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Welcome to Hamburg, Germany’s
northernmost and second largest city
with 1.7 million inhabitants.
Hamburg is a very attractive place to live because 14
percent of the city is made up of parks and recreational
areas. The rivers Elbe and Alster run through the inner
city, providing beautiful walks and opportunities to
enjoy sporting activities. The Botanical Garden, maintained by the University of Hamburg, is located directly
next to our school.
Hamburg is a vibrant commercial centre, home to
the third largest container port in Europe and to
many highly specialized industries, including medical,
biotechnology and aircraft construction. Half of all
Germany’s newspapers and magazines are produced
in Hamburg.
The city has many fine theatres, museums, cinemas
and galleries. Three cinemas, Streits, Abaton and
Zeise, regularly show movies in English. The English
Theatre was established in 1976 and is the oldest professional English speaking theatre in Germany. Music
lovers can enjoy performances in the Elbphilharmonie,
one of the most modern and acoustically advanced
concert halls in the world or a contemporary musical at
other city-centre venues.
Hamburg is home to many sporting events, including
the biggest marathon in Germany after Berlin, the
cycling competition Vattenfall Cyclassics, tennis and
ice-hockey tournaments and equestrian shows.
Hamburg is twinned with Chicago, Dresden, León,
Marseille, Osaka, Prague, Shanghai and St. Petersburg.
The city centre can easily be explored on foot and
buildings of special interest include the Rathaus, the
Deichstraße, which contains Hamburg’s oldest houses,
and many imposing churches. One of Hamburg’s most
spectacular landmarks is the Elbphilharmonie in the
Hafen City which opened its doors in January 2017.
Don’t worry if you can’t speak German; English is
spoken in most of the shops, restaurants and bars
and there is a large English-speaking community.
Hamburg
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