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Rahlstedt

Hamburg, Germany · Europe

About Rahlstedt

Rahlstedt works well as a base: 5 minutes from Barsbüttel, 12km from Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg.

Rahlstedt is in Hamburg, Germany, with about 93,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Barsbüttel, about 4 km away.

Rahlstedt (German pronunciation: [ˈʁaːlʃtɛt] ) is a quarter (Stadtteil) in the Wandsbek borough (Bezirk) of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern Germany. In 2023, the population was 95,743.

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Within an hour or so of Rahlstedt: Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg (12 km), Speicherstadt (13 km), Elbphilharmonie (13 km), Miniatur Wunderland (13 km).

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Rahlstedt is in Hamburg, Germany, about 4 km from Barsbüttel.

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Quick Information

Population
92,511
Continent
Europe
Country
Germany
Region
Hamburg
Timezone
Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
53.6019, 10.1567

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 Rahlstedt

8 notable places within an hour's 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.

12 km · about 25 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.

13 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.

13 km · about 25 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.

13 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.

14 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.

14 km · about 25 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.

43 km · about 50 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.

46 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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