Great stories begin in Hamburg

From the Beatles to Beiersdorf and from Fielmann to the Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg is a leading light in culture and business. This city is not just a gateway to the world, it’s the right place to conquer it.

Elbtower von oben

Hamburg from on high

Hamburg is northern Germany’s busy metropolis. It’s also Europe’s third biggest port, the world’s fifth largest maritime cargo hub, and has been singled out by the Financial Times Group as the leading place to do business in Europe. In Bitkom’s Smart City Index for 2019, Hamburg took the top slot. Its work-life balance was rated fourth best in the world that same year by the US company Kisi Inc. So it’s hardly surprising that the tallest and perhaps the most innovative building in northern Europe is reaching for the sky right here, right now.

“As soon as my train pulls into Hamburg – from the main station across the Alster, with Jungfernstieg on the left and the Außenalster on the right – my heart beats a bit faster.”

JAN DELAY MUSICIAN
What makes
These People
so
happy?
Ein Mann steht under dem Regen

Hamburg’s citizens are among the happiest in Germany. It’s hardly surprising. The biggest Hanseatic city has so much to offer:

*Glücksatlas Studie 2019 published by Deutsche Post
Haupteingang von Alsterhaus

36

listed companies

grüne Flächen mit Restaurant im Hintergrund

71 %

green space

Park mit See und Turm im Hintergrund

209

parks

Elbstrand

13 km

riverbank beaches

Ein Gericht mit Fish auf dem Teller

11

top-rate restaurants

Zwei Brücken im Hamburg

2.500

bridges

Blick vom Elbtower über Hamburg und die Elbe

HafenCity: the heartbeat of modern Hamburg

HafenCity is Europe’s biggest and most successful urban design project. Here, the world’s cultural heritage blends with modern living and working. Young, innovative companies, renowned publishing houses, the university, the Elbphilharmonie and award-winning restaurants rub shoulders, and help make this area the new, vibrant heart of Hamburg.

PROF. JÜRGEN BRUNS-BERENTELG

“As a highly ambitious project, the Elbtower is driving responsible innovation and lighting a beacon for Hamburg’s future viability.”

Prof. Jürgen Bruns-Berentelg CEO HAFENCITY HAMBURG GMBH

A Symphony.
Finished.
From 2025

Blick vom Wasser auf die Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, der Elbtower im Hintergrund