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Hamburg Cruise Days 2014: 600,000 visitors celebrated the European cruise event of the year

This weekend the Port of Hamburg / Germany celebrated its forth Cruise Days Festival with a spectacular cruise ship parade. The art project “Blue Port” and more than 600.000 visitors turned Europe´s second biggest port into a worldwide unique maritime stage and offered unusual views of the maritime metropolis and its waterfront. 

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Vienna ahoy! Hamburg spectacularly drops its anchor in the River Danube

From the Elbe to the Danube: “Vienna ahoy! Hamburg is coming.” This is the title of a spectacular project during which Hamburg will present itself in the old town of Vienna, Austria, between 1 and 3 August 2014. The project begins with the launching of an oversized paper ship that has a length of 14 metres and a height of 5 metres.

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Världens första city-Ikea öppnar i Hamburg

Billy, Ivar eller Malm – nu behöver inte längre befolkningen i den nordtyska metropolen Hamburg åka till utkanten av staden för att handla på Ikea. Efter en byggtid på ungefär två år invigdes i Hamburg-Altona förra måndagen, den 30 juni, världens första Ikea-filial som ligger mitt i en storstad.

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Leading international trade fair WindEnergy strengthens Hamburg`s position as the European wind energy capital

At yesterday’s advanced press conference, the “Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH” presented the WindEnergy as a showcase for all internationally active companies as well as current and emerging national markets.

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Hamburg’s entrepreneurs enter the world’s premiere league for startups

On Sunday, Hamburg’s commitment to the SXSW Interactive Festival obviously paid off: in the “German SXSW Startup Engine”, the two Hamburg startups TripRebel and Minubo won the pitch in their respective fields, i.e. travel and e-commerce. Furthermore, the medical startup Sonormed is bringing home the Grand Prize in the “Digital Health & Life Sciences Technologies” category of this high-profile startup competition.

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