Hamburg Harbor Tour: Speicherstadt and HafenCity Highlights

Experience Hamburg’s evening light cruise: explore historic Speicherstadt, modern HafenCity, and stunning harbor lights. Discover iconic landmarks from the water.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Elbphilharmonie - New landmark of the Hanseatic city of Hamburg. Modern concert house with observation deck
  • Speicherstadt - UNESCO World Heritage Site, historic buildings and stores
  • HafenCity - Modern and new Hamburg district under construction
  • Harbor Piers - The St. Pauli Landungsbrücken are a large dock for passenger ships on the northern edge of the Port of Hamburg. The Landungsbrücken are located in Hamburg’s St. Pauli district between Niederhafen and St. Pauli Fischmarkt on the Elbe.
  • Hamburger Fischmarkt - The Altonaer fish market is a public market in Hamburg’s district Altona-Altstadt. From fish to food to flowers and clothing, you’ll get everything here on Sundays.
  • HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT) - Container terminals, container ships and impressive pictures of loading the ships
  • Elbstrand Ovelgonne - Great Hamburg Elbstrand to relax, sunbathe or drink coffee
  • Hamburg Cruise Center Steinwerder - Place where many cruise ships are located. Depending on the date then the Queen Mary 2, AIDA and many more.
    Among other things, we have here the shipyard Blohm & Voss where ships are built and / or repaired.
  • Alter Elbtunnel - historic tunnel is still functional and leads under the Elbe from the jetties to Steinwerder
  • Der Koenig der Loewen (The Lion King) - Most successful musical in Hamburg. Furthermore, there is next to another musical (varied) and a beautiful observation deck
What's Included
  • Audio guide app in multiple languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, Russian, Chinese
  • Download the ‘RainerAbicht’ app from Apple Store or Google Play Store
  • On-board restrooms
  • Illuminated impressions of the Port of Hamburg
  • Guaranteed daily departures
  • Live commentary by the tour guide
What's Not Included
  • Drinks and meals (can be booked on site)
Additional Information

Experience an unforgettable evening harbor tour through the picturesque Hamburg harbor. Look forward to an exciting boat tour through the canals and narrow channels of the historic Speicherstadt and discover Hamburg’s most famous highlights from the water. (Note: The trip through the Speicherstadt is not always possible due to the water level). Alternatively, you can go through the container port.

Visit the modern HafenCity, the youngest and fastest growing district of the Hanseatic city. Discover the unique HafenCity University, the imposing Marco Polo Tower, the world-famous Elbphilharmonie and the panorama of this up-and-coming district. Enjoy an impressive view of the St. Pauli Landungsbrücken to the Überseebrücke with the museum ships Rickmer Rickmers and Cap San Diego.

Conclude the tour with the enchanting sea of lights of the harbor at night and experience the hustle and bustle of the container terminals up close!

Location
Rainer Abicht Elbreederei
Brücke 1
Please come to the Landungsbrücken, Bridge 1. There you will find employees of the Rainer Abicht Elbreederei who will tell you where the ship departs.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Clifford_l
Oct 12, 2021
The boat trip was very... - The boat trip was very nice and you got to see quite a lot of the lights in the harbor. The problem is that there was no English spoken, so if you do not know German, you are just along for the ride. We were not offered any written tour guide. A nice experience, but could have been better.
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Nikabl412
Jul 6, 2020
Port of Hamburg - We all loved getting to see the cranes at the docks operating. That was very cool. It was disappointing that the tour was not offered in English when we went and despite it being July it was very cold. We all still enjoyed the overall experience.
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Donna_k
Nov 27, 2021
Disappointed evening!! - I was hoping for some scenic spots like the photo of the tour shows. It was basically a “port” commentary of the container ships! Plus, as it was all in German we couldn’t understand any of it. We understood from the ticket information that we’d have something in English..we also ordered a drink, and about 15 minutes before arrival, were told the order got misplaced and so we could have it then if we wanted….no, we wanted to drink it DURING the cruise.! In addition when we booked and after we had paid, it said we had to have a print copy of the ticket! We were staying in a hotel and didnt have access to a printer, so that was problematic! Not a great experience !
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Noone987654321
Nov 10, 2022
In German, not in English - Evening cruise is in German. Even though we spoke to them in English when we bought the tickets, they didn’t bother telling us. The app does terrible with translation.
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944lanab
Apr 25, 2022
Waste of money - Absolutely horrible. Waste of money, waited for a cruise past scheduled departure time. The boat never showed up, there was no one at the ticket kiosk not at the dock. The office did not return my phone calls despite of me leaving VMs.
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Venlou
Mar 13, 2020
Pointless Tour!!! - Wish I hadn’t bothered. Not clear at time of booking tour was in German. Lighting on boat reflected on windows so difficult to look out of windows. Tables of eight so if you’re not next to the window then the viewing is limited. The publicity photo for the tour does not reflect what you get.
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