How many days do you need in Hamburg?
Three days. That is the length of the itinerary we built for Hamburg.
Here is what each day holds. Every stop below carries its time, and every gap says how to get to the next stop, with the walk or drive time wherever both stops are mapped.
Hamburg · 3 days Germany
Best time: May to September for harbour boats and outdoor lakes.
Speicherstadt and HafenCityDay 1
📍9:30 AMSpeicherstadt
The world’s largest warehouse district, red brick on oak piles across a network of canals, UNESCO-listed since 2015.
🚶 ~17 min · 🚗 ~2 min · 0.6 mi
📍12:00 PMElbphilharmonie
A glass concert hall set on a 1960s cocoa warehouse; the public plaza between the two is free and open daily.
🚶 ~6 min · 🚗 ~1 min · 0.2 mi
📍3:00 PMMiniatur Wunderland
The largest model railway in the world, and far more absorbing than that sounds. Book a slot ahead.
The harbour and St PauliDay 2
📍9:30 AMLandungsbrucken
The floating landing stages where the harbour ferries dock, and the start of the working waterfront.
🚗 ~10 min · 2.8 mi
⛴️11:00 AMHarbour ferry to Ovelgonne
The public ferry down the Elbe past container terminals and dry docks, ending at a small beach.
🚗 ~9 min · 2.6 mi
📍4:00 PMSt Pauli and the Reeperbahn
The old sailors’ quarter, its side streets now full of small bars and music venues.
Lakes and the old centreDay 3
📍10:00 AMBinnenalster and Aussenalster
The inner and outer lakes formed by damming the Alster, ringed by a walking and running path.
🚶 ~17 min · 🚗 ~2 min · 0.6 mi
📍1:30 PMRathaus
The 1897 town hall on its own square, with 647 rooms and a courtyard fountain behind.
🚶 ~7 min · 🚗 ~1 min · 0.2 mi
📍4:30 PMSt Nikolai memorial
The bombed church left as a ruin, with a lift up the surviving spire and a memorial in the crypt.
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