Hamburg on Water

It was cold and threatening rain in Hamburg this morning so I went into the city center, getting out of the train at Jungfernstieg to a typical Hamburg view. The main shopping street looks out over the smaller of two lakes, the inner Alster which is divided from the outer Alster by a road/rail line. (You can see the road/rail bridge mid-right in the photo below.)

Inner Alster with fountain and tourist boats

There are a lot of waterways leading from the Alster to the River Elbe and they are all built up. There are more bridges in Hamburg  than Venice.

Hamburg: Elbe Frolic

Late October, a sunny Sunday draws people out of their homes to catch the last late autumn sunshine on the banks of the Elbe. Dogs frolic, people meander and the mood is mellow.

 

 

Great enormous container ships grind their way along the Elbe ...

 

and a sailing boat drifts past.