Hamburg Audio Guided Walking Tour 3h10 and 24 Audio Commentaries

The bridge over the Alster fleet takes you from the old town to the new town. On either side of the canal, you have two streets, the Alter Wall and the Neuer Wall, meaning the old and new walls and corresponding to the old and new ramparts of the medieval city of Hamburg.

The Arcade Bridge on which you are located offers a visit to the Stadthaus Memorial Site. The building in which it is housed was built in 1814, to be the headquarters of the city administration and the Hamburg police.

Here you are on the famous Jungfernstieg docks. If, like me, you do not understand anything about German, you do not understand the meaning of that word, which is nevertheless very important. Jungfern means unmarried girl and stieg may mean several things, but here it is her sense of trail, or going up that interests us.

You are here in front of the entrance to Mellin Passage, opened in 1864. It is the oldest shopping arcade in Hamburg, connecting Neuer Wall shopping street to the Alster Arcades. Look up and admire the art nouveau frescoes painted on the ceiling.

You now pass by the Thalia Theatre, named after the muse Thalie, who presides over the comedy. Inaugurated in 1843, this theatre was first of all a private stage, very frequented by the entire intellectual bourgeoisie of Hamburg.

Look up and admire this beautiful Dutch Renaissance house for a moment. This is the Hulbe Haus, the home of Hulbe. It was built in 1911 for George Hulbe, who was a bookbinder and leather goods manufacturer and wanted to build his own house of arts and crafts.

This beautiful red brick church is the Evangelical Church of St. Peter. You have before you the oldest church in the city. At least at the level of its foundations. Let's go back to the Middle Ages.

So yes, we feel very small in front of this giant stone. The Hamburg City Inn impresses and gives us all the presence of its neo-Renaissance style. That's his story.

This sublime statue you see in the center of the courtyard of the City Inn is called Hygieia. She is, in Greek mythology, the goddess of cleanliness and health.

Here you are inside the church of St. Nicholas. Yes, inside, even if there are only ruins left around. This choice to have kept the walls is a desire to remember.

Here you are in the perfect place to capture the beauty of the Nikolai Canal. The Nikolaifleet, by its full name, offers us a typical Hamburg picture with the old warehouses reflected in the water.

You now have before you the beautiful Gothic church of St Catherine. It is one of the oldest buildings in the centre of Hamburg. It was founded on Grimm Island around 1250 to serve as a parish for shipbuilders, brewers, and merchants who settled there and of whom St Catherine was patron.

You are now entering the incredible Speicherstadt district, which is fully UNESCO-listed. You have just arrived at the world’s largest integrated warehouse complex.

From here you have a superb view of the warehouses and can appreciate in more detail the richness of their facades. The house you see on your right and that juts out on the water doesn’t ring a bell, but if you were a young German, you would be delighted to see the Peppercorn Investigation Centre!

Here you are. It is from here that we have this famous emblematic view of the Speicherstadt. The building that makes everything terribly attractive is Hamburg’s moated castle.

Now you arrive in front of an impressive new building, the International Maritime Museum! This museum traces, on 9 levels, the entire history of the military, merchant and civilian navy. If you visit it, you will become ungluable on a multitude of subjects!

You are now at the heart of the so-called HafenCity, a major urban redevelopment project in part of the Hamburg port, which has expanded Hamburg city centre by 40%!

Look around you. Everything here has changed. At Check-out, you had an old city gate that connected the medieval centre of Hamburg to the island of Grasbrook on the Elbe.

You only see water and still water since you have been in Hamburg. It’s true that you knew you were going to visit an important port city. But do you know which river crosses it and what are its particularities?

You finally arrive before the incredible new Elbe Philharmonic. You’ve seen it for a while and are certainly intrigued by this futuristic ship-like building covered in a wave roof.

You are in front of the entrance of the Tube an escalator unique in the world, 80 meters long, crossing the philharmonic as a whole. It connects the entrance located at ground level, to the panoramic terraces, where we take you to admire the view.

You've arrived at the Plaza. Located 37 metres high on the roof of the former warehouse, this platform open to the public allows you to enjoy a 360° view of Hamburg. This sublime suspended walk puts Hamburg at your feet and offers you breathtaking views of all its neighborhoods.

All the warehouses you see on your right from this walkway have been transformed into museums. You have, in the back right in front of you, the famous Miniatur World museum, which as its name suggests represents the world in miniatures.

You now arrive at the Deichstrasse. Translate the dyke street. This historic street is very important in Hamburg, as it is the only witness of what the city looked like in the 15th and 16th centuries.