Kehrwieder 2
20457 Hamburg
More than 120,000 working hours went into the construction of landscape and detailed gadgetry of this miniature world. Computers control the facility with its 500 trains, 50,000 lights and cars that run as if by magic. 60,000 figures on an area of 500sqm provide a lot of fun, and there is always something to explore. The facility is the largest digitally controlled miniature railway in the world.
Behind the cladding of this historical brick-lined storehouse the modern designed playhouse offers space for up to 340 persons. The interior of the theatre is painted in red and black and the foyer with bar and bistro is designed elegant and reminds optically on modern hotel lounges.
The Deichstrasse belongs to one of Hamburg"s unique places which have been carefully restored and looked after. The old merchants" houses, dwellings as well as ware houses are still used for commercial purposes. The sides of the houses were the merchants worked faced the canal so that the goods, transferred from ships unto barges, could be delivered directly to them. The goods were then hoisted up by a winch and distributed onto the floors. In May 1842 a great fire brook out in the Deichstrasse which destroyed many parts of the city.
The concert hall Elbphilharmonie Hamburg had it's grand opening in January 2017. Due to its size and exciting architecture it has become a new landmark for Hamburg and the district HafenCity.
