Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Hamburg, Germany

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 14 sights
Distance 4.5 km
Ascend 91 m
Descend 98 m

Explore Hamburg in Germany with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in HamburgIndividual Sights in Hamburg

Sight 1: Benediktekirken

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The Danish Seamen's Church in Hamburg or Benediktekirken is the Danish church in Hamburg.

Wikipedia: Dansk Sømandskirke Hamborg (DA)

659 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: Cap San Diego

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MS Cap San Diego is a general cargo ship, situated as a museum ship in Hamburg, Germany. Notable for her elegant silhouette, she was the last of a series of six ships known as the White Swans of the South Atlantic, and marked the apex of German-built general cargo ships before the advent of the container ship and the decline of Germany's heavy industry.

Wikipedia: Cap San Diego (EN), Website

411 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Sir William Lindley

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Sir William Lindley

William Lindley, was an English engineer who together with his sons designed water and sewerage systems for over 30 cities across Europe.

Wikipedia: William Lindley (EN)

571 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 4: Speicherstadt

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The Speicherstadt in Hamburg, Germany, is the largest warehouse district in the world where the buildings stand on timber-pile foundations, oak logs, in this particular case. It is located in the port of Hamburg – within the HafenCity quarter – and was built from 1883 to 1927.

Wikipedia: Speicherstadt (EN)

179 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Speicherstadtmuseum

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The Speicherstadt Museum documents the history of the construction and use of the historic Speicherstadt in Hamburg. It is located in the room – the same as the ground floor – of Speicherblock L from 1888, which was built according to a design by the Hamburg architect Georg Thielen in the neo-Gothic style and which still has the original riveted skeleton construction made of wrought iron in the part used by the Speicherstadt Museum. The museum is conveniently located at Am Sandtorkai 36 in the vicinity of HafenCity, the Miniatur Wunderland model railway site, the Hamburg Dungeon and the Spice Museum and is best reached via U-Bahn line 3.

Wikipedia: Speicherstadtmuseum (DE), Website

57 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Spicy's Gewürzmuseum

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Spicy's Spice Museum is a private museum founded in 1991 in Hamburg, Germany.

Wikipedia: Spicy’s Gewürzmuseum (DE), Website

260 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Auf dem Sande

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Auf dem Sande

The Kehrwieder is one of the former islands in the city of Hamburg and belongs to the HafenCity district. Geographically, it lies in the river splitting area of the Lower Elbe and is the northern Grasbrook. In 1532 it was incorporated into the fortified town together with the neighbouring island of Wandrahm.

Wikipedia: Brooksbrücke (DE)

459 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: Deichstraße

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Deichstraße is the oldest remaining street in the Altstadt of Hamburg, Germany and a popular visitor attraction in the city.

Wikipedia: Deichstraße (EN)

298 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: Kirchenruine St. Nikolai

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The Church of St. Nicholas was a Gothic Revival cathedral that was formerly one of the five Lutheran Hauptkirchen in the city of Hamburg, Germany. The original chapel, a wooden building, was completed in 1195. It was replaced by a brick church in the 14th century, which was eventually destroyed by fire in 1842. The church was completely rebuilt by 1874, and was the tallest building in the world from 1874 to 1876. It was designed by the English architect George Gilbert Scott.

Wikipedia: St. Nicholas Church, Hamburg (EN), Website

221 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Zollenbrücke

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The Zollenbrücke in Hamburg is a bridge built in 1633 over the former Fleet of Gröningerstraße. Located on the Nikolaifleet in the old town, it is the oldest preserved bridge in the city area and has been a listed building since 1954.

Wikipedia: Zollenbrücke (DE), Architect

536 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 11: German Customs Museum

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The German Customs Museum is the national customs museum about the past and present of customs. It is located on the site of the former Hamburg customs office.

Wikipedia: Deutsches Zollmuseum (DE), Website

150 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Wasserschloss

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Wasserschloss Original: Dietmar Rabich (Abgeleitetes Werk: Flominator) / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Wasserschloss, also known as the Wasserschlösschen, is a historic building in Hamburg's Speicherstadt.

Wikipedia: Wasserschloss (Hamburg) (DE)

262 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Dialog im Dunkeln

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Dialog im Dunkeln

Dialogue in the Dark is an awareness raising exhibition and franchise, as well as a social business. In Dialogue in the Dark, blind guides lead visitors in small groups through different settings in absolute darkness. Through this visitors learn how to interact without sight by using their other senses, as well as experience what it is like to be blind. The exhibition is organized as a social franchising company, which offers the exhibition as well as business workshops, and has created jobs for the blind, disabled, and disadvantaged worldwide. The exhibition aims to change mindsets on disability and diversity, and increase tolerance for “otherness”. More than 9 million visitors have gone through an experience in the Dark and thousands of blind guides and facilitators find employment through exhibitions and workshops.

Wikipedia: Dialogue in the Dark (EN), Website, Website

460 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 14: Deichtorhallen

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The Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, Germany, is one of Europe's largest art centers for contemporary art and photography. The two historical buildings dating from 1911 to 1913 are iconic in style, with their open steel-and-glass structures. Their architecture creates a backdrop for spectacular major international exhibitions.

Wikipedia: Deichtorhallen (EN), Website

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