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© Volkswagen AG

Hamburg/Wolfsburg, April 3, 2019 – Volkswagen Group Research is testing automated vehicles in urban traffic in Hamburg. This is the first time Volkswagen has begun to test automated driving to Level 4 at real driving conditions in a major German city.

© Geheimtipp Hamburg

Austin, TX / Hamburg (Germany), March 09, 2019. From March 9 to 14, the north German city of Hamburg will be contributing to the most topical issues at SXSW Interactive – including urban air mobility, the media industry, and women in tech and music.

© Jörg Modrow

Hamburg, 26. November 2018 – There is always lots going on in Hamburg, and there are thousands of good reasons to visit this Hanseatic city. And yet in the coming weeks of December there are five highlights in particular you shouldn't miss out on:

© Claudia Hohne

Hamburg, 20/11/2018 – “Identity” will be the core theme of the fourth Hamburg International Music Festival, which will take place from 27 April to 29 May 2019.

© Jörg Modrow

Hamburg, 19 November 2018 (HHT) – Towards the end of this month, Hamburg will once again be transformed into the Christmas capital of Northern Germany: from 26 November, as many as 18 Christmas markets will dress the city in a festive robe, attracting over six million visitors.

© Christian Spahrbier

Hamburg, 07 November 2018 - The 2018 summer in Hamburg was a real joy even before it had begun. With plenty of warm days, conditions were excellent for all those Hamburg events that were staged by or on the water. Naturally, anticipation is high for the events lined up for 2019, such as the Hamburg Port Anniversary, the Elbjazz Festival, the Hamburg Cruise Days festival and other highlights.

© Christian Bruch

Hamburg, 14 September 2018 – Countless events in and around Hamburg’s port continue to attract culture lovers from all over the world. On 22 and 23 September, for instance, Hamburg will be celebrating its maritime heritage as part of the Elbfest Hamburg festival, with event venues that include historical ships, harbour facilities, and the Port Museum.

© Christian Bruch

Hamburg, 23 August 2018 – The Elbphilharmonie Hamburg has been selected as one of TIME Magazine's 2018 World's Greatest Places, its was announced today. The prestigious editorial ranking again puts Hamburg’s year-and-a-half old concert hall and iconic landmark building into the international Spotlight.

URBAN.SHORE ©Jan Traupe

Hamburg, 31 July 2018 – Northern Germany is currently experiencing an exceptional summer straight out of a picture book. This is despite the fact that Hamburg, in particular, has a completely different reputation in other regions: “It rains for one half of the year and the rest of the time the weather is just bad”, they say. 

Without Boundaries ©Asger Jorn

Hamborg, juni 2018 – En af de største danske kunstnere bliver en af sommerens helt store trækplastre i Hamborg, der sikkert også vil lokke mange danskere til den nordtyske kunst- og kulturby. Fra 22. juni til 23. september 2018 præsenterer Museum Deichtorhallen under overskriften “Asger Jorn – Without Boundaries“ et koncentreret udvalg af 60 værker af den danske billedkunstner, der også nød international berømmelse.