CITY AND 2H HARBOUR TOUR
Combined ticket for a city tour on line A and a 2h harbour tour
Hop on Hop off
at 20 stops
Hop On Hop Off
Hop On
Hop Off
One-hour
harbour tour
tour
Space for pushchairs
on board
Buggy
One wheelchair
per bus possible
Wheelchair
Dogs are allowed
on board.
Dogs
Can be split over different
days
ca.
3,5 h
Hop on Hop off
at 20 stops
Hop On-
Hop Off
One-hour
harbour tour
Harbour
tour
Space for pushchairs
on board
Buggy
One wheelchair
per bus possible
Wheelchair
Dogs are allowed
on board.
Dogs
Can be split over different
days
ca.
3,5 h
The city tour (line A) and harbour tour/illuminations tour
Tickets include:
Day ticket for the city tour line A
2-hour harbour cruise or evening cruise to see the city lights from the water
Departure point, start of tours:
City tour: To city map
Harbour tour: St. Pauli Landungsbrücken, pier
Hamburg is unthinkable without its harbour! For centuries, the Elbe and the harbour have determined the development of the city. Experience Hamburg with the red double-deckers of Line A and interrupt your tour at the Landungsbrücken for a 2-hour harbour cruise.
An intensive exploration of the harbour, insights into the container port, which are fully explained in detail on the two-hour tour.
Tickets include:
Day ticket for the city tour line A
2-hour harbour cruise or evening cruise to see
the city lights from the water
Departure point, start of tours:
City tour: To city map
Harbour tour:
St. Pauli Landungsbrücken, pier
Hamburg is unthinkable without its harbour! For centuries, the Elbe and the harbour have determined the development of the city. Experience Hamburg with the red double-deckers of Line A and interrupt your tour at the Landungsbrücken for a 2-hour harbour cruise.
An intensive exploration of the harbour, insights into the container port, which are fully explained in detail on the two-hour tour.
Everything you need to know about the city tour:
Tickets, die Entdecker Tour beinhaltet:
Tagesticket für die Stadtrundfahrt Linie A: Zur Linie A…
1h Hafenrundfahrt
1h Alsterrundfahrt
Abfahrtsort, Start der Touren
:
Stadtrundfahrt: Zum Stadtplan…
Hafenrundfahrt: St. Pauli Landungsbrücken, Haltestelle 
Alsterrundfahrt: Anleger Außenalster, Haltestelle 
Rathaus
Alles zur Stadtrundfahrt:
11- Sprachiges GPS-Audiosystem an Bord der Roten Doppeldecker
Zur Linie A…
Zum Haltestellenplan…
Zum Fahrplan…
Zum Stadtplan…
Fragen zur Hafenrundfahrt:
Fragen zur Alsterrundfahrt:
Tickets:
Tagesticket für die Stadtrundfahrt Linie A:
Zur Linie A…
1h Hafenrundfahrt
1h Alsterrundfahrt
Abfahrtsort:
Stadtrundfahrt: Zum Stadtplan…
Hafenrundfahrt: St. Pauli Landungsbrücken,
Haltestelle
Alsterrundfahrt: Anleger Außenalster,
Haltestelle RathausAlles zur Stadtrundfahrt:
11- Sprachiges GPS-Audiosystem an Bord
der Roten Doppeldecker
Zur Linie A…
Zum Haltestellenplan…
Zum Fahrplan…
Zum Stadtplan…
Fragen zur Hafenrundfahrt:
Fragen zur Alsterrundfahrt:
Audio Guide in 11 Sprachen,
Deutsch über Lautsprecher,
alle weiteren über Kopfhörer.
Ticket booking
Further information about the city and 2h harbour tour
Interesting facts about the city tour
Our hop-on, hop-off day ticket allows you to plan your visit to Hamburg individually. You can get on, off and change buses at a total of 20 stops. The buses pass each stop regularly.
Our starting points at the St. Pauli Landungsbrücken 1-2 and at the main train station/Kirchenallee are ideal for starting the tour.
Along the Waterkant to the Elbphilharmonie, then through the HafenCity and into the Speicherstadt, the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Other districts worth seeing, such as Harvestehude with its magnificent villas on the Outer Alster, Hamburg-Mitte with its beautiful town hall or St. Pauli with the sinful Reeperbahn, always offer opportunities for further exploration.
Starting points:
Stop St. Pauli Landungsbrücken or Stop 
Hauptbahnhof/Kirchenallee.
The tour also starts at all the other 18 stops.
The tour can be started at any of the 20 stops: To the city map
Our bus tours of Hamburg feature recorded commentaries that provide fascinating insights into the city’s history, culture, architecture and sights. The commentary is available in the following languages:
- German
- English
- French, German
- Spanish
- Italian
- Chinese
- Japanese
- Danish
- Russian
- Arabic
- Portuguese
German is played via loudspeakers on the bus and no headphones are required. All languages, including German, can also be heard via headphones with a jack plug, which are available free of charge on every bus. For the sake of the environment, please bring your own headphones.
For a detailed timetable, click here: To the timetable
1 April to 31 October
Departing from stop no. 1, St. Pauli Landungsbrücken
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 09.25–16.55, every 30 minutes
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, public holiday: 09.15 – 16.55, every 20 minutes
Departing from stop no. 6, Hauptbahnhof/Kirchenallee
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 09.35 – 17.05, every 30 minutes
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, bank holidays: 09.30 – 17.10, every 20 minutes
1 November to 5 January and 1 February to 31 March
Departing from stop no. 1, St. Pauli Landungsbrücken
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 09.55 – 14.55, every 60 minutes
Friday, Sunday, bank holidays: 09.25 – 14.55, every 30 minutes
Saturday: 09.25 – 15.55, every 30 minutes
Departing from stop no. 6, Hauptbahnhof/Kirchenallee
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 10.05 – 15.05, every 60 minutes
Friday, Sunday, public holidays: 09.35 – 15.05, every 30 minutes
Saturday: 09.35 – 16.05, every 30 minutes
6 January – 31 January
Departing from stop no. 1, St. Pauli Landungsbrücken
Sunday to Friday: 09.55 – 14.55, every 60 minutes
Saturday: 09.25 – 14.55, every 30 minutes
Departure from stop no. 6, Hauptbahnhof/Kirchenallee:
10.05 – Sunday to Friday: 15.05, every 60 minutes
Saturday: 09.35 – 15.05, every 30 minutes
Closing dates BLOCKED DAYS
The buses on route A run daily.
No city tours on route A in 2025 on the following days:
27 April (HAMBURG Marathon)
1 June (IRONMAN HAMBURG)
17 August (CYCLASSICS)
In rare cases, we may have to temporarily suspend all services in the event of very bad weather or unplanned city events. We will do our best to inform customers of any service changes or suspensions on this page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
One wheelchair per bus is possible. The entrance for passengers with wheelchairs and pushchairs is located at the rear bus door. Wheelchair users can board the bus via a mobile ramp.
There is space for one wheelchair or pushchair inside the bus. You are welcome to register with us by telephone and we will reserve a space for your wheelchair.
Please note that the upper deck can only be reached by stairs, but you can be assured that the city tour experience is also guaranteed on the lower deck.
Severely disabled passengers who are significantly limited in their ability to walk (disability code G), are helpless (disability code H), are deaf (disability code Gl) or are blind (disability code Bl) can, upon request, receive a supplement with a token from the pension office with their severely disabled person’s pass with an orange-coloured area printed on it. The supplement entitles you to free travel on local public transport throughout Germany, so you can travel for free on the red double-deckers on route A when you present your pass and the supplement with token. Severely disabled persons whose pass entitles them to take one companion (code B) can take one companion with them free of charge, even if they do not have a supplementary sheet with a valid token.
Interesting two-hour harbour tour
Experience the flair of the Speicherstadt warehouse district and the giants of the seas with romantic or modern launches and elegant salon ships. We offer you year-round canal trips to the historic Speicherstadt warehouse district and harbour tours in the large container ports. Our skippers will entertain you with lots of character, live with up-to-date information and funny as well as exciting stories about Hamburg and the harbour. So you can fully enjoy your boat trip in Hamburg and experience the Port of Hamburg with its many facets up close.
With our entire fleet of rustic or modern harbour tour launches, as well as cosy and spacious salon ships, we offer you the great, one-hour Hamburg harbour tour through the harbour every day.
Whether you take the launch through the historic Speicherstadt, the undisputed heart of our world port, and to the large container terminals, or you take the comfortable salon boat first downriver and through the various harbour basins with the huge container terminals – the Port of Hamburg, with its many faces, is always a magnificent experience.
St. Pauli Piers, Bridge 1
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OUR DEPARTURES FROM 01/03 – 31/10
Monday to Thursday: between approx. 10:00 and 18:00, approx. every 20 minutes
Friday to Sunday: between approx. 10:00 and 19:00, approx. every 15-20 minutes
OUR DEPARTURES FROM 01.11. – end of February
Monday to Sunday: between approx. 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., approx. every 30 minutes
The tickets for the Hamburg harbour tour are so-called OPEN TICKETS, which are not fixed for a specific date but are valid for all one-hour harbour tours on our maritime launches and large passenger ships (see above for departure times).
On 24 December (Christmas Eve), the last tour takes place at 3:00 pm.
The times given are for guidance only and are intended for your orientation. Since we organise our departures individually, we are also happy to run more frequent services and have later departure times if required. Just give us a call if you need to. There is always a ship ready for you to board at the pier.
Our passenger ships RIVER STAR and HAMBURG and our paddle steamer LOUISIANA STAR are all barrier-free and can be accessed via a gangway. They also have appropriate sanitary facilities. Due to local conditions, we are unable to provide you with exact information in advance regarding the times at which the above-mentioned ships will be used for the harbour tour (no fixed departure times). Our luxury launches and our traditional launches are not barrier-free.
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After this trip, you will know the well-known container terminals, understand why the historic Speicherstadt is not accessible at all times of the day, be able to explain to your neighbour how dry docks and river regulation locks work and what TEU, bulbous bow, RoRo and much more mean. Experience the Port of Hamburg from all angles with our two-hour XXL harbour tour.
After this trip, you will know the well-known container terminals, understand why the historic warehouse district, Speicherstadt, cannot be driven through at all times of the day, be able to explain to your neighbour how dry docks and river locks work and what TEU, bulbous bow, RoRo and much more mean.
OUR DEPARTURES FROM 01/03 – 31/10
Daily from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm every 30 minutes.
OUR DEPARTURES FROM 01/11 – end of February
Daily at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
Please register at least 15 minutes before departure at our sales pavilion at St. Pauli Landungsbrücken, bridge 1 at the top of the promenade. Our colleagues will be happy to tell you where the ship is departing from.
St. Pauli Piers, Bridge 1
Please register at least 15 minutes before departure at our sales pavilion at St. Pauli Landungsbrücken, bridge 1, at the top of the promenade, or alternatively at bridge 4 directly at the water’s edge, so that our staff can tell you which ship we are using for these trips and where they are starting.
Please note that people with disabilities can receive a 50% discount on tickets at our office, provided they present appropriate identification.
Due to the high volume of passengers on the above trips, please allow for a waiting time of up to 30 minutes before departure.
Our luxury launches and our traditional launches are not barrier-free on the Grand Harbour Tour XXL. If you have any questions about this, please feel free to call us on
+49 40 31 78 22 0.