Hamburg Practical Information

• Tourist Offices: Hamburg's main tourist offices supply free English-language maps and pamplets. All sell the Hamburg Card (see “Getting Around.”) The Hauptbahnhof office books rooms for a €4 fee. (In the Wandelhalle, the station's main shopping plaza, near the Kirchenallee exit.☎040 30 05 12 01. www.hamburg-tourism.de h Open M-Sa 9am-7pm, Su 10am-6pm.)The Sankt Pauli Landungsbrücken office is often less crowded than the Hauptbahn office. (Between piers 4 and 5.☎040 30 05 12 03. h Open Oct-May daily 10am-5:30pm; Apr-Sept M, W, Su 8am-6pm, Tu and Th-Sa 8am-7pm.)
• Tours: Top-Tour Hamburg offers double-decker bus tours. If a sight requires a little further exploration, you can hop off anytime for a look and jump back on the next bus. (Tours depart from the Kirchenallee exit of the Hauptbahnhof for landlubbers (Top-Tour) and the St. Pauli Landungsbrücken for the nautically inclined (Maritim-Tour); combine the two in an all-encompassing Gala Tour. (☎040 641 37 31. www.top-tour-hamburg.de i English-language tours available upon request. $ €15, students €13, children free. h Buses leave every 30min. daily Apr-Oct 9:30am-5pm; fall and winter tours every 1hr. 10am-3pm.) Strattreisen Hamburg offers offbeat 1-2hr. themed walks, with titles like “Reeperbahn by Night,” “Merchants and Catastrophes Downtown,” and “Neon-Lights, Seedy Bars, and Catholics in St. Pauli.”(Kuhberg 2.☎040 430 3481. www.stattreisen-hamburg.de i Most tours are offered in German; however, English language tours are also given on a less frequent basis. $ €7-46. h Call ahead for times.)See Hamburg with a water-bird's eye view on a 50min. boat rides around the lakes with Alster-Touristik (On Jungfernstieg by the Außenalster.☎040 357 4240. www.alstertouristik.de $ €10, under 16 €5. Group discounts available. > U1, U2, S1, or S3: Jungfernstieg; follow the swan signs. h Tours leave daily late Mar-Oct every 30min. 10am-6pm.)
• Consulates: Canada (Ballindamm 35, between Alestertor and Bergstr.☎040 460 02 70. > U1, S1, S2, or S3: Jungfernstieg. h Open M-F 9:30am-12:30pm.) Ireland (Feldbrunnerstr. 43.☎040 44 18 61 13. h Open M-F 9am-1pm.) New Zealand (Domstr. 19, on the 2nd fl. of block C of Zürich-Haus.☎040 442 55 50. > U1: Messberg. h Open M-Th 9am-1pm and 2-4:30pm.) UK (Harvesthuder Weg 8a.☎040 448 03 20. > U1: Hallerstr. h Open M-Th 9am-4pm, F 9am-3pm.) US (Alsterufer 27/28.☎040 41 17 11 00. > S11, S21 or S31: Dammtor. h Open M-F 9am-noon.)
• Currency Exchange: ReiseBank arranges money transfers for Western Union, cashes traveler's checks. (2nd fl. of the Hauptbahnhof near the Kirchenallee exit.☎040 32 34 83. i ReiseBank also has branches in the Altona and Dammtor train stations as well as in the Flughafen. $ 1.5% commission, charges €6.50 to cash 1-9 checks, €10 for 10 checks, and €25 for 25 checks, and exchanges currency for a fixed charge of €3-5. h Open daily 7:30am-10pm.) Citibank cashes traveler's checks, including AmEx. (Rathausstr. 2☎040 30 29 62 02. > U3: Rathaus. h Open M-F 9am-1pm and 2-6pm.)

• Tourist And Financial Services

Tourist Offices: Hamburg’s main tourist offices supply free English-language maps and pamphlets. All sell the Hamburg Card. The Hauptbahnhof office, in the Wandelhalle (the station’s main shopping ...more

• Local Services

Home Share: Mitwohnzentrale Homecompany, Schulterblatt 112 (☎ 040 194 45; www.hamburg.homecompany.de). U3, S21, or S31 to “Sternschanze” then follow the Schulterblatt under the bridge. Apartments ...more

• Emergency And Communications

Police: (From the Kirchenallee exit of the Hauptbahnhof, turn left and follow signs for “BGS/Bahnpolizei/Bundespolizei.”☎ 110.i Another branch is located on the Reeperbahn at the corner ...more