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Tierpark Hagenbeck
Hamburg's famous zoo pioneering open-air enclosures without bars since 1907, with a tropical aquarium.
16 km · about 30 min drive
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Wedel
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · Europe
About Wedel
Wedel works well as a base: 5 minutes from Rissen, 52km from Lüneburg Heath.
Wedel is in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, with about 35,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Rissen, about 4 km away.
Wedel (German pronunciation: [ˈveːdl̩] ) is a town in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Elmshorn, and 17 kilometres (11 mi) west of Hamburg.
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What is there to see near Wedel?
Within an hour or so of Wedel: Tierpark Hagenbeck (16 km), Landungsbrücken (18 km), Elbphilharmonie (19 km), Speicherstadt (20 km).
Where is Wedel?
Wedel is in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, about 4 km from Rissen.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 34,912
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 53.5837, 9.6983
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 Wedel
7 notable places within an hour's 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.
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.
19 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.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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Miniatur Wunderland
The world's largest model railway exhibition in Hamburg's Speicherstadt, with over 16,000 metres of track spanning miniature continents.
20 km · about 25 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.
20 km · about 25 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.
52 km · about 60 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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