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1.-4. may 2003

Hamburg

Henning Nielsen
2005-09-21 18:43:02

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Thursday, May 1'st

A few hundred kilometers south of Vejle is a big city I have passed severel times. But I have never seen anything more than the railway-station and thats a pity. Thats why I took this little trip to Hamburg, when I had a few days of in a row.

The train from Vejle takes 4 hours to Hamburg - and my hotel Condow was right next to the Hamburg Hauptbahnhof

So it didn't take long before I was heading out to look at this city. But a main part of the city was closed on this 1'st of may. That included almost all shops and restaurants. I walk around a while and suddenly find myself in Hafen City, a huge area around the river Elben. This area is now being rebuilt. A lot of old warehouse - some has been renovated and now house offices and apartments - others are still being renovated. It's a very interesting area to take a look around.

More or less by coincidende I find myself next to a warehouse now housing a model-railway. It's supposed to be the largest in the world. I just wonder how many "largest in the world model-railways" there is. It's a day off in Germany as well so there's a lot of people here, and the queue for getting in is long. But traditionel german "ordnung muss sein" is present, so you can always see how long it will take before you get in. And there are free soda and candy for everyone waiting in the queue - so it's not that bad at all.

Friday, may 2'nd

There is no reason to hide it, that I have a strange little thing that I like. I like zoo's. So this morning I head with the U-bahn to Hagenbecks Tierpark. Here is everything that's supposed to be in a Zoo, and with the usual german thorughness the place is nicely signed, so you can see everything when walking from no.1 to no. 76. I spend a few hours here - and take a lot of pictures.
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