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Tierpark Hagenbeck
Hamburg's famous zoo pioneering open-air enclosures without bars since 1907, with a tropical aquarium.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Blankenese
Hamburg, Germany · Europe
About Blankenese
Blankenese works well as a base: 10 minutes from Osdorf, 47km from Lüneburg Heath.
Blankenese is in Hamburg, Germany, with about 14,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Osdorf, about 4 km away.
Blankenese (German: [ˌblaŋkənˈezə] ) is a suburban quarter in the borough of Altona in the western part of Hamburg, Germany; until 1938 it was an independent municipality in Holstein. It is located on the right bank of the Elbe river. With a population of 13,637 as of 2020, today it is widely known as one of Hamburg'sRead more
most affluent neighborhoods.
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What is there to see near Blankenese?
Within an hour or so of Blankenese: Tierpark Hagenbeck (10 km), Landungsbrücken (11 km), Speicherstadt (12 km), Elbphilharmonie (12 km).
Where is Blankenese?
Blankenese is in Hamburg, Germany, about 4 km from Osdorf.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 13,637
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Hamburg
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 53.5570, 9.8059
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 Blankenese
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
11 km · about 20 min 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.
12 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.
12 km · about 20 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.
12 km · about 25 min drive
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Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg
Museum of rare prototypes and racing cars focused on Porsche and Volkswagen history in Hamburg's HafenCity.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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Lüneburg Heath
A vast purple-blossoming heathland nature reserve, magical when the heather blooms in late summer and crossed by car-free trails.
47 km · about 55 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.
53 km · about 60 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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