Hamburg, the Gateway to World, the Beauty, the Highlight of the North: there are good reasons why the green city on the river is said to be one of the most beautiful cities in Germany.

Everybody who has visited Hamburg is enthusiastic about its flair and maritime charms. Whether Elbe, Alster, HafenCity (PortCity), Speicherstadt (Storehouse City), Fish Market or Reeperbahn - something new can be discovered, experienced and marvelled at every day.

With 1.8 million inhabitants, Hamburg is the second-biggest city in Germany and it offers singular features to its guests: Arts and culture at its finest, worldwide successful musicals, superior and entertaining theatre, a great variety of hotels, excellent restaurants, exquisite shopping possibilities, exciting night life and loads of historical landmarks that were left by the 1200 years old history of the city. With its many parks and gardens, Hamburg is also Germany's greenest city.

Hamburg is young, modern, friendly and open to the world - and a city full of contrasts at the same time. On the one hand, the colourful and simultaneously poorest quarter of the city, St. Pauli with its Reeperbahn, the most sinful mile in the world. On the other hand the rich and tidy quarter Blankenese with its numerous villas and romantic-beautiful views from the Elbhang and the lower beaches of the river Elbe. Each corner of Hamburg looks different but nevertheless everything joins together harmonically. And in the Port of Hamburg, in the heart of the city, ships from all over the world land.

We welcome you to this fascinating city and wish you an exciting time!