Elbphilharmonie Plaza
The Elbphilharmonie Plaza is a free public viewing platform on the 8th floor of Hamburg's concert hall, a glass wave sitting on top of a former cocoa warehouse on the Elbe. Free (timed tickets available online or at the door).
Park in Hamburg
Planten un Blomen is a 47-hectare park in the center of Hamburg with a Japanese garden (the largest in Europe), a tropical greenhouse, roller-skating rinks, and free water-light concerts on the lake in summer evenings (May-September, 10pm). Free. Budget travelers visit the Japanese garden, attend a free water-light concert, and discover that Hamburg’s best evening entertainment costs nothing.
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The Elbphilharmonie Plaza is a free public viewing platform on the 8th floor of Hamburg's concert hall, a glass wave sitting on top of a former cocoa warehouse on the Elbe. Free (timed tickets available online or at the door).
Speicherstadt is the world's largest warehouse district built on timber-pile foundations, a UNESCO-listed complex of neo-Gothic red-brick buildings along canals in Hamburg's harbor. Free to walk.
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