What is the Hamburg self-guided walking tour?
The Hamburg self-guided walking tour leads from the old town out to the warehouse canals at a pace you set, with audio narration on your phone where a guide would otherwise be. Allow about 3 hours: 64 minutes of that is time on your feet, the route measures 4.9 km, and at 10 stops you stand still and listen. Nothing is timed, and no group moves off without you.
At the City Hall the narration begins with the 600 rooms behind the neo-Renaissance front and with the Hygieia Fountain in the courtyard, put there after the cholera epidemic of 1892. On the main door of St Peter's it turns to the bronze lion's-head knocker of 1342, held to be the oldest work of art in the city. Further on you hear how a fortune made in Chilean saltpetre paid for the Chilehaus, and the legend that gold taken from the pirate Klaus Störtebeker gilded the crown on the spire of St Catherine's.
- Durationabout 3 hours
- Walkingabout 64 min · 4.9 km
- Stops10
- LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Polish
What you do on the walk
Listen
Every stop brings narration about the place, its legends and the details you would otherwise walk past. The same text sits on screen for anyone who would rather read.
Walk on
Google Maps carries you from stop to stop: 64 minutes on foot over 4.9 km, flat the whole way and at whatever pace suits you.
Break off
Take a coffee and a Franzbrötchen or spend an hour in a museum, then pick the walk up again, the same day or another one.
Eat and browse
Tips for food and shops near the route come with it. Your starting point and the order of the stops are yours to set in the app.
See the route and attractions →
How it works
- Book online Choose the number of people. Your booking reference arrives by email straight away.
- Get the app Download the World City Trail app from the App Store or Google Play and enter your booking reference.
- Walk when you like Start whenever you are ready, walk at your own pace and pause any time. No guide, no fixed schedule.
Who the walk suits
A first visit
One walk puts the churches, the office palaces and the canals of the warehouse district in order and explains what you are standing in front of.
Anyone who avoids groups
No raised umbrella to follow and no meeting time: you stay where something holds you and move on when you are ready.
A single day in the city
3 hours covers the old town and the Speicherstadt, which leaves the afternoon for the harbour, a boat on the Alster or a concert hall.
Good to know
- Bring a charged smartphone with mobile data; a power bank helps.
- No entry tickets needed: everything happens outside the buildings. Going inside is optional and paid separately.
- Family friendly; children must be accompanied by an adult.
- Not suitable for wheelchair users and difficult with strollers.
- Groups of up to 5 work best; larger groups split up, one ticket per person.
- Every purchase helps support stray cats and dogs in Greece.
Ralf (verified owner) –
Very interesting concept and good experience. Sometimes the app did not move forward as desired.
Marianne– Netherlands –
Collected on GetYourGuide
was de moeite waard! leuke punten van de stad gezien en verschillende plaatsen van binnen bezocht
Luxembourg –
Collected on GetYourGuide
Es hält, was es verspricht 🙂 Verbesserungsvorschlag: eine Karte mit eingezeichnetem Rundweg in der App wäre super, das ganze Hin und Her mit GoogleMaps war ein bisschen nervig
Colombia –
Collected on GetYourGuide
Perfect price, app worked well, and for a one day teip its amazing