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Rickmer Rickmers
At the piers at Hamburg's port, you'll find the Rickmer Rickmers, a three-masted steel windjammer from 1896 that is now a museum ship and restaurant.
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Spicy's Gewürzmuseum
This spice and herb museum invites you to exercise your olfactory sense to the fullest.
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St Michaeliskirche
The St Michaeliskirche, or 'Der Michel' as it's commonly called, is one of Hamburg's most recognisable landmarks and northern Germany's largest Protestant baroque church. From its tower you can better understand the layout of this jigsaw city.
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St Pauli Elbtunnel
Just west of the St Pauli landing piers stands a grey structure topped by a copper cupola. This is the entrance to the St Pauli Elbtunnel. Dated from 1911, it's a 426m-long passageway beneath the Elbe River. It is still used by vehicles and pedestrians, although most cars take the New Elbe Tunnel further west.
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St-Nikolai-Kirche
The WWII-damaged St-Nikolai-Kirche is now an antiwar memorial, with some chilling photos of the then bombed-out city.
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Süllberg Hill
Once, a former fishing village and haven for cut-throats, the suburb Blankenese now boasts some of the finest and most expensive houses in Germany. For visitors, the area's attraction lies in its hillside labyrinth of narrow, cobbled streets, with a network of 58 stairways (4864 steps in total!) connecting them.
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Tierpark Hagenbeck
Hamburgers prefer not to call Tierpark Hagenbeck a zoo. That's because its 2500 animals are housed in very open enclosures spread across 27 hectares. It's not only elephants, tigers, orang-utans, toucans and other creatures you'll find here, either. There's a replica Nepalese temple, Japanese garden, Art-Deco Tor (gate) and similar attractions. A petting zoo, horse-carriage rides and a children's playground mean you'll probably have to drag the kids away at the end of the day.
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