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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.
7 km · about 15 min drive
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Wandsbek
Hamburg, Germany · Europe
About Wandsbek
Wandsbek works well as a base: 5 minutes from Farmsen-Berne, 46km from Lüneburg Heath.
Wandsbek is in Hamburg, Germany, with about 410,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Farmsen-Berne, about 4 km away.
Wandsbek (German pronunciation: [ˈvantsbeːk] ) is the second-largest of seven boroughs that make up the city and state of Hamburg, Germany. The name of the district is derived from the river Wandse which passes through here. Wandsbek, which was formerly an independent city, is urban and, along with Eilbek andRead more
Marienthal, part of the city's economic and cultural core. In 2020 the population was 442,702, making it the most populous borough in Hamburg.
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What is there to see near Wandsbek?
Within an hour or so of Wandsbek: Speicherstadt (7 km), Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg (7 km), Elbphilharmonie (8 km), Miniatur Wunderland (8 km).
Where is Wandsbek?
Wandsbek is in Hamburg, Germany, about 4 km from Farmsen-Berne.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 411,422
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Hamburg
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 53.5833, 10.0831
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 Wandsbek
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg
Museum of rare prototypes and racing cars focused on Porsche and Volkswagen history in Hamburg's HafenCity.
7 km · about 15 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.
8 km · about 15 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.
8 km · about 15 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.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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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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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
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.
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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