Getting Around

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Watch the hustle and bustle of the shipyards at work, admire beautiful waterfront buildings and see huge cruise liners, ferries and tankers sail along the River Elbe.

Fill yourself with festive cheer with 30 different Christmas markets to choose from during the festive season. Head to the largest, the traditional ‘Weihnachtsmarkt’ set against a backdrop of the magnificent city hall.

Try traditional spiced Aachener Printen cookies and Nuremberg gingerbread and shop for handcrafted decorations. See old-fashioned carousels, catch a colourful Christmas parade and look out for Santa’s sleigh zipping over the market stall rooftops.

Hamburg boasts an ultra-slick public transportation system – known as the HVV – which provides a wealth of different transport options.

The city’s extensive bus network will take you where you need to go, or you can even take a harbour cruise or ferry from Landungsbrucken. Get from A to B quickly and conveniently using the U-Bahn – the underground – which runs a 24-hour service at the weekends.

Hamburg airport can be easily reached using the S-Bahn – suburban train – in around 25 minutes from Hamburg’s central station.

The city also has a well-developed cycling infrastructure and you can pick up a bike from StadtRAD Hamburg, the local city bike programme, which has over 120 service points around the city.