The bulk-handling cranes in Sandtorhafen are signs of an era when cargo had to be shifted to and from ships in bulk and fast. These beauties would carry large volumes of material such as coal or minerals.
The Maritime museum in Hamburg has more than 40,000 of items for display, set in a former warehouse in the HafenCity. This is also the oldest surviving warehouse in Hamburg, built in 1878-1879. The outer layer is made of bricks while it has a supporting structure of wood and steel columns.
When you don’t have a bicycle stand, you can use a handrail by one of the many canals seen in the city.
The museum ship Rickmer Rickmers by the Hamburg landing bridges. Its masts are reaching for the sky on this particularly sunny day.
Harbor cranes rise against the horizon in the distance across the Norderelbe, on the south side of Hamburg.
A seagull gazes solemnly towards the camera with the background of an old paddle steamer boat and a harbor crane seen on the southern shore of the Norderelbe.
The same bird on the handrail with the paddle steamer of a steamboat that is moored.
People sitting on steps by the Elbpromenade.
One of the many boats in operation in the harbor area of Hamburg, with many harbor cranes seen across the water of the Norderelbe.
Old warehouses in the docklands along Am Sandtorkai.
