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Two days in Hamburg

December 18, 2017 by Jenni

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Hamburg

 

A couple of weeks ago D and I went to Hamburg for a couple of days. We stayed in the Ibis Styles Hamburg Alster City just outside of the city centre. It is the first time we have been away without Lucas and although we enjoyed ourselves, he will be accompanying us on all our travels from now on, we missed him and think he should be experiencing different places and cultures with us.

 

Hamburg

 

Neither of us had been to Hamburg before and although we have both visited Germany when we were younger on school trips, we couldn’t remember it properly so didn’t know what to expect.

 

Hamburg

 

We arrived about 10.15pm so decided to get a taxi but if we visit again I would be more than happy to use to U Bahn as it is an incredible transport system. Throughout our stay we used the U Bahn and never had to wait more than 5 minutes for the next one. The stations and the carriages were also really well maintained and clean.

 

Hamburg
Hamburg is Germany’s second largest city breath-taking architecture, attractions, shops and restaurants. I would definitely recommend getting a Hamburg card which we were given as it allows unlimited travel by bus, train and harbour ferry. It also gives you up to 30% discount on Harbour tours, Alster trips and city tours. It’s always best to explore Germany with a local. You also get up to 50% discount on various attractions and museums. Up to 28% discount on selected musicals, theatre, restaurants and coffee shops.

 

Hamburg

 

When we were there, the Christmas markets were on and it was like a winter wonderland when you got to those. There were a variety of food, drink and gift stalls.

 

Hamburg

 

There are a vast variety of shops ranging from C&A and Benetton to Chanel and Peter Hahn.

 

Hamburg

 

Along the streets there are bustling restaurants and cafes selling anything from pastries and bratwursts to Indian and Italian. We stopped at The Better Burger Company and had a delicious burger and chips. We also had a lovely pizza from one of the street vendors.

 

Hamburg

 

We visited Chocoversum which is a chocolate museum giving 90 minute tours where you learn about the origins of chocolate, have lots of samples to taste and create your own chocolate bar.

 

Chocoversum, Hamburg review

 

We also went on a Harbour tour with Barkassen Meyer. The tour is done with a German tour guide and his enthusiasm and the way everyone was laughing, it sounded like a fab tour but we used the audio guide where we could press the device in various places to hear the information in English. The tour was good and we really enjoyed seeing the places and relaxing on the warm, very comfortable boat away from the cold weather but I would have preferred a person as a guide rather than an audio guide.

 

Hamburg

 

Whilst we were walking around we came across an incredible church, unfortunately we only found it on our last night so we couldn’t investigate it properly and my phone had run out of battery so I couldn’t get any photos. St Nikolai church was the world’s tallest building from 1874 to 1876, and it remains Hamburg’s second-tallest structure. Mostly destroyed in WWII, it is now called Mahnmal St-Nikolai. You can take a glass lift to a 76.3m-high viewing platform inside the surviving spire for views of Hamburg’s centre, put into context of the wartime destruction. The architecture and detailing of it is absolutely stunning.

 

Hamburg

 

A fellow blogger, Mellisa also visited with her husband, check out how they spent 48 hours in Hamburg too x

 

Hamburg

 

Check out Bruges Christmas market too

We were guests of the Come to Hamburg project, this doesn’t effect my opinions x

Filed Under: Reviews, Travel & Days Out, Worldwide

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Comments

  1. Hannah Denton says

    December 18, 2017 at 10:42 pm

    Hamburg looks amazing! Looks like you had a blast. You’ve taken some amazing piccies!

  2. CurvyGirlThin says

    December 19, 2017 at 5:14 pm

    Hamburg looks absolutely amazing – I may look into a little city break there next Christmas! I love the zip building – so unique.

    C x

  3. John Milnes says

    December 19, 2017 at 9:19 pm

    I have not been back to Germany in over 40+ years. There some places in my photography bucket list, you just given an extra city to add to my bucket list.

    Thanks for Sharing.

    John M

  4. Laura Dove says

    December 19, 2017 at 10:02 pm

    Oh how lovely! What a gorgeous time of year to go too! I know what you mean about not taking the kids, whenever we had the occasional night away without them I end up thinking how much they would have enjoyed it!

  5. Rebecca | AAUBlog says

    December 19, 2017 at 10:37 pm

    I went to Hamburg in November – quite envious that you were there with all the festive things set up!

  6. Deborah Butler (@SuperBusyMum) says

    December 19, 2017 at 11:40 pm

    Hamburg looks like such a gorgeous place to visit! I would have loved to have seen it during Christmas!

  7. Kristina (@KrisEvilCupcake) says

    December 20, 2017 at 10:14 am

    I haven’t been here yet but it’s on my travel bucket list! 🙂

  8. Emily Leary says

    December 20, 2017 at 11:23 am

    Hamburg looks like an amazing place to visit at this time of year, so festive! The chocolate museum also sounds right up my street.

  9. Sarah Bailey says

    December 20, 2017 at 1:57 pm

    Hamberg looks like such an amazing place to visit, the chocolate museum I would be right there and i’ve always wanted to see a wall of love locks I’m not sure why but they really interest me, I’d love to know about the people who have left them.

  10. kirstyralph11 says

    December 20, 2017 at 2:27 pm

    Sounds like a lovely 2 days away. I love the sound of Chocoversum who knew there could be a museum for chocolate

  11. forkwardthinkingfoodinista says

    December 20, 2017 at 4:14 pm

    Oh wow how amazing does this look. I love the look of that festive Christmas tree too x

  12. Mayah Camara says

    December 20, 2017 at 7:15 pm

    This sounds like a fab trip!! The architecture looks incredible from these photos! Some great memories made!

  13. Afshan Nasim says

    December 20, 2017 at 8:51 pm

    Hamburg, sounds great. I love a good Christmas market. The shops sound to good. C&A takes me back. Would love to visit one day too.

  14. Jemma @ Celery and Cupcakes says

    December 20, 2017 at 9:04 pm

    I love Hamburg, its such a great city! Great tip about getting a Hamburg card 🙂

  15. Alina Davies says

    December 20, 2017 at 10:57 pm

    Hamburg looks fantastic, I’m hoping to travel lots in the coming year so I’ll have to pop this place on my bucket list!

  16. Globalmouse (@globalmouse1) says

    December 21, 2017 at 8:19 am

    Oh this looks beautiful and I love the sound of the St Nikolai church what an interesting sounding building. I would love to visit Hamburg, even more so now.

  17. Kara says

    December 21, 2017 at 12:44 pm

    Hamburg looks like such a beautiful city, that building with the zip is amazing

  18. dearmummyblog says

    December 21, 2017 at 6:22 pm

    We would have never thought about going to Hamburg but it actually looks very nice and love the different types of architecture! x

  19. Anosa says

    December 21, 2017 at 8:08 pm

    Hamburg, looks so Christmassy! It seems like you had lots of fun with lots to see

  20. Dannii says

    December 22, 2017 at 5:24 pm

    I have never been to Germany, but Hamburg is on my list to visit, especially at Christmas time.

  21. Hannah says

    December 23, 2017 at 12:50 pm

    I have always wanted to visit – I hope I can next year!

  22. Ashleigh says

    December 24, 2017 at 2:43 pm

    I have been to Germany once but the country side part, so it’s lovely to see something different!

  23. Laura Haley says

    January 19, 2019 at 4:35 pm

    Sounds like you had a great couple of days. I’ve picked up a few tips from your post for my trip so thank you-I’ll definitely be looking at a harbour tour now I know there’s a translation.

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