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Dear Travelers, Welcome to Hamburg!
This picture shows the beach of the river Elbe from a boat where a big ship passed right beside.
It gives the atmosphere of this place very good and I hope all the other pictures give you and idea of this city that I learned to enjoy even more while I introduce it to you. Since I live here this page will be updated once in a while and I will try to publish new things I find out during the time.
<H5>Did you know?
-that with 98 consulates Hamburg is the biggest consulate place in the world .
-that the "Hamburger Feuerkasse" is the oldest insurance of the world, build in 1676.
-that Hamburg's stock exchange is the first and oldest one in Germany built in 1558.
-that 460 asian companies have a dependance in Hamburg.
-that the foreign trade volume of Hamburg is comparable with the volume of Austria.
-that the Speicherstadt is the worldwide biggest historical storage complex.
-that Hamburg discharge 41000 tonns spices per year which is leading the world.
-that the University of Hamburg teaches more that 120 languages.
-that the oldes Lighthouse of Europe built in 1300 is the one on Neuwerk .
-that the greatest graveyard of the world is the "Friedhof Ohlsdorf" in Hamburg.
-that Hamburg has 2302 bridges more than Venice and Amsterdam.
-that the Barock church St. Michaelis (Michel) has the greatest tower-clock in Germany.
The pointers are 4,91 and 3.65 m long and the circumference is more than 24 m.</H5>
Thank you Horst for the flyer with all these facts ;-) !
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See also the travelogue about the different tours on more pictures from Hamburg.
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