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Travel to Hamburg

editor — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 14:51:00 +0000

Travel to Hamburg ORIENTATION AND PRACTICAL INFORMATION Hamburg’s city center sits between the Elbe River and the two city lakes, AufSe-nalster and Binnenalster. Most major sights lie between the St. Pauli Landungs-briicken port area in the west and the Hauptbahnhof in the east. Monckebergstrafie, Hamburg’s most famous shopping street, runs all the way to Rathausmarkt. North of downtown, the university dominates the Dammtor area and sustains a vibrant community of students and intellectuals. To the west of the university, the Schanzenviertel is a politically active community home to artists, squatters, and a sizeable Turkish population. At the south end of

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HAMBURG

editor — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 15:45:00 +0000

HAMBURG The largest port city in Germany, Hamburg (pop. 1,700,000) radiates an inimitable recklessness. Hamburg gained the status of Free Imperial City in 1618 and proudly retains its autonomy as one of Germany’s 16 Lander and one of only three German city-states. Restoration and riots determined the post-WWII landscape, but today Hamburg has become a haven for contemporary artists and intellectuals as well as party-goers who live it up in Germany’s self-declared “capital of lust.” TRANSPORTATION Flights: Fuhlsbiittel Airport (HAM; 507 50) is a hub for Lufthansa (0180 380 3803) and Air France (0180 583 0830). Jasper buses (22 71

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