Beautiful and historic part of the city. Loved walking around and seeing the architecture. Not…read moresure why the water levels were so low knowing that the water is from the ocean.

The Speicherstadt, literally: 'City of Warehouses', meaning warehouse district) in Hamburg, is the…read morelargest 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. The district was built as a free zone to transfer goods without paying customs. As of 2009, both the district and the surrounding area are under redevelopment. As the first site in Hamburg, it was awarded the status of UNESCO World Heritage Site on 5 July 2015. The architecture is amazing and you can walk around and explore the buildings from the outside. It's a wonderful part of Hamburg and not to be missed. We walked around here for a long time and some nice cafes and things also in this area.

We did the one hour English guided tour of the Hamburg Townhall. You buy the tickets the day off…read moreinside the building and it costs 8 Euros per person. There are guided tours in German and English language. Note that the English guided tours are not as often as the German guided tours. Our guide was knowledgeable and entertaining. He made the guided tour enjoyable. It was nice learning the history and seeing various rooms of the Hamburg Townhall. Overall, I recommend visiting this landmark and doing the guided tour.

The seat of the "Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg", this building is on the Rathausmarkt square…read more Constructed between 1186 and 1897, this is also the seat of one of the 16 state parliaments of Germany. Government still operates from here. I did not have time for a proper tour of the building, but the next time I am in Hamburg, I absolutely will do so. The lobby is open to the public and you can get to a few other places if the parliament is not actually in session. [Review 12060 overall, 1843 of 2019.]

Tolles Co-Working Erlebnis im Chilehaus! Das Co-Working im…read moreChilehaus war wirklich gut! Die zentrale Lage und die gute Anbindung an den ÖPNV machten es sehr leicht, den Standort zu finden. Dank der klaren Unterteilung in die Bereiche A, B und C war Regius schnell auffindbar. Nach einem unkomplizierten Check-In begleitete mich Christian, der freundliche Mitarbeiter an der Rezeption, zu meinem Raum. Dort konnte ich zu meiner Überraschung mit einer hervorragenden Internetverbindung arbeiten. Insgesamt eine super Erfahrung - ich komme gerne wieder!

On my self guided tour of Hamburg, I stopped along at what appeared to be the tallest steeple in…read morethe town. St. Nicholas's church is more of a memorial than an actual building. Again, another great piece of history. It caught fire in 1943 and what you see today are the remains of what was once a place of worship for the people of Hamburg. The remains of the building are still beautiful and you can imagine what it must have looked like. There are pieces of artwork dedicated to the times as well which really spoke to me. It is pretty much the complete opposite of St. Michaels. But definately worth a stop and marvel at what happened there 70 years ago.

Great view of the city and the museum is well worth the 5 euro (4 with student ID). Learned a lot…read moreabout WWII and how it affected Hamburg.