People walking on a sandy beach towards the setting sun with a willow tree in foreground

Residents Green Hamburg

Parks, nature reserves and protection: Plenty of environmental projects make Hamburg one of Germany's greenest cities.

Green Hamburg

Person riding a bicycle in nature, with body of water and setting sun in background
www.mediaserver.hamburg.de / Geheimtipp Hamburg

Green Hamburg Fahrradkampagne Hamburg

The Fahrradkampagne Hamburg promotes bicycle use in the city with many different events and activities.

Future2Festival Hamburg, Germany
Malte Metag

Sustainable Music Open Air Futur 2 Festival

More than just another open air music event, the Futur 2 is an experiment in the creation of sustainable public festivals.

Night time view of copper mill in Hamburg port area
Thorsten Schier / Fotolia

Innovation and Efficiency Green Heat

The east of Hamburg’s HafenCity district is supplied with heat from copper production.

A pond in Hamburg's Raakmoor Conservation Area
Jan Petersen

Untouched Nature Quiet Hamburg

Every neighbourhood has its beautiful green areas, but nature becomes more pristine the farther you head into Hamburg’s more rural parts.

Green Kayak Hamburg
Florian Besser / Behörde für Umwelt und Energie

Free, Fun, Eco-friendly GreenKayak Initiative

GreenKayak offers free paddling trips on the Alster. All you have to do is pick up some waste along the way and everybody wins.

The picture shows a small path leading through meadows and small forests.
BUKEA

Green Hamburg Green Network

Hamburg is a remarkably green city — and that’s no coincidence. Green Network Hamburg has been nearly 100 years in the making.

Total view of a bunker with trees and shrubs on its roof
PlanungsbüroBunker

Green Hamburg Green Roofs

Completed in 2024, the gardens on the St. Pauli Bunker are just the latest project in a long series of ambitious green roofs.

Cartoon image showing two dogs watering a city tree
Hamburg’s Agency for the Environment and Energy

Green Hamburg Green Trees, Green City

Urban trees are the masters of survival. Learn more about Hamburg’s trees in this short video.

People looking at harbour cranes across a wide river
Christian Spahrbier

Green Hamburg Hydrogen Strategy for Northern Germany

The Hydrogen Strategy for North Germany results from the close cooperation of business, research and administration.

KEHR.WIEDER Initiative - Bring your own cup
LGV

Green Hamburg The KEHR.WIEDER Initiative

More than 250 Hamburg cafés offer customers discounts for bringing reusable containers.

A German kleingarten with lots of garden gnomes.
imago images / Redeleit

Green Hamburg Kleingärten

Hamburg’s Kleingärten offer a home away from home for people of all ages and from all backgrounds.

A badger in tall grass
Jan Piecha Aktion Fischotterschutz e.V.

Green Hamburg Mammal Atlas

The Mammal Atlas has detailed information on mammalian activity and distribution in Hamburg and the surrounding areas.

Visualisation of an aerial view of Hamburg neighbourhood Fischbeker Heidbrook
IBA Hamburg GmbH / bloomimages

Sustainable Urban Development Mission Possible

Large, densely populated areas benefit from heating networks. They're climate-friendly and save on costs.

A wind turbine on a hill with solar panels on a grassy slope and two people sitting on a blanket on the lawn
www.mediaserver.hamburg.de / Roberto Kai Hegeler

Renewable Energy Cluster Renewable Energies

Growth of the renewable energy sector and a high ecological standard helped make Hamburg the ‘European Green Capital 2011’.

Symbolic image: Water Quality in Hamburg, Germany
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Housing Water Quality

Hamburg’s water is of good quality due to constant monitoring and testing. Probe stations inform about current water qualities.