

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

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

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.

Helms Museum

The Helms Museum is the Hamburg Museum for archaeology and the history of Harburg. The Museum in the south of Hamburg offers an exciting overview of more than 200,000 years of the history of the region. Interactive exhibits and special exhibitions attract laypersons and experts alike.

Helms Museum

Archäologisches Museum Hamburg

Museumsplatz 2
21075 Hamburg

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 history.

International Maritime Museum

Internationales Maritimes Museum

Koreastraße 1 , Kaispeicher B
20457 Hamburg

Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg

The Miniatur Wunderland in Speicherstadt Hamburg is the must-see for all railway enthusiasts, world-deckers, families, and every other visitor to Hamburg!

Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg

Kehrwieder 2 / Block D
20457 Hamburg

Museum am Rothenbaum - Kulturen und Künste der Welt

The Museum am Rothenbaum, Kulturen und Künste der Welt (MARKK) preserves the cultural and artistic wealth of humanity.

Museum am Rothenbaum - Kulturen und Künste der Welt

Rothenbaumchaussee 64
20148 Hamburg

Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe

Opened in 1877, the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg (MK&G) is one of Europe's leading museums of design.

Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe

Steintorplatz 1
20099 Hamburg

Speicherstadtmuseum

Discover Hamburg's World Heritage! - In the authentic setting of a storage block from 1888, you can still experience the original atmosphere of the world's unique storage city, which was declared a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2015.

Speicherstadtmuseum

Am Sandtorkai 36
20457 Hamburg

English audio guides

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

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

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