Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte

St Pauli & Reeperbahn


Hamburg's history museum has lots of kid-friendly features: it's chock-full of intricate ship models, has a large model train set (which runs on the hour), and is home to the actual bridge of the steamship Werner, which you can clamber over. As it chronicles the city’s evolution, it reveals titbits such as the fact that the Reeperbahn was once the home of rope makers (Reep means ‘rope’). There is a good exhibit on the history of the city's Jewish population.

Transportation

  • ubahn: St Pauli

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2. Komponisten-Quartier

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3. Tanzende Türme

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4. Pelikan Apotheke

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This still-functioning pharmacy has been around since 1656… wander in to admire the splendid period touches.

5. St Michaelis Kirche

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6. Grossneumarkt

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7. Panoptikum

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If wax museums are your thing, Hamburg has a decent version with more than 120 figures spread over four floors. Everyone gets a run, from Queen Elizabeth…

8. St Pauli Nachtmarkt

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