The container, the 40-foot shipping container, the rust, the canal, and the coffee shop inside: the Torrefaktum, the third-wave, the best flat white in the Hamburg, and the most Hamburg scene, the industrial, the repurposed, the creative, and the completely unpretentious, is the symbol of the Hamburg that is the “New Berlin.” The Hamburg is the second-largest city in the Germany, the largest port in Europe after the Rotterdam (the “Tor zur Welt”, the “Gateway to the World”), and the city that has the more canals than the Venice and the Amsterdam combined (the 2,496 bridges, the more than the Venice, the Amsterdam, and the London combined). The Hamburg has the been the called the “New Berlin” for the decade, and the truth is the more complex: the Hamburg is the not trying to be the Berlin. The Hamburg is the Hamburg, the richer, the wetter, the greener, and the most liveable city in the Germany. Here is your guide.

Hamburg, The New Berlin?

• The essential Hamburg, the Speicherstadt, the HafenCity, and the Reeperbahn: The Speicherstadt (the Warehouse District), the essential Hamburg: the UNESCO World heritage Site, the 1883–1927, the red-brick, the neo-Gothic, the largest warehouse district in the world (the 1.5 km²), the canals, the bridges, the coffee (the Speicherstadt Kaffeerösterei, the 1905, the €3 for the coffee, and the best coffee roastery in the Germany), the Miniatur Wunderland (the 1,540 metres of the model railway, the 1,200 trains, the largest model railway in the world, the Knuffingen Airport, the 200 aircraft, the take-offs and the landings, and the most visited attraction in the Germany. ~€20, the essential: the book the slot online the 2 weeks in advance, the walk-in is the 2-hour queue. The essential Wunderland strategy: the first slot, the 7.45am on the Saturday, and the 2 hours before the crowds), the Hamburg Dungeon (the thematic, the €25, and the essential for the gruesome history), the Elbphilharmonie (the 2016, the Herzog and the de Meuron, the glass wave on the top of the old warehouse, the Kaispeicher A, the €870 million, the 2,100 seats, the Plaza, the public viewing gallery, the €2, and the best view of the Hamburg. The essential: the concert, the €20–100, and the book the 2–3 months ahead). The essential Speicherstadt experience: the walk along the Brooksfleet canal at the 9pm, the bridges lit, the reflections in the water, and the most beautiful Hamburg scene. More Germany →
• The Reeperbahn, the Schanze, and the alternative Hamburg: The Reeperbahn, the “most sinful mile”: the St Pauli, the Beatles (the 1961–1962, the Indra, the Kaiserkeller, the Star-Club, the 5 sets a night, the 8 hours on the stage, and the essential Hamburg for the Beatles fans: the Beatles-Platz, the silhouette statues, and the walking tour, the €15). The Reeperbahn at the night is the red lights, the bars, the clubs, and the essential Hamburg night out. The essential alternative: the Fischmarkt (the Sunday morning, the 5am–9.30am, the fish, the fruit, the fabric, the beer, and the best hangover cure in the Hamburg, the Bismarck herring and the Frühschoppen, the morning beer). The Schanzenviertel (the “Schanze”), the alternative Hamburg: the Sternschanze, the street art, the independent shops, the Falafel, the Falafelstern, the €4, the best falafel in the Hamburg, and the Schulterblatt, the cafés, the bars, the most Berlin-like neighbourhood in the Hamburg, and the best place for the sense of the “New Berlin.” The essential Hamburg food: the Fischbrötchen (the herring, the onion, the pickle, and the €4 at the Brücke 10, the Landungsbrücken, the best snack in the Hamburg), the Franzbrötchen (the cinnamon, the sugar, and the best Hamburg pastry), the Labskaus (the corned beef, the potato, the beetroot, the gherkin, the fried egg, the sailor’s stew, the most Hamburg dish, and the taste that is the better than the appearance