Living in Hamburg

Gate to the world

Hamburg is connected internationally. From the airport of Hamburg ships are able to reach nearly every other harbor town worldwide. The biggest German seaport is very important for external trades. Because the city state isn’t located at the sea, the Elbe is the most important waterway in Hamburg. Further rivers are the Bille and the Alster. The ‘Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg’ is the second biggest town in Germany, the third biggest musical metropolis in the world and a leading German media location. The newsmagazine ‘Der Spiegel’ und the weekly journal ‘Die Zeit’ are both published in Hamburg. The NDR has its head office here. Many tourists visit Hamburg. During a harbor tour visitors gaze at the historic warehouse district, where tea, coffee and spices were stored in the past. Afterwards people can admire the impressive concert house ‘Elbphilharmonie’ or visit the large park ‘Planten un Blomen’ (Plattdeutsch for plants and flowers). The largest connected German fruit-growing region is located in the area around Hamburg. Hamburg offers its population an incredible variety of quarters, houses and flats. The quality of life and as well the rental prices are very high in the city. Apartment-hunters have to have patience.

Popular neighborhoods in Hamburg

Altona-Altstadt

The district Altona-Altstadt is the home of many different cultures that live together in a confined space. Colorful and harmonious street festivals reflect the great community among its habitants. Altona-Altstadt is world-famous for the ‘Hamburger Fischmarkt’. The most beautiful view over the port of Hamburg is from a park with an observation deck called ‘Altonaer Balkon’.

Eimsbüttel

The most populous neighborhood in Hamburg is very popular among young people. There are many small cafés, pubs and parks in the casual hotspot. The street ‘Osterstraße’ with numerous shopping facilities and nice restaurants is the center of the district. In Eimsbüttel the oldest public swimming pool is situated, the ‘Kaifu-Bad’. A specialty is the theatre ‘MUT! Theater’. There actors perform in multicultural plays. The concept of the theatre director is to reinterpret classical plays and put them in an actual, cultural context. This is how for example ‘Romeo and Juliet oriental’ was created.

Sternschanze

In the smallest neighborhood of Hamburg there is always something going on. Whether culturally at the ‘Rote Flora’, a cultural center of the left-wing scene, or at the popular flea market ‘Schanzenflohmarkt’ or in the pubs at night – at Sternschanze life is pulsating. Many special cafés, the large ‘Schanzenpark’ and an eco-market which takes place on a weekly basis, are ideal places to enjoy time, relax and stroll around. A feature of Sternschanze is a great diversity of impressive street-art. Locals arrange tours for tourists to show them the fancy graffiti artworks at different locations in the district.