Hamburg Historic Walking Tour Experience

Moin moin! Join one of our expert guides and Discover Hamburg today! This 2.5-3 hour takes you through the 1200 year history of Germany’s wealthiest city. From a fort on a hill to one of the world’s most important ports, Hamburg is a city full of stories.
How did Hamburg become one of the world’s most important ports? How does the story of a headless pirate haunt the city? Just what happened here in World War II? Discover all this and more on Hamburg’s best walking tour.
• Rathaus
• Historic Deichstrasse
• Trostbrücke
• Nikolai Memorial
• Operation Gomorrah – WWII Firebombing
• Speicherstadt (UNESCO World Heritage Site!)
• Kontor Houses
• Elbphilharomie
• The Boatmen’s Church

Meeting Point

Barkhof 3

Barkhof 3, 20095 Hamburg, Germany

Starbucks Mönckebergstraße

What's included:

• Professional Guide
• Walking tour

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Hamburg Town Hall

Rathausmarkt 1, Hamburg, 20095

On this walking tour through Hamburg’s historic old town you’ll pass the stunning 19th Century neo-renaissance Town Hall, built at the peak of Hamburg’s fortune.

Pass by without stopping

Deichstrasse

Hamburg, 20459

We will visit the charming historic Deichstrasse with it’s medieval buildings, and learn how the Great Fire ravaged the old town. Here we will also look at Hamburg’s era-defining red brick ‘Kontor House’ buildings.

10 minutes

St. Nikolai Memorial

Willy-Brandt-Straße 60, 20457 Hamburg, Germany

Once one of the finest examples of neo-gothic architecture in Europe, the tower now stands as a memorial for the tens of thousands of victims of the allied air raids of World War Two.

Speicherstadt

Brook, , Hamburg, 20457

Commonly known as the Warehouse District, the Speicherstadt is not only the most beautiful corner of town, but Hamburg’s first UNESCO World Heritage site! Here we will see the gorgeous warehouses that once stored tea, coffee, sugar, spices and much much more

10 minutes

Elbphilharmonie

Platz Der Deutschen Einheit 4, Hamburg, 20457

Hamburg’s shining new concert hall, the Elbphilharmonie, is where we will end the tour.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included