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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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Sternschanze
Hamburg, Germany · Europe
About Sternschanze
Sternschanze works well as a base: 45km from Lüneburg Heath.
Sternschanze is in Hamburg, Germany, with about 8,000 people. You drive on the right here.
Sternschanze (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtɛʁnˌʃantsə] , lit. 'Star Sconce') is a quarter in the centre of Hamburg (Germany) within the Altona borough. In 2014, the population was 7,776 on an area of 0.6 km2 with a density of 14,113 inhabitants per km2. After Reeperbahn, it is Hamburg's best known entertainment andRead more
nightlife district. It is also known as Schanzenviertel ([ˈʃantsn̩ˌfɪʁtl̩] ) and nicknamed Schanze ([ˈʃantsə] ).
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What is there to see near Sternschanze?
Within an hour or so of Sternschanze: Landungsbrücken (2 km), Speicherstadt (3 km), Elbphilharmonie (3 km), Miniatur Wunderland (3 km).
Where is Sternschanze?
Sternschanze is in Hamburg, Germany.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 7,965
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Hamburg
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 53.5625, 9.9657
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 Sternschanze
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
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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
national park
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
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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.
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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