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Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg
Museum of rare prototypes and racing cars focused on Porsche and Volkswagen history in Hamburg's HafenCity.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Ahrensburg
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · Europe
About Ahrensburg
Ahrensburg works well as a base: 10 minutes from Volksdorf, 21km from Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg.
Ahrensburg is in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, with about 30,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Volksdorf, about 5 km away.
Ahrensburg (German pronunciation: [ˈaːʁənsˌbʊʁk] ; Northern Low Saxon: Ahrensborg) is a town in the Stormarn district of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is located northeast of Hamburg and is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Its population is around 31,000. Schloss Ahrensburg, the town's symbol, isRead more
a Renaissance castle dating from 1595.
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What is there to see near Ahrensburg?
Within an hour or so of Ahrensburg: Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg (21 km), Speicherstadt (22 km), Elbphilharmonie (22 km), Miniatur Wunderland (22 km).
Where is Ahrensburg?
Ahrensburg is in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, about 5 km from Volksdorf.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 30,103
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 53.6766, 10.2370
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Worth the detour from Ahrensburg
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Speicherstadt
The world's largest warehouse district built on timber-pile foundations, a UNESCO site of red-brick Neo-Gothic buildings laced with canals.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Elbphilharmonie
Hamburg's stunning concert hall rising like a glass wave atop a former cocoa warehouse on the Elbe, with a free public plaza offering harbour views.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Miniatur Wunderland
The world's largest model railway exhibition in Hamburg's Speicherstadt, with over 16,000 metres of track spanning miniature continents.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Tierpark Hagenbeck
Hamburg's famous zoo pioneering open-air enclosures without bars since 1907, with a tropical aquarium.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Landungsbrücken
Hamburg's bustling floating landing piers on the Elbe, the gateway to harbour cruises and the historic St. Pauli waterfront.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Lübeck Old Town
The UNESCO-listed 'Queen of the Hanseatic League,' known for its brick Gothic architecture, Holstentor gate, and world-famous marzipan.
36 km · about 40 min drive
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Lüneburg Old Town
A charming Hanseatic salt town with crooked gabled houses and a tilting brick skyline, gateway to the heath.
49 km · about 55 min drive
Driving in Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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