Travel. Western Europe. Hamburg.
This City Has More Bridges than Venice, Amsterdam, and London Combined
The official count surprisingly stands at 2,576 bridges
I met up with a local friend, and she has shown me around both Düsseldorf and Cologne on consecutive days. After an early morning train, we are now in our third and final city together; Hamburg.
A little more about Hamburg, Germany. . .
It is the second-most populous city in the country — the eighth-most in the entire EU with around 1.7 million people.
Hamburg was ranked as the 16th city in the world for livability in 2015. It’s noted for several popular culture and music festivals.
The city is known as Germany’s capital of sport. Plus, it’s a major transport hub for the European continent.
As far as the foodie scene goes, Hamburg is known for birnen and bohnen und speck (green beans cooked with pears and bacon).
Elbe River boat tour
We arrived in Hamburg around 11 on a sunny, beautiful Saturday morning.
The first thing we did was take a boat tour along the Elbe River. I learned Hamburg has 2,576 bridges within its city limits (which is…
