{"id":1303576,"date":"2026-09-29T11:58:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T11:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1303576"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:33:27","slug":"hamburg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/germany\/hamburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamburg"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302303,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-city","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_country_stats":"","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"","hw_hub_country_facts":"","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"","hw_hub_country_cities":"","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"","hw_hub_country_do_title":"","hw_hub_country_do_body":"","hw_hub_country_do_points":"","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"","hw_hub_country_do_more":"","hw_hub_country_food_title":"","hw_hub_country_food_body":"","hw_hub_country_food_points":"","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"","hw_hub_country_food_more":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"","hw_hub_country_money_title":"","hw_hub_country_money_body":"","hw_hub_country_money_points":"","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"","hw_hub_country_money_more":"","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"","hw_hub_country_season_note":"","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"","hw_hub_country_events_title":"","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"","hw_hub_country_events_source":"","hw_hub_country_events_country":"","hw_hub_country_events_count":"","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_events":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Hamburg","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"More bridges than Venice and Amsterdam combined, Germany's biggest port, a red-light district that shaped the Beatles, and a fish market that opens at five on Sunday morning.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1303686","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"2,500+ | Bridges, more than Venice and Amsterdam together\r\n5am | When the Sunday fish market opens\r\n1962 | The Beatles' Star-Club years on the Reeperbahn","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"A port city that has always looked outward","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Hamburg is a Free and Hanseatic City, a formal title it still uses, and it has been a trading port since the Middle Ages. The container terminals are enormous and visible from the city centre, and the whole place is oriented around water \u2014 the Elbe, the Alster lakes, and canals threading the warehouse districts.\r\n\r\nThe Speicherstadt, the world's largest warehouse district built on timber piles, is UNESCO-listed and looks like nothing else: red brick gothic warehouses over canals, best seen at night when they are lit.\r\n\r\nThe Reeperbahn in St Pauli is the famous red-light district, and it is also where the Beatles played for two years before anyone knew who they were. It is now equal parts sex trade, music venues and stag parties.\r\n\r\nThe Sunday fish market opens at five in the morning, which the city's drinkers treat as the end of the night rather than the start of the day.\r\n\r\nTwo or three days.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Airport 25 minutes by S1, about \u20ac3.80. ICE trains from Berlin under 2 hours\r\nGetting around | U-Bahn, S-Bahn, buses and harbour ferries on one HVV ticket. Day ticket about \u20ac8.80\r\nCurrency | Euro\r\nThe harbour ferries | Line 62 is public transport and covered by a normal ticket\r\nFish market | Sundays from 5am, or 7am in winter. Ends by 9.30\r\nWeather | Wet and windy. It is a North Sea port and behaves like one","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"A city between a river and two lakes, with distinct districts on the U-Bahn.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"13","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"St Pauli and Reeperbahn | Nightlife | West: the music venues, the red-light district, cheap food and most of the hostels. Loud all night. | 53.5500 | 9.9640 |  | \nAltstadt and HafenCity | First-timers | The centre and the new waterfront: the Speicherstadt, the Elbphilharmonie and the town hall. | 53.5450 | 9.9930 |  | \nSternschanze | Independent and young | North of St Pauli: alternative bars, street art, good food and a short walk to everything. | 53.5620 | 9.9620 |  | \nAltona and Ottensen | Local and quieter | Further west: a residential district with markets, restaurants and the Elbe beach path. | 53.5520 | 9.9350 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Hamburg","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Take the harbour ferry. Line 62 from Landungsbr\u00fccken to Finkenwerder is ordinary public transport covered by a normal HVV ticket, and it runs past the container terminals and the shipyards. It gives you the harbour tour for the price of a bus fare, and the tourist boats charge \u20ac20 for less.\r\n\r\nWalk the Speicherstadt at night, when the brick warehouses are lit and reflected in the canals. Free.\r\n\r\nThe Elbphilharmonie's Plaza, a public viewing level at 37 metres, is free with a ticket you collect at the entrance, and gives the harbour from above without paying for a concert.\r\n\r\nMiniatur Wunderland, about \u20ac20, is the largest model railway in the world and considerably more entertaining than that sounds \u2014 book ahead, because it sells out.\r\n\r\nAnd do the Sunday fish market. It opens at five in the morning, sells fish, plants, fruit and a great deal of shouting, and the crowd is half early risers and half people who have not been to bed.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Harbour ferry 62 | Public transport, normal ticket, and better than a tour boat\r\nSpeicherstadt at night | Free, and the image of the city\r\nElbphilharmonie Plaza | Free viewing level. Collect a ticket at the door\r\nSunday fish market | From 5am. Half the crowd has not slept","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Hamburg","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Hamburg","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The Elbphilharmonie Plaza is free \u2014 collect a timed ticket at the entrance and take the long curved escalator up to the public terrace at 37 metres.\r\n\r\nThe Speicherstadt is free to walk, day or night, and is best after dark.\r\n\r\nThe Alster lakes in the middle of the city have a free path around the outer one, about seven kilometres, which is where Hamburg runs and walks.\r\n\r\nPlanten un Blomen is a large free park with a water light concert on summer evenings.\r\n\r\nThe Elbe beach path west from Altona towards Blankenese is free, with sand, container ships passing close inshore, and beach bars in summer. It is the most surprising thing in the city.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"Elbphilharmonie Plaza | Free terrace at 37 metres\r\nThe Elbe beach | Sand, and container ships passing close in\r\nSpeicherstadt after dark | Free and lit\r\nAlster lake path | Seven kilometres, free","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Hamburg","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Hamburg","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Fish, unsurprisingly. A Fischbr\u00f6tchen \u2014 pickled herring, or fried fish, in a bread roll \u2014 is \u20ac4 to \u20ac6 and is the standard harbour lunch.\r\n\r\nLabskaus is the traditional sailor's dish: corned beef, potato and beetroot mashed together, served with a fried egg, pickle and herring. It looks alarming and tastes considerably better than it looks.\r\n\r\nFranzbr\u00f6tchen, a cinnamon pastry flattened and caramelised, is the local bakery item and unique to the city.\r\n\r\nSternschanze and Altona have the best cheap eating at \u20ac9 to \u20ac15, and the Portuguese quarter near the harbour does good grilled fish.\r\n\r\nA restaurant main is \u20ac14 to \u20ac22, a beer \u20ac4 to \u20ac6, and Astra is the St Pauli beer people drink out of local loyalty rather than quality.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Fischbr\u00f6tchen | \u20ac4\u20136, and the harbour standard\r\nLabskaus | Looks alarming, tastes good\r\nFranzbr\u00f6tchen | A flattened cinnamon pastry, local to Hamburg\r\nSternschanze and Altona | Best cheap eating, \u20ac9\u201315","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Hamburg","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Hamburg","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"St Pauli is the centre of it and one of the best night districts in Germany. The Reeperbahn is the main strip, with the Gro\u00dfe Freiheit running off it \u2014 where the Beatles played the Star-Club and Kaiserkeller between 1960 and 1962.\r\n\r\nIt is a working red-light district as well as a nightlife area. Herbertstra\u00dfe, a short gated street of window brothels, is closed to women and to men under 18, and the rule is enforced by the people living there rather than politely suggested.\r\n\r\nSternschanze has the alternative bars and a less commercial crowd.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac4 to \u20ac6, cocktails \u20ac10 to \u20ac14, and club entry \u20ac10 to \u20ac20.\r\n\r\nThe night traditionally ends at the fish market at five on Sunday morning, which is a real tradition and not a line for visitors.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"The Reeperbahn | Music venues, clubs and a working red-light district\r\nGro\u00dfe Freiheit | Where the Beatles played, 1960 to 1962\r\nHerbertstra\u00dfe | Closed to women and under-18s, and enforced\r\nEnd at the fish market | Five on Sunday morning. A genuine tradition","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Hamburg","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Hamburg","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"The HVV system covers U-Bahn, S-Bahn, buses and the harbour ferries on one ticket, with a day ticket around \u20ac8.80.\r\n\r\nThe harbour ferries being ordinary public transport is the single most useful thing to know here \u2014 line 62 gives you the working port for the price of a normal fare.\r\n\r\nValidate or buy before boarding; plainclothes inspectors operate and the fine is \u20ac60.\r\n\r\nThe airport is 25 minutes on the S1 for about \u20ac3.80.\r\n\r\nICE trains reach Berlin in under two hours and Copenhagen in about five. Hamburg is the main gateway between Germany and Scandinavia.\r\n\r\nCycling is good and flat, with StadtRAD hire cheap and widespread.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"One HVV ticket | Covers the harbour ferries too\r\nFerry 62 | The port tour at bus-fare prices\r\nAirport | 25 minutes on the S1, about \u20ac3.80\r\nBerlin | Under two hours by ICE","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Hamburg","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Hamburg costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Mid-to-upper range for Germany. Dorms are \u20ac22 to \u20ac42, a main \u20ac14 to \u20ac22, and a beer \u20ac4 to \u20ac6.\r\n\r\nA day is \u20ac50 to \u20ac95.\r\n\r\nThe best things here are cheap or free: the ferry on a normal ticket, the Elbphilharmonie Plaza, the Speicherstadt, the Elbe beach and the fish market.\r\n\r\nMiniatur Wunderland at about \u20ac20 is the main paid attraction and is worth booking ahead.\r\n\r\nSkip the commercial harbour tours at \u20ac20 or more \u2014 ferry 62 does the same route as public transport.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u20ac22\u201342\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac50\u201395\r\nSkip the tour boats | Ferry 62 is the same harbour on a bus fare\r\nMiniatur Wunderland | About \u20ac20, and book ahead","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Hamburg","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Hamburg","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Hamburg is a safe city and the crime affecting visitors is concentrated around the Reeperbahn at night.\r\n\r\nIt is a working red-light district with a large stag-party trade, and the usual pattern applies: inflated bills in certain bars, aggressive touting and pickpocketing in the crowds. Stay on the main strip, agree prices before ordering in any venue that does not display them, and walk away from anyone pressing you to come inside.\r\n\r\nHerbertstra\u00dfe is closed to women and to men under 18. This is enforced by the sex workers and residents themselves, and ignoring it gets a hostile response rather than a polite reminder.\r\n\r\nDo not photograph sex workers anywhere in the district. It is the fastest way to have a serious problem.\r\n\r\nThe harbour has open quay edges and the Elbe is tidal and fast. Emergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Reeperbahn bills | Agree prices first in anywhere without a menu displayed\r\nHerbertstra\u00dfe rules | Enforced by residents, not politely\r\nNever photograph sex workers | The fastest way to real trouble\r\nOpen quay edges | And a fast tidal river","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Hamburg","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Hamburg","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"A brick gothic Hanseatic town, the North Sea, and Denmark within reach.","hw_hub_city_trips":"L\u00fcbeck | 45 minutes | Regional train, about \u20ac15 | The former Hanseatic capital, UNESCO-listed, with a brick gothic old town and marzipan it is famous for. |  | 1303687\nBremen | 1 hour | Regional or ICE, \u20ac15\u201330 | A market square with a Roland statue and the Schnoor quarter of tiny medieval lanes. |  | 1303688\nSylt | 3 hours | Train, \u20ac30\u201360 | A North Sea island of dunes and beaches reached by a causeway train, and Germany's most fashionable coast. |  | 1303689\nBerlin | 2 hours | ICE, \u20ac30\u201370 | The capital, and easy in either direction. |  | 1303690","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Hamburg","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"May to September. It rains in every month, so pack for it rather than around it.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. Hamburg is a North Sea port \u2014 it rains on roughly half the days of the year spread evenly, and the wind off the water makes it feel colder than the numbers.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 4 | 2 | Cold, wet and dark. Cheapest\r\nFebruary | 5 | 2 | Grey and windy. Quiet\r\nMarch | 8 | 3 | Improving slowly\r\nApril | 13 | 3 | Showery and lengthening\r\nMay | 18 | 5 | Excellent. Terraces open and the Elbe beach in use\r\nJune | 21 | 5 | The best month. Light until very late\r\nJuly | 23 | 5 | Warm and busy. Beach bars and harbour birthday nearby in May\r\nAugust | 23 | 5 | Warm. Good for the Elbe beach and the lakes\r\nSeptember | 19 | 4 | Superb. Reeperbahn Festival mid-month\r\nOctober | 14 | 3 | Autumn and good value\r\nNovember | 8 | 2 | Dark and very wet. The hardest month\r\nDecember | 5 | 3 | Christmas markets, including one on the Reeperbahn","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"A harbour birthday in May and a music festival in September.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Hamburg","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/germany\/hamburg\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Hafengeburtstag | May | The harbour | The port's birthday, claimed as the largest harbour festival in the world, with tall ships, a parade of vessels and three days of crowds. |  | \nReeperbahn Festival | September | St Pauli | One of Europe's biggest club festivals, with hundreds of acts across dozens of small venues over four nights. |  | \nFish market | Every Sunday | Altona | From 5am in summer and 7am in winter, ending by 9.30. Part market, part end-of-the-night institution. |  | \nChristmas markets | Late November to December | Citywide | Including a notably adult one on the Reeperbahn alongside the traditional town hall market. |  | \nDom funfair | Three times a year | Heiligengeistfeld | A large funfair running for a month in spring, summer and winter. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"The transport line assumes a day ticket, which also covers the harbour ferries \u2014 the best value in the city.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 22 | 15 | 9 | 3\r\nMiddle of the road | 36 | 32 | 9 | 18\r\nComfortable | 65 | 52 | 12 | 38","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Hamburg","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A good scene concentrated around St Pauli and the station, loud but well placed. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Hamburg","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/germany\/hamburg\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Hamburg travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Do I need to pay for a harbour tour? | No, and you should not. Ferry line 62 from Landungsbr\u00fccken is ordinary public transport covered by a normal HVV ticket, and it runs past the container terminals and shipyards. The commercial tours charge \u20ac20 or more for a similar route.\r\nWhat is the fish market about? | It opens at five on Sunday morning \u2014 seven in winter \u2014 and ends by half past nine. It sells fish, fruit, plants and a great deal of theatrical shouting, and the crowd is half early risers and half people finishing a night on the Reeperbahn. Both halves are having a good time.\r\nIs the Reeperbahn safe? | Generally, on the main strip. It is a working red-light district with a heavy stag trade, so the risks are inflated bills, aggressive touting and pickpocketing rather than violence. Agree prices before ordering anywhere without a displayed menu, and walk away from anyone pressing you inside.\r\nWhat are the rules on Herbertstra\u00dfe? | It is closed to women and to men under 18, and the rule is enforced by the sex workers and residents rather than by signs alone. Photographing sex workers anywhere in the district is the fastest way to a serious confrontation.\r\nCan I go up the Elbphilharmonie? | Yes, free. The Plaza at 37 metres is a public viewing level \u2014 collect a timed ticket at the entrance and take the long curved escalator up. You do not need a concert ticket.\r\nWhat should I eat? | A Fischbr\u00f6tchen at \u20ac4 to \u20ac6 from a harbour stall, and a Franzbr\u00f6tchen \u2014 the flattened caramelised cinnamon pastry that is unique to Hamburg \u2014 from any bakery. Labskaus if you want the sailor's dish; it looks worse than it tastes.\r\nDoes it always rain? | Often enough. It is a North Sea port, rain falls on roughly half the days of the year spread evenly rather than seasonally, and the wind off the water makes it feel colder. Pack for it rather than planning around it.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Hamburg hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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