Sights Memorials

Visit the sites that pay tribute to a millennium of history. Spot pirates, composers and the world's biggest band!

Neuengamme Memorial

KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme

The grounds of the former Neuengamme concentration camp now serve as a memorial and research centre in Bergedorf.

www.mediaserver.hamburg.de / Martin Brinckmann

Five life-sized silhouettes pose proudly in front of the Große Freiheit street. The Beatles got their first taste of stardom here in the 1960s.

Marc Rasmus / Imagebroker / imago images

In Otto von Bismarck, one of the most decisive figures in German history overlooks St. Pauli district.

Joko / imago images

This widely visible bronze monument at the fish market in St. Pauli honours men and women of all nations lost at sea.

imago stock&people / imagebroker / de Cuveland

The ruins of this church, bombed by Allied forces during Operation Gomorrah in 1943, now houses a WWII memorial and museum.

imago stock&people / Lars Berg

The Europe-wide art project Stolpersteine honours the lives of victims of the Nazi regime. These stones can be found all over the city.

imago stock & people / Hoch Zwei / Angerer

If you hear ‘Hummel, Hummel!’ be sure to respond with ‘Mors, Mors!’ Learn all about Hamburg’s mysterious greeting.