Hamburg; Saturday, 21 September, 2019

I had a bit of a lie-in and a late-ish breakfast before heading out of the hotel and heading over to Landungsbrücken to pick up one of the open-top bus tours around the city.

I did a couple of circuits taking in all of the main sites before stopping off to have a late lunch in the centre of town and a bit of a wander.

I eventually ended up at the Rathaus, near the landing stage for the lake and canal cruises, so was able to check where the evening cruise I’d pre-booked would be leaving from.

I then re-joined the open-top tour to do one more circuit back round to the Haputbahnhof where I found somewhere to grab a quick dinner.

After dinner I headed back over to the landing stages at Jungfernstieg to pick up my evening cruise. Originally when I’d booked this a couple of days before hand it was supposed to be a tour up the Alster lake and into some of the canals to the North of the city centre, but for various reasons – which were only explained in German – it wasn’t possible to run the tour in that direction this evening, so instead we’d have a tour of the historic warehouse district canals and down into the Elbe River.

This was a bit disappointing as I’d booked pretty much the same tour for the following afternoon, but the offer of free drinks for everyone helped lighten the mood – and in the end it turned out to be an excellent tour. It also meant I knew exactly where the best places to be for photos on the following days tour would be.

The tour eventually brought us back to Jungfernstieg after about 2 hours from where I had a little wander through the city centre before heading back to my hotel.