What to do in Hamburg

They mysteriously rise from the Elbe as a reminder of the Hanseatic past of a city like Hamburg. These are the Blankenese Shipwrecks, and it's easy to spot them when you follow the Falkensteiner Ufer along the Elbe.

The Blankenese Shipwrecks in Hamburg

Hamburg (category), Urbex (category)
6 min read
29/11/202108/07/2025

The Hafencity Universität Station is a U-Bahn station in Hamburg famous for its gorgeous futuristic colourful illumination. For us, it looked like a movie set, something out of Blade Runner and we knew we had to go there.

All the Colors of the Hafencity Universität Station in Hamburg

Hamburg (category)
4 min read
21/11/202108/07/2025

Back in 1911, when the Old Elbe Tunnel was opened to the public, it was an engineering marvel of the world. Back then it was called the St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel due to the area where the tunnel is located but, like the St. Pauli neighborhood, a lot has changed in the last years.

Old Elbe Tunnel: Exploring the Hamburg Underground

Hamburg (category)
4 min read
28/05/201817/03/2026

You can still see the tall gothic tower of St. Nicholas Church from almost anywhere in Hamburg. But this Gothic Revival church doesn’t mark the skyline of the city like it used to when it was the tallest construction on Earth, from 1874 to 1876. Nowadays, the church is the second-tallest structure in Hamburg and a memorial to everything that happened during the Second World War.

The View from St. Nicholas Church in Hamburg

Germany (category), Hamburg (category)
8 min read
14/12/201717/03/2026

Deutsches Zusatzstoffmuseum: A Visit to the German Food Additives Museum in Hamburg

Hamburg (category)
5 min read
25/10/201709/01/2024