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Norderstedt

Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · Europe

About Norderstedt

Norderstedt works well as a base: 10 minutes from Langenhorn, 12km from Tierpark Hagenbeck.

Norderstedt is in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, with about 83,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Langenhorn, about 4 km away.

Norderstedt (German pronunciation: [ˈnɔʁdɐʃtɛt] ; Northern Low Saxon: Noordersteed) is a city in Germany and part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (Metropolregion Hamburg), the fourth largest city (with approximately 84,100 inhabitants as of 2023) in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, belonging to the Segeberg

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Within an hour or so of Norderstedt: Tierpark Hagenbeck (12 km), Landungsbrücken (17 km), Speicherstadt (18 km), Elbphilharmonie (18 km).

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Norderstedt is in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, about 4 km from Langenhorn.

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Quick Information

Population
82,844
Continent
Europe
Country
Germany
Region
Schleswig-Holstein
Timezone
Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
53.7018, 9.9933

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Germany

Police
110
Ambulance
112
Fire
112
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right

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 Norderstedt

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

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Tierpark Hagenbeck

Hamburg's famous zoo pioneering open-air enclosures without bars since 1907, with a tropical aquarium.

12 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.

17 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.

18 km · about 20 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.

18 km · about 20 min drive

museum

Miniatur Wunderland

The world's largest model railway exhibition in Hamburg's Speicherstadt, with over 16,000 metres of track spanning miniature continents.

18 km · about 20 min drive

museum

Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg

Museum of rare prototypes and racing cars focused on Porsche and Volkswagen history in Hamburg's HafenCity.

18 km · about 20 min drive

landmark

Lübeck Old Town

The UNESCO-listed 'Queen of the Hanseatic League,' known for its brick Gothic architecture, Holstentor gate, and world-famous marzipan.

49 km · about 55 min drive

landmark

Lüneburg Old Town

A charming Hanseatic salt town with crooked gabled houses and a tilting brick skyline, gateway to the heath.

57 km · about 65 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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