Coronavirus can’t stop Hamburg Port having its birthday! Online celebration, much more fun!

Without the Hamburg Port, there would be no Hamburg today. Hamburg Port’s birthday is the most important holiday in Hamburg! Coronavirus can t stop the enthusiasm of hamburgers to celebrate the birthday of Hamburg Port. Of course, this year’s birthday is a little bit different from the past.

Release time : 2020-05-14 17:48:55

source : Hamburg Tourismus GmbH

om the Elbphilharmonie Plaza you have the best view over the course of the Elbe. At a height of 37 meters, the visitor is offered a circular path on the outer edge of the building, which offers a unique view of the city and the harbour from all sides. Please note that the number of visitors is limited, but you can buy tickets for a certain time up to 18 weeks in advance for a small fee.

Closing tall Ship Parade:17:30, Sunday, 10th May

View Hamburg Port via camera on St. Michael's Cathedral: https://www.hamburg.de/livecam-michel/

In addition to classical music, Hamburg's local musicians will bring more colorful music programs. Besides, two special programmes (A Cooperation between SAM-Medien, Toneworx and hamburg.de) will be broadcasted by hamburg.de. As part of a special program, there will be not only local musicians from Hamburg, but also interesting people in the port who will be interviewed, and you can visit the world's largest, yet drivable museum cargo ship, Cap San Diego.

Note: Hamburg Port will not hold any public event! The current code of conduct of the Hamburg Senate continues to apply.

Special Guest City - Shanghai

Shanghai is invited to participate in the 2021 Hamburg Port Birthday, as a special guest city. Shanghai will be shown to visitors from all over the world, which is also an important port city with the same unique style, and a metropolis no one forgets. This is also the first time a city from China has received an invitation.

This year's special guest cities are from Croatia, and in the past, invited cities were from France (2019), South Africa (2018) and South Korea (2017).

Sister Cities - Hamburg and Shanghai

Hamburg and Shanghai have been sister cities since 1986. On May 29, 1986, then Shanghai Mayor Jiang Zemin and Hamburg Mayor Dohnanyi signed the Declaration on the Establishment of Friendship and Cooperation between Shanghai and Hamburg, Hamburg and Shanghai have then officially become sister cities. As