I lived in Hamburg for a year and during the summer a friend and I decided that we wanted to take…read moreup sailing. Given that I am a native English speaker and still consider my German to be so-so, I was a bit apprehensive about signing up for a sailing course since the end-goal is obviously to pass both the written and practical exam to receive one's sailing license. Needless to say, my convinced me to give it a shot and I'm glad that I did. The Prusse staff was extremely accommodating and would explain things in English if I was a bit uncertain about the German explanation. In the end, I passed both the practical and written exam and now am a proud holder of a sailing license in Germany. Almost nobody fails the practical exam as it's recommended that you complete 40 hours of sailing before taking the exam, but quite a few people do not pass the written exam. My words of advice- buy the book that Prusse offers! After spending so much on the sailing course, don't skimp out on buying the textbook for an additional 30 euro. It's completely necessary! They changed the format of the exam to all multiple choice, which I was beyond excited about. You're notified right after taking the exam if you've passed or failed.

From the owner: Segelschule, Sportbootführerschein, Segeln, Motorboot, Kindersegeln, Funkzeugnis,…read moreBootsführerschein, Segeln auf der Alster

2 hour tour of the Alster + canals for 19 euro! Plus on-board English audio guide! And a waitress…read moreto serve you whatever you want to drink! The boat is fairly comfortable, the driver was very nice and the German part of his tour that I could understand was funny and informative. The audio guide was good for English, French, Spanish, and a dialect of Chinese. A map was also included in the mini-computer which was fun to look at. The tour itself is really interesting and this part of Hamburg is beautiful. I found this boat tour to be more interesting than the harbor tour. Buy tickets at the booth before you get down to the boats!

I fell asleep sitting on a park bench here, watching ducks…read more But near the southern-most portion of it, I walked past a $uckin STARBUCKS, the sight of which nearly ruined my vacation. I came all this way to see more American b.s.? For the record, there are 3 Starbucks within a block of my house so I could be a little biased.

It's one of the companies that offers a round trip around Hamburg harbour. You can do a 1 hour or…read morelonger tour and it's available in German and English. The ticket guy thought we were tourists so offered us a discount on the German tour that was leaving in a few mins :-) I said nothing and took the discount ha ha ha The guide was also the boat captain and was very funny and informative. Took us for a good ride around the harbour and explained everything. Not a bad choice for a boat tour. They have smaller boats for about 30 odd people and they leave from pier 1 or 2 I believe. I would highly recommend you do a boat tour as it's a great way to see the city from the water.

I had come from a tour of the Airbus factory, also in Hamburg. My paddleboat cruise was schedule…read moreto leave at 5:30. As I was taking the ferry from the other side of the harbor, it was heading toward Landungsbruecke 1and I saw the paddleboat pass us going in the other direction about 5:20 PM. The boat must have filled to capacity and left early. I was very disappointed; however, I did receive a full refund which was of only minor consolation.

It was our first time kayaking on Alster Lake. A friend discovered the Supper Club on internet and…read morewe decided to meet each other there. The kayak and paddles were clean and we enjoyed exploring Hamburg in a different way. It was magical ! After our expedition, we enjoyed a burger on the terrace of the club (be careful, fries are not included in the price of the burger, which makes your meal quite expensive). Despite the fairly high price, it was very good and the place was full of charm. We will come back for sure !

I came on a tour arranged by these guys yesterday and had quite a bit of fun. The only negative…read morething I could say is that the choices of music were, um, not what I would have chosen. They used a little boat called the Advocat, and gave us a good one hour tour of the harbour and southern canals. I've been on other boat tours before, but this was he best one yet in Hamburg. They also laid on drinks for us on the boat. After touring around Wilhelmsburg for a while we stopped at a beer garden for some food (see my review of Zum Anleger (http://www.qype.co.uk/place/169353-Zum-Anleger-Hamburg) ). On the way back we used an open-top bus - which I was really looking forward to. Sadly there was a huge thunderstorm, so it became merely a ride home rather than something fun.

A lovely time riding around the harbor in a little boat! I'm normally squeamish when it comes to…read moreboats and sailing, but was too distracted by the interesting things to look at around the harbor. I had a lot of fun, I had never taken a boat trip into the harbor before and was excited by the new perspectives we had the chance to experience, like Landungsbrucken from the water's side and The Koehlbrandbrucke from underneath. I had a lot of fun and will make sure to recommend the tour to friends visiting from abroad!