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Streits Film Theatre offers easy access to English Language movies without subtitles. Whereas the Abaton and 3001 Kino lean toward indie releases and Oscar buzz films, Streits will offer fluff and action blockbusters, a la Indiana Jones, or Sex In the City. Streits has a theatre lobby which also does double duty as a popular "scene" bar with designer drinks and lounge music for hip Hamburg 30-somethings and the after hours crowd from exclusive surrounding shops. During summer, evening movie goers spill out onto the sidewalk, enjoying cocktails or iced coffee while they take in the view of the Alster lake and pavillion across the street. It's a locale that works just as well on a rainy day or Sunday, when you want to find something cozy to do other than stay at home or wander around a museum for hours on end...
Updated Jul 13, 2008
Address: Jungfernstieg 38 (Neustadt)
Phone: (040) 346 051
Website: http://www.streits-lounge.de
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One of my favorite things to do while in Hamburg was walking through the Rathaus Townhall Platz. This is a beautiful area perfect for strolling or just sitting enjoying the crowds. This area is also within walking distance to a variety of wonderful stores for shopping. When we were there in August there was a food festival underway in the Rathausmarkt square offering a wide variety of food for purchase. We visited this area several times while in Hamburg.
The Rathaus Townhall was completed in 1897 and houses Hamburg's city government. For 1 or 2 euros you can go on a tour of this neo-renaissance building. I believe their hours are: M-F 7am to 7pm, Sat. 10am to 5pm, Sun. 10am to 4pm. Be sure and check ahead as tours are sometimes not offered during special sessions etc.
The Rathaus Platz has one of the best live webcams I've seen. We had fun coordinating a time with family and friends back home so we could 'live' wave to them from Germany!
Updated Jul 13, 2007
Address: Rathausmarkt 20095 Hamburg
Phone: 040-428-31-2009/2010
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In Deichstrasseand also at its backside (the river-side ), at Nikolai-fleet you may see the most beautiful row of ancient houses in Hamburg. From Deichstrasse you may enter these buildings by foot, at Nikolai-Fleet you would have to enter these houses by boat.
These houses dates back to the 17th century and most of them are used as restaurants with nice terraces at the waterside today. In Deichstrasse you have 2 tiny side-streets taking you to a footbridge, where you may take a better look at these lovely buildings !
In the ancient times all goods were transported by ship to these houses and then stored in these ware-houses and sold at the other side of the houses to the public
Written May 29, 2006
Address: Hamburg - Deichstrasse
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Hulbe-Haus is without doubt the most beautiful house in Moenckebergstrasse (the main shopping-street in Hamburg ). This ornate house was built in Dutch renaissance-style in 1911 and on top of it my may see a golden "Kogge" ( it used to be the typical type of ship used by the Hanse-merchants).
Take a walk around this building - next to the church of St.Petri : it has plenty of surprising details on also on the back-side.
Watch out for these great Hanseatic houses - like here on the 'Moenckeberg Strasse' - these houses belonged or even still belong to rich merchants and ship-owners
Written May 29, 2006
Address: Hamburg - Moenckebergstrasse 21
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Hamburg City Hall makes no exception to the general rule that German town halls are superb. It was ready in 1897 after the previous 13th century one in the same place was destroyed in the great 1842 fire. The neo-renaissance outside gives way to all sorts of architecture once you are inside and you can visit it daily.
Updated Apr 25, 2006
Website: www.rathaus.hamburg.de.
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Around the city centre you will find these colourful Hans Hummel figures. Hans Hummel was the famous Hamburg water carrier with a bad temper who was teased by the local children because he couldn't run after them so he would just reply with "Mors Mors!!" ("Arses! Arses! ")
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Hans Hummel
Updated Apr 13, 2006
Address: All over the city
Website: http://www.hanshummel.de/
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Just by the Kleinen Alster, a little canal by Jungfernstieg, is the monument to the sons of Hamburg who died in the 1914-18 war.
Behind the monument is the Alsterakaden - the Italian style Alster Arcade where you can drink coffee and watch the boats go by.
Written Apr 13, 2006
Address: Jungfernstieg
Website: http://www.hamburg-tourism.de/Alsterarkaden.457.0.html?&L=1
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Hamburg's inner city has two separate shopping areas. In Mönckebergstraße between the central railway station and the city hall you will find all the major department store chains. The quarter just south of the Binnenalster lake contains many canals and some of Germany's most fashionable and expensive malls. If you do not have such a thick wallet, it is still very nice to walk through the streets, across the canals looking at the people.
Written Nov 27, 2004
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The splendid sandstone construction in neo-Renaissance style, built 1886 - 1897, dominates the city centre with its impressive architecture. Hamburg’s Town Hall is the seat of the city senate and the municipality of Hamburg and has 647 rooms!
After Hamburg’s Town Hall burnt to the ground in 1842, the town council moved into temporary quarters in the former orphanage in the Admiralitätsstraße and after that into the building of the Patriotische Gesellschaft – the temporary solution lasted over 55 years!
The new Rathaus was inaugurated in 1897. It stands on over 4000 oak posts. Very much in contrast to the Hanseatic style, the Town Hall gleams with an elaborately ornate façade which is graced by a total of 20 statues of the Kaiser. Above the main door a sentence is written in Latin which translated reads: “May the descendants seek to uphold the freedom which was won by our forefathers.”
The grand banquet hall in the Rathaus is 46 metres long, 18 metres wide and 15 metres high. Five huge paintings depict the history of Hamburg from 800 to 1900, 62 coats of arms of the cities of the ancient Hanseatic league adorn the walls. The three chandeliers each with 278 bulbs weigh 1500 kilos apiece!
Conducted tours in English and French:
Mo - Thurs 10.15am - 3.15pm
Fr - Su 10.15am. - 1.15 pm., hourly
Registration at information desk is requested.
Reservation for groups of 15 or more persons.
Information:
Tel.: +49/40/4 28 31 - 20 63 / 20 64
No tours during official functions.
Auskünfte: Tel. +49/40 / 24 70 (into tape)
Written Oct 28, 2004
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The Jungfernstieg along the Alster is Hamburg's main shopping street and promenade since a long time. Families used to congregate here on Sundays, chaperoning their "Jungfern", their unmarried daughters. Nowadays people are more concentrated on their shopping in both the large department stores and exquisite boutiques.
On the Jungfernstieg you'll find the Hamburger Hof arcade, where shopping aspires to the higher echelons of culture. A must here is a visit to see Blume, famous for its imaginative and tasteful flower arrangements. The arcade also boasts a captivating selection of shops that may vary in size but not in quality, each trying to outdo its neighbour in the splendour stakes. Something out of the ordinary is What's New, with the latest ideas from the world of technology and design.
Other luxuries to look out for on the Jungfernstieg include shoe, leather and travel accessories, the famous Alsterhaus, Juwelier Wempe and houses steeped in tradition such as Streit's movie theatre. At the Jungfernstieg one can shop - or simply window-shop - to one's heart's content. And then? Easy enough; as you have doubtless realised, the Jungfernstieg borders the Binnenalster on one side where the Alster berths are located...
Written Oct 28, 2004
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