The German port city of Hamburg is proud of its pirate history. Built at the confluence of the Elbe, Alster, and Bille rivers, and situated close to the main trade routes to the North and Baltic seas, ...

This week Hamburg looks back at the worst air attack on the city during the Second World War 75 years ago, which engulfed the city in flames. From July 24th to August 3rd, 1943 the allied forces ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. When not abroad, travel writer John Oseid can be found in NYC or LA. May 31, 2018, 10:09am EDT Jun 01, 2018, 08:00pm EDT This ...

The Alster lakes sit in the northeast of the nearly 300-square-mile city of Hamburg, and the majority of Hamburg's most popular neighborhoods are located to the south or west of the convergence of the ...

Johanna Neumann was 8 when she witnessed a mob of local citizens and Nazis vandalizing the Bornplatz Synagogue in Hamburg. They were "shouting and throwing stones at the marvelous glass windows," as ...

Hamburg is home to Europe's largest urban redevelopment, which the city and convention bureau are leveraging as a test laboratory for the future of urban mobility, livability, placemaking, and ...

Hamburg held a competition to re-imagine its monument to Otto Von Bismarck. Its failure reveals the struggle facing decolonial movements in Europe. Otto Von Bismarck towers over the city of Hamburg.

Many travelers tend to overlook Hamburg, a vibrant German port city located on the Elbe River, in favor of other, more popular locales in the country, like Munich or Berlin. It’s recently been touted ...