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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.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Rotherbaum
Hamburg, Germany · Europe
About Rotherbaum
Rotherbaum works well as a base: 45km from Lüneburg Heath.
Rotherbaum is in Hamburg, Germany, with about 17,000 people. You drive on the right here.
Rotherbaum (German pronunciation: [ˈʁoːtɐbaʊm] ) is a quarter of Eimsbüttel, a borough of Hamburg, Germany. In 2020, the population was 17,114.
In German, "roter Baum" means red tree. The "th", which in general was abolished in the spelling reform of 1900, was preserved in names. Depending on grammatical context, itRead more
might also be spelled with n as Rothenbaum.
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What is there to see near Rotherbaum?
Within an hour or so of Rotherbaum: Landungsbrücken (2 km), Speicherstadt (3 km), Elbphilharmonie (3 km), Miniatur Wunderland (3 km).
Where is Rotherbaum?
Rotherbaum is in Hamburg, Germany.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 17,114
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Hamburg
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 53.5671, 9.9810
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 Rotherbaum
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.
3 km · about 5 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.
3 km · about 5 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.
3 km · about 5 min drive
museum
Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg
Museum of rare prototypes and racing cars focused on Porsche and Volkswagen history in Hamburg's HafenCity.
3 km · about 5 min drive
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Tierpark Hagenbeck
Hamburg's famous zoo pioneering open-air enclosures without bars since 1907, with a tropical aquarium.
4 km · about 10 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.
45 km · about 50 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.
45 km · about 50 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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