Wandsbek
Wandsbek is the second-largest of seven boroughs that make up the city and state of Hamburg, Germany.
Wandsbek is the second-largest of seven boroughs that make up the city and state of Hamburg, Germany. The name of the district is derived from the river Wandse which passes through here. Wandsbek, which was formerly an independent city, is urban and, along with Eilbek and Marienthal, part of the city's economic and cultural core. In 2020 the population was 442,702, making it the most populous borough in Hamburg.
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Worth seeing in and around Wandsbek
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Hamburg
The University of Hamburg is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System, the Hamburg Colonial Institute, and the Academic College.
6.8 km · university in Hamburg, Germany · Wikipedia - 02Elbphilharmonie
The Elbphilharmonie, popularly nicknamed Elphi, is a concert hall in the HafenCity quarter of Hamburg, Germany, on the Grasbrook peninsula of the Elbe River. The new construction resembles a hoisted sail, water wave, iceberg or quartz crystal resting on top of an old brick warehouse near the historical Speicherstadt.
8 km · concert hall · Wikipedia - 03Chilehaus
The Chilehaus is a ten-story office building in Hamburg, Germany in the Kontorhaus District. It is an example of the 1920s Brick Expressionism style of architecture.
6.7 km · building in Hamburg, Germany · Wikipedia - 04Hamburger Kunsthalle
The Hamburger Kunsthalle is the art museum of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany. It is one of the largest art museums in the country.
6.2 km · art museum in Hamburg, Germany · Wikipedia - 05St. Nicholas Church, Hamburg
The Church of St. Nicholas is a Gothic Revival cathedral that was formerly one of the five Lutheran Hauptkirchen in the city of Hamburg, Germany.
7.3 km · church building in Altstadt (Hamburg), Germany · Wikipedia - 06Millerntor-Stadion
Millerntor-Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in the St. Pauli area of Hamburg, Germany.
8.3 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 07St. Michaelis Church, Hamburg
St. Michael's Church, colloquially called Michel, is one of Hamburg's five Lutheran main churches and one of the most famous churches in the city.
7.9 km · Lutheran church in Hamburg, Germany · Wikipedia - 08Tierpark Hagenbeck
The Tierpark Hagenbeck is a zoo in Stellingen, Hamburg, Germany. The collection began in 1863 with animals that belonged to Carl Hagenbeck Sr.
9.7 km · zoo in Hamburg, Germany · Wikipedia - 09Hamburg State Opera
The Hamburg State Opera is an opera company based in Hamburg, Germany. Its theatre is near the square of Gänsemarkt.
6.9 km · opera building in Hamburg, Germany · Wikipedia - 10Hamburg City Hall
Hamburg City Hall is the seat of local government of Hamburg, Germany. It is the seat of the government of Hamburg and as such, the seat of one of Germany's 16 state parliaments.
7 km · Rathaus (city hall) of Hamburg, Germany · Wikipedia
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Getting to Wandsbek
- Airports
- Hamburg Helmut Schmidt (HAM), 8 km · Bremen (BRE), 105 km · Hannover (HAJ), 128 km
- Stations
- Hamburg Airport, 8.2 km · Port of Hamburg, 8.2 km · Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, 6.1 km · Miniatur Wunderland, 7.6 km · Hamburg Dammtor station, 6.7 km
- Bremen → Wandsbek102 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · €13–18
- Hannover → Wandsbek137 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · €16–22
- Greven → Wandsbek126 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · €15–20
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Wandsbek
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Wandsbek. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe most likely places are the Hamburg Cruise Center Altona (near to the fish market) and the Hamburg Cruise Center HafenCity (next to the Unilever-Haus), check out the Hamburg Cruise Center home page There is a regular yet expensive ferry between Hamburg, Cuxhaven and Helgoland.
- Get inLübeck's port suburb Travemünde, about an hour away by train, is a major Baltic ferry port.
- Get inTo the east (A24-Berlin) and northeast (A1-Lübeck/Rostock/Puttgarden-ferry to Denmark), you can start at the "Horner-Kreisel" and take the number 261 bus from U-Burgstraße to U-S Barmbek (exit BAB-Auffahrt Horn or walk from U3-Rauhes Haus).
- Get around(2026) Urban rail lines in Hamburg]] Hamburg has an integrated public transportation system, operated by the HVV, which consists of six S-Bahn (commuter rail) lines, four U-Bahn (subway) lines, seven R-lines (regional trains), three A-lines (AKN), a dense network of bus lines and ferries across the Elbe.
- Get aroundTherefore, the HVV operates a fleet of ferries to connect the two banks of the Elbe.
From Wikivoyage: Hamburg, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Wandsbek
Wandsbek is 6 km from Hamburg-Mitte, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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