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Jungfernstieg

Stroll along the Binnenalster.

It is the heart of the city centre for many locals and tourists: the Jungfernstieg - a diverse connection between the Inner Alster and the surrounding shops and attractions.

For Hamburg residents, the historical importance of the promenade plays a major role: In the past, families came here on Sunday to walk and introduce their unmarried daughters (" Jungfern") - hence the name. Even today, the Jungfernstieg is very special: It is enjoyable to be right on the water - the Inner Alster, make a date at this central location and start shopping in the nearby department stores - especially the famous and traditional Alsterhaus but also small but refined shops.

After a break and refreshments at the Alsterpavillion, you can continue on to the surrounding shopping arcades Europa Passage, Hamburger Hof or the Hanseviertel, which is a little further back.
Hamburg City Hall is also close by. The magnificent building with its impressive architecture can not only be admired from the outside, it can also be visited from the inside. The day can then be rounded off wonderfully with an ice cream and back on the water: Alternatively, a twilight cruise on the Alster steamers.

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Alster Round Trip

  • Delightful Inner and Outer Alster
  • Traditional steam-boat
  • Beautiful Alsterpark and villas

Alster Round TripTo offerfrom 25.00 €
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Canal trip
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Canal trip around the Alster lake

  • Leisurely cruise through narrow Alster canals
  • Travel on a traditional Alster steamboat
  • Natural riverbank landscapes and residential areas along the Alster arms

Canal trip around the Alster lakeTo offer
Hamburg CARD reduced
Alster tour with Rondeelteich
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Alster Roundtrip with Rondeelteich

  • Cruise on the Inner and Outer Alster
  • Historical cruises
  • Germany's oldest operating steamship
  • Detour to the romantic Rondeelteich

Alster Roundtrip with RondeelteichTo offerfrom 24.00 €

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    Weißer Zauber auf dem Jungfernstieg Christmas Markets

    • 18.11.2026
    • 11:00
    • Jungfernstieg
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    CSD-Straßenfest Festivals & Street Fairs

    • 07.08.2027
    • 12:00
    • Jungfernstieg
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Luftaufnahme der Elbphilharmonie bei Sonnenaufgang
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You should see this Sights in Hamburg

A short holiday in Hamburg also means sightseeing in Hamburg. Whether the Elbe Philharmonic, Landungsbrücken or Hamburg City Hall - they and many other sights are simply part of a trip to Hamburg. The easiest way to explore Hamburg's sights is on a sightseeing tour with the striking double-decker buses.

Sights in Hamburg
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CITY AREA PORTRAIT Alt- & Neustadt

The historic core of the Altstadt (German for Old Town) district is shaped by traditional buildings such as the Hamburg city hall and the chamber of commerce, the alleyways and bridges which stretch out all the way to the HafenCity district. In the Neustadt district district between Laeiszhalle and Jungfernstieg with elegant promenades, fashion stores and gallery owners – overlooking the Alster.

Alt- & Neustadt

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St. Michaelis Kirche
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Hamburg Michel St. Michaelis Kirche

Hamburg has many large churches - but only one "Michel": On its platform 106 metres high, there is a fabulous (and breezy) view of Hamburg, the port and the surrounding countryside - one that should not be missed!

St. Michaelis Kirche
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The main church at Klosterstern. Hauptkirche St. Nikolai am Klosterstern

The new building was erected from 1846 to 1874 in the neo-Gothic style to designs by the English architect Gilbert Scott and was destroyed by the bombings during the Second World War in 1943; the ruins were demolished in 1951.

Unlike the other principal churches, after the war the parish of St. Nikolai decided in 1956 against rebuilding the church on the Hopfenmarkt and instead dared a new beginning at the Klosterstern in Harvestehude, a densely populated district of the city. The new church on Klosterstern (Harvestehuder Weg 118) was built according to designs by Gerhard Langmaak and was dedicated in 1962.
Considered as both a special feature and attraction is the altar mosaic based on a design by Oskar Kokoschka, as well as the Coester window from 1939.
The former location of the main church of St. Nikolai with the 147-metre church tower – the third highest in Germany – is a ruin worth seeing on Hopfenmarkt and is considered a memorial and as a place for exhibitions and events.


Hauptkirche St. Nikolai am Klosterstern
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View Point

A viewing tower offers a host of new perspectives of the growing HafenCity in Hamburg. However, it is not only the view which is spectacular. The View Point itself is very eye-catching.

View Point

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