Tours & Activities in Hamburg
Join me for the English ‘Hamburg Essential Tour’.
We will be covering Hamburgs historical City Centre. Dating back to Hamburgs founding in 825AD, to the great fire, WWII, up to the present day, as Germany's largest port-city.
What to expect:
- The grand Town Hall
- Kontorhaus: An architectural symbol of Hamburgs hanseatic wealth
- Trostbrücke: A historic bridge between the old and new town
- St Nikolai: A wartime memorial
- UNESCO world-heritage Speicherstadt: The grand harbour warehouses
- Elbphilharmonie: Germany's most modern and impressive concert house
- St Michel Church: A baroque gem
As a local, I will guide you through my city. With interesting insights and a good portion of entertainment.
Ready for an unforgettable Hamburg experience?
Come join me!
Fotocredits: Wolfgang Weiser, Thomas Ulrich, Udo, Manfred Reinert, Jan Trapp
Witness the rise and fall of Hamburg throughout its history: its glorious past as the center of the Hanseatic League and its heavy destruction in the Great Fire and World War 2. -1200 years of history from Charlemagne to the new development urban port city - Little Venice inside the Alster Canal, the impressive town hall, the main important churches of the city, a symbol of Germany's rise to a global economic player: the Kontorhouses -WWII Memorial of St. Nikolai -the romantic side of the city: Deichstrasse -Elbphilharmonie lighthouse project: the new city landmark -the old city landmark and the best viewpoint: St. Michael's Church GROUPS OF 8 OR MORE ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THE FREE TOUR ! Please contact us to book a private tour with us. This tour has no barriers. You can also book further places directly on our website: www.robinandthetourguides.de.
Guided tours in German and English. Our guides will show you the diversity of one of the former red light districts of St.Pauli. On this free tour you will see its union with the river and the port, its narrow streets, home to artists, anarchists, political activists, dreamers, misfits, prostitutes, refugees, former sailors, among other typical characters of the most colorful neighborhood in the city. Also discover the place where "The Beatles" took their first steps towards world fame. The port: its importance and its dramatic challenges The fish market: how the sale and auction of fish becomes a great party Low tides, high tides, storm surges: the next one is just around the corner! Hafenstrasse: squat history during the 80s Alternative urban development: Park Fiction: a place for debate, protest and music The famous Reeperbahn: an introduction to the area before returning to the party later Große Freiheit, Beatles-Platz: how and where The Beatles became famous during the 60s Where nightlife thrives: Hans-Albers-Platz, Herbertstraße, Davidwache. This guided tour is available in English and German. Groups of 8 or more people must book a private tour with us and will not be allowed to take the public tour. This visit is wheelchair accessible. You can also book further places directly on our website: www.robinandthetourguides.de.
We start our walk through the history of Hamburg at Hammerburg Square, the birthplace and nursery of Hamburg, and learn how Hamburg got its name.
Afterwards we continue our tour through Hamburg's Kontorhausviertel, the former center of Hamburg's merchants, and its brick offices.
We take a look under the Kontorhäuser prima ballerina’s pretty ballerina skirt.
Take a critical look at the founding charter of our port and discover one or two contradictions.
We continue walking to the Speicherstadt, delve into the red brick canyons and their stories, find out what Westphalia has to do with Hamburg and why workers lived in a castle there.
We find out what barge pushers and barge captains actually did and why there are coffee barons and Persians in Hamburg.
At the end you have the opportunity to end the tour in a coffee roastery in an old warehouse.
