Hamburg

I went to Hamburg for my brothers stag do in October.I am open to what you might find in such a city and did really not expect to find so many sex shops and prostitution and homeless people!I nearly had my shirt ripped of by one woman but would say that was my only downpoint of the weekend!The hotel we stayed in was nice and the bars and clubs we went to were lively enough and there was plenty of friendly people about and it wasnt until you just stood for a minute and admired all the picturesque buildings and places you could visit!The bars that we visited were mainly English or Irish themed but there were others bars that we ventured to that seemed to have plenty of ...

I've just come back from 24 hours in Hamburg, my train arrived at 3 pm and I left the following day at about the same time. Can one get a more than superficial impression of such a big city, the second largest German city (~ 1,8 million inhabitants) after Berlin, in such a short time? I think so, after all tourists are only interested in the city centre, who'd want to visit the suburbs, which are more or less the same everywhere in the world anyway? It may help that this was already my third visit and I've developed a kind of ritual at least for the beginning of my trip. I leave my luggage in a locker at the train station, go to the Tourist Information there ...

Waterways, parks, culture, and the red light district - welcome to a weekend in Hamburg. This city in northern Germany is perhaps not a popular weekend getaway destination but in some ways that is a shame as you can certainly have a great time there (as we did). On the other hand there are other cities both in Germany and other countries in Europe that probably have more impact or ‘wow’ factor. Perhaps therefore I would say that Hamburg is a great place to visit for a short trip if you have already explored a lot of other European destinations, or if you if you a little more time to look around the region. Lufthansa offer reasonably priced direct flights from ...