If Hamburg isn’t on your list of places to visit in Germany, it should be. These are fantastic areas to visit, but there is so much more to Germany. Tucked away in northern Germany, Hamburg, the country’s second biggest city, has a personality of its own and is well worth a stop on a trip around Germany.

So is it expensive to live in Hamburg? Yes, Hamburg is one of the most expensive cities in Germany when it comes to living costs.

Summary about cost of living in Hamburg, Germany: Family of four estimated monthly costs are 3,521$ (2,917€) without rent. A single person estimated monthly costs are 1,018$ (844€) without rent. Hamburg is 24.89% less expensive than New York (without rent).

Hamburg’s signature dishes include (from breakfast to dessert): Franzbrötchen (French rolls, allegedly influenced by Napoleon’s troops), Currywurst (Celebrated in Uwe Timm’s novel ‘The Invention of Curried Sausage’), Labskaus (Seafarers’ stew of various ingredients tinted a bright pink from beetroot) and Rote Grütze ( …

In Hamburg, the summers are comfortable and partly cloudy and the winters are long, very cold, windy, and mostly cloudy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 30°F to 73°F and is rarely below 16°F or above 84°F.

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Best Neighborhoods to Stay in Hamburg

• St. Pauli. St. Pauli. Backpacker Area.
• Alstadt. Alstadt. Touristy. Business District.
• Altona. Altona. Backpacker Area. Outside of St.
• St. Georg. St. Georg.
• Eimsbüttel. Eimsbüttel. Bustling. Artsy.
• Sternschanze. Sternschanze. Touristy. Bustling.
• Hamburg Nord. Hamburg Nord. Residential. Peace & Quiet.
• HafenCity. HafenCity. Upscale. Loud.

Drinks and Alcohol Prices: Expect to pay €3-€3.50 for a beer out. At a grocery, beer runs €. 95-€1.10, and a bottle of wine about €5.50.

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The Best Places to Live in Hamburg – Where to Live in Hamburg as an International

• Altona.
• Barmbek-Süd.
• Borgweg/Winterhude.
• Blankenese.
• Eppendorf.
• Eimsbüttel.
• Eilbek.
• Hamm-Nord.

Safety. Hamburg North is considered a safe place in Hamburg. Only the chich area Winterhude has a relatively high number of burglaries (138).

Hamburg’s massive port attracts many visitors. It’s a business city and a journalism hub; Der Spiegel calls it home. It has the second biggest port in Europe (after Rotterdam), making it an international trading hotspot.

Hamburg is a beautiful city with many parks, nature and with plenty of canals, lakes, rivers through and around the city. The plentifulness of water makes Hamburg very green, the flora and fauna are always well nourished and beautiful which makes the parks always a nice place to visit too.

Besides saying that you should spend 3 days in Hamburg- that’s our first trip, we wanted to highlight some of the things that made our stay so great.

Berlin is ranked more expensive than Düsseldorf and Hamburg for expats, despite average rents per square metre in the German capital being lower than in both those cities, according to property portal immowelt.de.

Berlin is a sprawling vibrant metropolis with many neighborhoods . Berlin is much bigger than Hamburg, both geographically and in terms of population (although Hamburg is part of a larger metropolitan area).

But seriously, I would pick Hamburg, every time. Berlin is much bigger – not just in the absolute sense but also what makes up what one might call downtown. Berlin is a collection of cities, so you got a lot of different centers. Hamburg is much more centralized that way.

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It is Germany’s top cultural destination But the city has even more to offer. Hamburg has over 50 museums, 45 theatres, and around 100 music venues and clubs. It’s one of the biggest musical cities in the world, second only to New York and London. When it comes to music and art, Hamburg will not be outshone by Berlin.

‘Hamburg is the place for party people’, according to the online booking platform, HostelWorld. Germany’s ‘second city’ is supposedly the best place to go for a night out, beating New York, Paris and London by quite a way. According to locals, the city has loads to offer when it comes to a night out.

Hamburg has an oceanic climate. Snowfall is usually light and Hamburg generally only experiences one or two heavy snowfalls a year, starting in early December, with icy sleet being the more common form of winter precipitation.

Hamburg to Berlin by train

159 miles

381 miles

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