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).
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Speicherstadt
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. The warehouses once stored coffee, tea, tobacco, and spices. Today they house museums, offices, and the Miniatur Wunderland (paid). Budget travelers walk the canals, photograph the bridges and warehouse facades, and admire one of the most unique architectural landscapes in Northern Europe.
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- Kehrwieder, 20457 Hamburg
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Planten un Blomen
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.
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