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Week 1
A pair of door handles, aged green bronze picturing a lion head.


The door handles at the St. Peter's Church in Hamburg were made of bronze. The handles are the oldest work of art in Hamburg, dated to the construction of the tower in 1342. It survived among others the French occupation (1806–1814) and the Great Fire of 1842, and the bombing of Hamburg in World War II.

Photo credit: Wmeinhart


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Week 2
A boat with a blue hull and white deck. The name Bürgermeister Weichmann is written on the superstructures, also the German word for police. Police is written white letters on a blue field.)

The Bürgermeister Weichmann (English: Mayor Weichmann) is a Hamburg Water Police boat. Herbert Weichmann (1896–1983) was first mayor of Hamburg during the 1960s.

Photo credit: FAWB


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Week 3
View of a river with houses and shipyards.

View of the Elbe river in Hamburg, in the middle of the photo is the clock tower of the Landungsbrücken.

Photo credit: Martina Nolte


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Week 4
A street sign with a quitar lighted by neon light.


The music and dance club Große Freiheit 36, located in Große Freiheit, a side street of the Reeperbahn. The club is the former Star-Club in which the Beatles played in the 1960s.

Photo credit: Elwedritsch


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Week 5
People standing in front of an large aquarium with a gray shark swimming in the image center.

A shark swimming in the aquarium of the Tierpark Hagenbeck. The zoo was founded by Carl Hagenbeck in 1907.

Photo credit: Artinzaman


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Week 6
A modern multi-storey building with large windows.

The Hamburg State Opera was founded in 1678, the current opera house was built in 1955.

Photo credit: Andreas Praefcke


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Week 7
a row of multi-storey red brick houses at a water body.

Brick warehouses in the Speicherstadt, a large historical area in the port of Hamburg. These houses are located at the Brooksfleet (a water body) next to the HafenCity quarter.

Photo credit: Lukas Kurtz (LuxTonnerre on flickr.com)


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Week 8
Hamburgische Bürgerschaft.

According to the constitution of Hamburg, the Parliament is the unicameral legislature of the German state of Hamburg.

Photo credit: Christoph Braun


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Week 9
Hotelrestaurant Louis C. Jacob by Max Liebermann.

Nienstedten's Hotelrestaurant Louis C. Jacob is a 1902 painting by Max Liebermann in the Hamburger Kunsthalle.

Photo credit: Kresspahl


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Week 10
Queen Mary 2 in Hamburg.

Departure of RMS Queen Mary 2 on the river Elbe after berthing at Hamburg Cruise Center HafenCity in July 2004.

Photo credit: Arnold Schott


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Week 11
Hamburg Thalia-Theater 2010.

The Thalia Theater in St. Georg is one of the three state-owned theatres in Hamburg. It was founded in 1843.

Photo credit: AndreasPraefcke


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Week 12
Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park.

Aerial picture of the island of Neuwerk in the Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park.

Photo credit: Ralf Roletschek


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Week 14
US Airways A321 finishing touches.

Final touches to an US Airways A321 at the Airbus Hamburg-Finkenwerder assembly plant.

Photo credit: DearEdward


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Week 15
Planetarium Hamburg.

Hamburg Planetarium is one of Europe's largest planetaria, located in an old water tower at Hamburg Stadtpark.

Photo credit: FrankBothe


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Week 16
HafenCity U-Bahn Hamburg U4.

The train, type DT4, of the Hamburg U-Bahn at HafenCity-Universität station.

Photo credit: Pedelecs


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Week 17
Spiegel-Haus of Der Spiegel

Spiegel-Haus in HafenCity, since 2011 headquarter of the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel.

Photo credit: Martina Nolte


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Week 18
Planten un Blomen

The Japanese Garden at Hamburg's Planten un Blomen. Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg visible in the background.

Photo credit: gheeke


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Week 19
Sammlung Falckenberg

Sammlung Falckenberg is a collection of modern and contemporary art in Hamburg. Since 2011 the collection is part of Deichtorhallen, one of Europe's largest art centers for contemporary art and photography.

Photo credit: Dth-hamburg


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Week 20
Jenisch Park

Neoclassical Jenisch House (Jenisch-Haus) and Park in Hamburg's western suburb Othmarschen.

Photo credit: Wolfram Gothe


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Week 21
Europa Passage

Europa Passage is a shopping mall designed by Hadi Teherani, and located between Jungfernstieg and Mönckebergstraße, Hamburg's main shopping street.

Photo credit: Nicolas Vollmer


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Week 22
Map of Hamburg around 1600.

Map of Hamburg and the lower Elbe in the 16th century. Hamburg was member of the Hanseatic League from the 13th to 17th century.

Photo credit: Johann Baptist Homann (1663–1724)


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Week 23
Jan Delay performing at Chiemsee Reggae Summer

Beginner is a German rap group from Hamburg, consisting of Jan Delay (aka Jan Eißfeldt), Denyo and DJ Mad.

Photo credit: Church of emacs


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Week 24
Anschlussstelle 32 (Hamburg-Heimfeld) der Bundesautobahn 7

At 963 km length, the Bundesautobahn 7 (BAB 7) is the longest German Autobahn and the longest national motorway in Europe. (Pictured: BAB 7 in Harburg, Hamburg)

Photo credit: Ajepbah


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Week 25
Vattenfall Cyclassics 2011

The Vattenfall Cyclassics is an annual one-day pro and amateur cycling race in and around Hamburg, established in 1996.

Photo credit: Finanzer


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Week 26
Diana auf der Hirschkuh

Diana auf der Hirschkuh“ (Diana on a Doe), a 1918 bronze sculpture by Georg Wrba in Hamburg Stadtpark.

Photo credit: NordNordWest


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Week 27
SS Europa in dock

Launched at Blohm & Voss in 1928, the SS Europa was a German ocean liner built for the Norddeutsche Lloyd line (NDL) to operate on the transatlantic sea route.

Photo credit: Bundesarchiv


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Week 28
Port of Hamburg by Anders Zorn

Im Hamburger Hafen is an 1891 watercolor painting of the Port of Hamburg by Swedish artist Anders Zorn (1860–1920).

Photo credit: Anders Leonard Zorn


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Week 29
Neue Elbbrücke.

Neue Elbbrücke is a road bridge across the Norderelbe, connecting Veddel and Rothenburgsort. Originally constructed between 1884 and 1887, the three lenticular trusses (each 102 meters long) make it one of the most peculiar of the 2,500 bridges in Hamburg.

Photo credit: Kai Morgener


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Week 30
Alter Elbpark.

Alter Elbpark is a park located between the two Hamburg quarters of Neustadt and St. Pauli, and established in 1906. Notable for the park is a 35 m tall Bismarck Monument. St. Michael's Church is visible to the right.

Photo credit: KaMa Photography


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Week 31
Tangendorf disc brooch.

The Tangendorf disc brooch is an Iron Age fibula from the 3rd century AD, and part of the permanent exhibition of the Archaeological Museum Hamburg.

Photo credit: AxelHH


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Week 32
Elbphilharmonie Illumination, 11 January 2017

The Elbphilharmonie was officially inaugurated with concerts of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and a light show on 11 January 2017.

Photo credit: Alexander Svensson


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Week 33
Hamburg dock workers, around 1900

Dock workers in the Port of Hamburg, around 1900.

Photo credit: Johann Hamann


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Week 34
Außenalster

Panoramic view of the Außenalster, one of two artificial lakes within the city limits of Hamburg.

Photo credit: André H.


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Week 35
interior of St. Michaelis

Interior of St. Michael's Church, one of Hamburg's five Lutheran main churches (Hauptkirchen).

Photo credit: Je-str


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Week 36
Landhaus J. C. Godeffroy

Landhaus J. C. Godeffroy is a 1792-built manor house on Elbchaussee, Nienstedten, designed by Danish architect Christian Frederik Hansen.

Photo credit: Fraenzel F.


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Week 37
inside Hamburg Airport

Hamburg Airport was opened in 1911 and is continuously being refitted by Hamburg architecture firm Gerkan, Marg and Partners since 1990.

Photo credit: Medvedev


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Week 38
Scooter on its "Jumping all over the World"-tour at the Zenith in Munich 2008

Scooter are a German techno hard dance group founded in Hamburg, with to date 23 top ten hits and over 30 million sold records.

Photo credit: Jodo


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Week 39
Empty bottle of beer.
Empty bottle of beer.

The German beer Astra Urtyp is brewed in Hamburg, by the Bavaria - St. Pauli Brewery. The former independent brewery is now owned by Holsten-Brauerei AG

Photo credit: L. Schröder


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Week 40
A white building.

The state owned theatre Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg was foundet in 1901.

Photo credit: Metro Centric


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Week 41
A middle aged man wearing an old style suit, is pictured sitting on chair. The old picture is black and white.

Rupolph Dürkopp photographed Hamburg persons in the late 19th and early 20th century. This picture of First Mayor Arnold Diestel was taken in 1905 and published in Hamburgische Männer und Frauen am Anfang des XX. Jahrhunderts (Hamburgian men and women at the beginning of the 20th century), Hamburg. 1905.

Photo credit: Rudolf Dührkoop, (1848–1918)


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Week 42
A black and white photo of a war ship with sailors in parade position.

A starboard bow view of the German destroyer Hamburg (D-181) as it arrives to participate in the 25th anniversary celebration of German naval aviation training in the United States. The Hamburg is entering the Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida.

Photo credit: JO1 Bryant


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Week 43
aerial view of the Binnenalster.

An aerial view of the Binnenalster viewed from north-west above Harvestehude quarter.

Picture credit: Alchemist-hp


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Week 44
A photograph of the rusty brown hull of a container ship, docked in a shipyard.

The 216 m (709 ft) long container ship Cosco Brisbane moored at the Blohm + Voss shipyard in the port of Hamburg.

Picture credit: WalkerBoh


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Week 45
A market overview with sale booths and a large group of people.

The Fischmarkt (lit fish market) on Sundays morning is a tourist attraction, originated from the competition between the cities of Hamburg and (then) independent Altona. Opening on 6 a.m., it closes on 12 o'clock and is located at the Elbe river near Reeperbahn street and Landungsbrücken.

Photo credit: Wmeinhart


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Week 46
A photomechanical print of two middle aged women, standing on a hill or balcony. Both woman wear old colorful costumes with breast plates, skirts, and hats. The background below shows a waterbody and some houses.

A photochrome print of costumes of the Vierlande area in the Bergedorf borough, then an independent city. Done between 1890–1900 this picture is now property of the Library of Congress.

Picture credit: unknown


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Week 47
Many spotlights with different color foils not used, because they are photographed on day light.

Spotlights of the water and light concerts in the park Planten un Blomen.

Photo credit: GeorgHH


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Week 48
5 police officers in green combat gear with white helmets, partly confining a person on the ground.

An arrest by Hamburg Police during the demonstration at the Asia–Europe Meeting (ASEM) 2007. The police officers wear combat gear with Hamburg patches.

Photo credit: Vanis


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Week 49
The distinctive sharp edge of a ten-story red brick building.

The distinctive sharp edge of the Chilehaus building, designed by Fritz Höger, built from 1922 to 1924. The Chilehaus is a ten-story office building and an example of brick expressionism.

Photo credit: Sebastian Koppehel


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Week 50
class ET 171 at Aumühle.

The train, class ET 171 082, of the Hamburg S-Bahn at Aumühle station.

Photo credit: Jom


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Week 51
Red roses.

Rosa Hamburg is a cultivar by the horticulturist Wilhelm Kordes from the family Rosaceae. Kordes created the Rosarium Uetersen.

Photo credit: Kurt Stüber (http://www.biolib.de/)


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Week 52
Christmas tree in the town hall of Hamburg

Christmas tree in the town hall of Hamburg.

Photo credit: Medvedev


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