From the Landungsbrücken pier it’s just a short walk up to the Michel, Hamburg’s most famous church. Climb the steps and you’ll be rewarded with a view that makes every sailor’s heart beat faster. Harbor, Elbe, city, from up here you’ll see why Hamburg truly stands apart.

Just a short ride across the Elbe and the show begins. Where containers usually stack high, the city’s brightest voices take the stage. Between harbor breeze and spotlight glow, every evening turns into an experience.

If there is such a thing as the best panoramic view of Hamburg, it is probably the one from Argentinienbrücke. Just a stone’s throw away, at Kuhwerder Hafen, is a real Hamburg institution: Odo’s Kaffeklappe, a kiosk for shipyard workers and long-distance lorry drivers, where proprietor Odo Wehr starts spreading bread rolls with a decorator’s spatula at 3 a.m.