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Hamburger Rathaus / The town hall of Hamburg is certainly worth a visit - it has an interesting fassade and it looks really elegant ! The townhall has several ornate halls that could be visited, BUT ONLY at those few days when its assembling-rooms are NOT needed for official use.
It might be the best to check at the information-desk at the entrance-hall, when the next tours will be held. I arrived on a wednesday and had to learn that the next guided tour would be saturday ( too late for me !). Even when you are not able to attend one of these guided tours, you may still take a look inside the big entrance-hall with many lovely details AND don't miss to see Rathaus-keller, a great and beautiful restaurant in the basement of Rathaus - see my restaurant-tips !
When the townhall is NOT used for official receptions / festivities
there will be guided tours in German every half hour
Monday till Thursday 10.00a.m.-03.00p.m.
and Friday till Sunday 10.00a.m.-01.00p.m.
english and french tours will start once every hour at a quater past.
entrance-fee is 2 euros (HamburgCard 1 Euro) Leave a Comment Directions: Take U3 and leave at the station " Rathaus" Walking from Hauptbahnhof takes about 15 minutes !
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 by Carletto76
In front of the Rathaus there's the Rathausmarkt, usually full of tourists and then the Binnenaltster lake. Leave a Comment Directions: U3: Rathaus
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 by andrea.d
Inside things are no less impressive! It's really worth participating in a guided tour.
Guided tours every half-hour (except during Senate meetings orstate visits): Mon-Thurs 10am-3pm, Fri-Sun 10am-1pm; admission is 2 euro. Leave a Comment Directions: U3: Rathaus
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The old Town Hall of Hamburg has been destroyed in the big fire of 1842. After many years a new town hall has been build and was completed in 1897. This New Town Hall shows the wealth of Hamburgian merchants.
It is 111m long, 70m wide. It has 647 rooms. The tower is 112m high. The rooms are dark with a lot of wood and gold. They show the bombastic style of the end of the 19th century. I really do not like it and get depressed by the dark furniture. The rooms are made to impress people, who visit, and make them feel small and poor. Leave a Comment Directions: U3: Rathaus
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Hamburg's town hall dates from the 1890s, when there was a general revival of urban pride across northern Europe. The Rathaus may be a stylistic pastiche of "Gothic" and Renaissance features - but it undeniably works as a building, and it's come to be a real symbol of its city. (It reminds me a bit of "Chateau style" buildings in Canada, such as the Parliament buildings in Ottawa or the Canadian Pacific Railway hotels in Banff or Victoria.) Leave a Comment Directions: U3: Rathaus
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 by ranger49
It struck me as very cosmopolitan atmosphere but with a quality of its own - relaxed, comfortable but quietly efficient. The fishy lunch was excellent too. Leave a Comment Directions: U3: Rathaus
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The Rathaus was my favourite building in Hamburg. The exterior is very well decorated, adorned with the statues of the many former leaders of Hamburg. The Rathaus is the seat of Hamburg's government and there are daily guided tours of the interior available.
No matter where we were wandering in the Altstadt we always seemed to be drawn back to Rathausmarkt, the large open square in front of the Rathaus. I imagine this place is very nice in summer, especially underneath the arches across from the Rathaus, a lovely spot to sit out for a beer in warm weather. Leave a Comment Directions: U3: Rathaus
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There are four of the original buildings still standing, with their old street lamps, iron balustrades, gold-plated fish and tridents between the round arches. Leave a Comment
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 by Virginia09
Troughout the year there are a lot of festivals and events going on in front of the town hall. Check the homepage of the city to see what's on while you're there. (http://international.hamburg.de/?ok=18338 in english)
I especially like the location of the town hall. It is in the middle of the two most popular shopping streets in the city center: the Mönckebergstrasse and the Jungfernstieg. Leave a Comment Directions: U3: Rathaus
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