# Hamburg: the 10 best sights

The port, the Speicherstadt and the Elbphilharmonie: what you must see in Hamburg according to travel blogs and reviews.

- 50 votes · 17 items
- Jul 8, 2025 · miriam_wanderlust
- https://even.best/en/l/255/hamburg-the-10-best-sights

## Top 10

1. **Speicherstadt** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — The world's largest brick warehouse district, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2015.
2. **Elbphilharmonie** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Herzog & de Meuron's concert hall (2017); the Plaza at 37 m is free to visit. <https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/>
3. **Landungsbrücken and the port** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Starting point for harbour tours of Germany's largest seaport.
4. **Inner and Outer Alster** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — The two Alster lakes in the city centre, ideal for boat trips and walks.
5. **Reeperbahn** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — St. Pauli's nightlife strip, where the Beatles played in the 1960s.
6. **Planten un Blomen** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — City park with a Japanese garden and summer water-light concerts.
7. **Old Elbe Tunnel** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1911 tunnel under the Elbe to Steinwerder, on foot or by bike.
8. **Chilehaus** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Expressionist office building from 1924 shaped like a ship's bow, part of the World Heritage Site.
9. **Miniatur Wunderland** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — The world's largest model railway, in the Speicherstadt. <https://www.miniatur-wunderland.de/>
10. **St. Michael's Church (Michel)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Baroque church whose 132 m tower is Hamburg's landmark. <https://www.st-michaelis.de/>
11. **Hamburg City Hall** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Neo-Renaissance city hall from 1897 with 647 rooms.
12. **Fish Market** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Sunday market on the Elbe since 1703, with live music in the fish auction hall.
13. **Hamburg Art Gallery** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — One of the largest art museums in Germany, right next to the main train station, with works by Caspar David Friedrich.
14. **Blankenese and staircase district** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Former fishing village on the Elbe with captain's houses and almost 5,000 steps.
15. **Hagenbeck's zoo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The zoo in Stellingen opened in 1907, the first with barred outdoor enclosures.
16. **International Maritime Museum** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Museum in the Speicherstadt over 3,000 years of maritime history, in the city's oldest warehouse.
17. **HafenCity** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — New district on former harbor areas on the Elbe, with modern architecture and promenades.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.