The harbor, big container ships, the Alster, the Michel and of course the popular party
area named Reykjavan. These are just a few things that possibly get on your mind if you
think about Hamburg. And I thought it would be cool to use the first episodes of my video
of walk in 2012 to show you my home city.
As you can see behind me, I will start in the first episode with the harbor. But before
that, I think it's the best to get on the public transportation system to get an overview.
The easiest way to get an overview on a budget is to use the public transportation system.
I highly recommend using the Subway U3 because this is a circle line and it drives above
the ground all the time so you can see a lot of the city.
If you go to the harbor, the Landungsbrücken are the first place to go. In former times,
they were used as a big transportation hub. A lot of people who emigrated to America,
for example, started their trip here. Nowadays, it is more or less a tourist spot. You have
a lot of museum ships, shops and also harbor boat trips you can take to make a round trip.
If you want it on a budget, you can take the harbor ferries. They are much cheaper and
cheaper.
Have you ever made a walk underwater? In Hamburg, you can. Right behind me is the entrance
to the old Elbe Tunnel. You can enter it and walk under the Elbe to the other side, where
you have a beautiful view to the Landungsbrücken.
So the elevators right behind me are used for cars. So you get inside of this elevator
where the car gets down, right through the tunnel and on the other side there is exactly
the same construction. And this was the way how the workers in former times got to the
other side of the harbor to work there. And this was quite better than taking the ferries
and it was quite faster. So, again above the ground and now we will see that it was definitely
worth it because we have a very good view from the viewpoint here on the other side of the
Elbe Tunnel to the Skyline of the Landungsbrücken and yeah, let's have a look.
So, that was the harbor and now we are heading over to the Hafen City because this is also
a beautiful place and this is what we gonna discover in the next episode, the Hafen City
and the Old Warehouse District named Speicherstadt.
