Port Anniversary 2017: Grand Departure Parade

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Hamburg PORT ANNIVERSARY

The Port Anniversary is Hamburg's largest city festival and one of the most popular maritime events in Europe. Experience ships, the harbourfront and lots of maritime flair on the banks of the River Elbe.

Port Anniversary

General Information

Overwhelmed by the magnitude of Hamburg’s Port Anniversary? Here is everything you need to get ready for the maritime event of the year.

Port Anniversary

Highlights

Explore historic yachts, sing along to shanty choirs and admire the tugboat ballet during the yearly Port Anniversary weekend.

Port Anniversary

Highlights

Explore historic yachts, sing along to shanty choirs and admire the tugboat ballet during the yearly Port Anniversary weekend.

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Port Anniversary

imago stock & people / Hoch Zwei Stock / Angerer

Port Anniversary

General Information

Overwhelmed by the magnitude of Hamburg’s Port Anniversary? Here is everything you need to get ready for the...

Michael Zapf

Port Anniversary

Highlights

Explore historic yachts, sing along to shanty choirs and admire the tugboat ballet during the yearly Port...

imago stock & people / ZUMA Press

Port Anniversary

History

In 1189, emperor Barbarossa declared Hamburg's port a custom-free zone. This event's anniversary has been...

Hamburg Messe und Congress/Romanus Fuhrmann

Port Anniversary

Tugboat Ballet

See tugboats sway and swirl elegantly to classical music: the Tugboat Ballet comes only once a year at the Port...