Germany (Lonely Planet, 6th Edition) - Andrea Schulte-Peevers [596]
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Sleeping & Eating
Worpswede has several charming hotels, many of them integrated with art galleries.
DJH ( 1360; http://worpswede.jugendherbergen-nordwesten.de; Hammeweg 2; dm under/over 27 €17.70/20.80, s/d €30.80/51.60; ) This hostel is located in a brick farm-style building where the bus from Bremen terminates (800m from the town centre).
Village Hotel am Weyerberg ( 935 00; www.village-worpswede.de; Bergstrasse 22; s/d/tr €76/125/145; ) Rooms here are divided into split-level living and mezzanine sleeping areas, above a restaurant and basement art gallery. Its modern restaurant-cum-bar (open from 8am to 10pm, kitchen closed from 2.30pm to 5.30pm) has a drifty lounge feel and serves pasta, baked potatoes, salads and other light dishes (€5.50 to €9.50).
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Getting There & Around
From Bremen’s central bus station, bus 670 (€3.70 one-way) makes the 50-minute trip 23 times a day during the week and every two hours on weekends. From Bremen, the first direct bus is just before 6am and the last at 10.50pm weekdays. First and last buses are 8.50am and 9.50pm Saturday, 9.50am and 10.50pm Sunday. From Worpswede, weekday services run from 4.41am to 11.25pm, Saturdays from 7.53am to 11.31pm and Sundays from 10.53am to 9.53pm. Ask the driver to drop you near the tourist office (‘Insel’). The vintage train, Moor Express ( 04761-993 116; www.moorexpress.net; one-way adult/child/family €5.50/2.80/12) runs between Worpswede and Bremen (and on to Stade) four times each way every Saturday and Sunday from May to October. First and last services from Worpswede to Bremen are 8.07am and 6.07pm. First and last services to Worpswede from Bremen are 9.05am and 7.05pm. The train station is about 1km north of the tourist office on Bahnhofstrasse (follow Strassentor or Bauernreihe north).
Fahrradladen Eckhard Eyl ( 2323; Finddorfstrasse 28) hires out bikes from €6 a day. From the tourist office, you can walk there in less than 10 minutes by taking the path between the bank and the Village Hotel am Weyerberg to Finddorfstrasse and going right.
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Hamburg
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HISTORY
ORIENTATION
INFORMATION
Bookshops
Discount Cards
Emergency
Internet Access
Laundry
Medical Services
Money
Post
Tourist Information
DANGERS & ANNOYANCES
SIGHTS
Altstadt, Merchant’s District & Around
Speicherstadt
HafenCity
Port of Hamburg
Reeperbahn
Schanzenviertel & Karolinenviertel
Altona
Blankenese
ACTIVITIES
COURSES
TOURS
Boat Tours
Bus Tours
Walking Tours
FESTIVALS & EVENTS
SLEEPING
Budget
Midrange
Top End
EATING
City Centre
St Georg
Alster Lakes
Port & Speicherstadt
Schanzenviertel & St Pauli
Universitätsviertel
Altona
Elbmeile
DRINKING
ENTERTAINMENT
Nightclubs & Live Music
Cinema
Theatre
Opera & Classical Music
SHOPPING
GETTING THERE & AWAY
Air
Bus
Car & Motorcycle
Train
GETTING AROUND
To/From the Airport
Bicycle
Car & Motorcycle
Public Transport
Taxi
AROUND HAMBURG
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‘The gateway to the world’ might be a bold claim, but Germany’s second-largest city and biggest port has never been shy. Hamburg has engaged in business with the world ever since it joined the Hanseatic League trading bloc back in the Middle Ages, and this ‘harbourpolis’ is now the nation’s premier media hub and its wealthiest city, with its container ports growing rapidly thanks to burgeoning Eastern European business.
Hamburg’s maritime spirit infuses the entire city – from its architecture (especially the redbrick, copper-roofed neo-Gothic warehouses rising above the canal-woven Speicherstadt, and buildings shaped like cruise liners and stacked shipping crates) to its rowdy fish market, along with the billowing