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Hamburg



For the interested visitor, some events held every year:

  • Sports (Note that a registration, usually months in advance, is needed for public races.)
    • Hamburg Marathon [22]marathon, open to the public: April
    • Tennis Masters Series Am Rothenbaum [23]: May
    • HSH Nordbank Run, [24] open to the public. Race through the HafenCity (HarbourCity): May
    • Hamburg Masters [25] — Hockey 4 Nations Trophy: August
    • Dragon boat race, open to the public: August
    • Cyclassics [26] — UCI-ProTour bike race, open to the public: August
    • Hamburg City Man Triathlon [27]triathlon, open to the public: August
  • Film festivals
    • Filmfest Hamburg [28]: September
    • Fantasy Filmfest [29]: April
    • Kurzfilmfestival — International Short Film Festival [30]: June
    • Lateinamerika-Filmtage — Latin-America Days [31]: December
    • Spanische Filmtage — Spanish Days [32]: July
    • Lesbian & Gay Film Festival Hamburg [33]: October
  • Arts and exhibitions
    • International Fireworks Festival: August
    • Kirschblütenfest — Grand fireworks and Japanese culture: May
    • Lange Nacht der Museen — one ticket, 40 of Hamburg's museums open until midnight: May
    • PHP Unconference — Yearly two-day PHP Conference [34]: April
    • Theme nights (jungle, romantic, Asian) at Hagenbeck's zoo [35]: Saturdays in summer
  • Music
    • Fleetinselfest — Music and international artists open air [36]: July
    • G-Move — Techno parade (until 2005, since 2006 taking place at the city of Kiel)
    • Schlagermove — German 1960s / 1970s music parade [37]: July
    • Reeperbahn Festival — huge Indoor Musicfestival in many Clubs of the Red-Light-District in St. Pauli, mostly Rock, Alternative and Indie-music: September [38]
  • Fun / Street festivals
    • Alstervergnügen [39] — Alster fair: first weekend of September
    • Christopher Street Day (Gay Pride Parade) [40]: June
    • Hamburger Dom [41] — considered the largest funfair in northern Germany: three times a year
    • Hafengeburtstag [42] — Hamburg's harbour birthday: May
    • Motorradgottesdienst — Biker's divine service in Hamburg's largest church St. Michaelis: June

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Sister cities

More information: Hamburg sister cities (in German only)

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Famous people born in Hamburg

  • Sportspeople
    • Andreas Brehme, born in 1960, football coach and former football defender
    • Stefan Effenberg, born in 1968, former soccer player and football player
    • Tommy Haas, born in 1978, tennis player
    • Max Schmeling, 1905–2005, German boxer and heavyweight champion
    • Uwe Seeler, born in 1936, football manager and former football player

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References

  1. ^ State population. Portal of the Federal Statistics Office Germany. Retrieved on 2007-04-25.
  2. ^ Richard Ungewitter (German author) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
  3. ^ Auf dem Rathausmarkt
  4. ^ Van Marle, Gavin. "Europe Terminals stretched to limit", Lloyds List Daily Commercial News, 2008-01-31, pp. 8-9. 




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