Harburg
Harburg is a borough of the city of Hamburg, Germany.
Harburg is a borough of the city of Hamburg, Germany. It is also the name of Harburg quarter in the borough, which used to be the capital of the Harburg district in Lower Saxony. The borough of Harburg lies on the southern banks of the river Elbe and covers parts of the port of Hamburg as well as residential and rural areas. It had a population of 169,221 as of 2020.
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Worth seeing in and around Harburg
5 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.
- 01Hamburg University of Technology
The Hamburg University of Technology or TU Hamburg) is a public research university in Germany. The university was founded in 1978 and in 1982/83 lecturing followed.
1.2 km · university in Germany · Wikipedia - 02Archäologisches Museum Hamburg und Stadtmuseum Harburg
The Archäologisches Museum Hamburg is an archaeological museum in the Harburg borough of Hamburg, Germany. It houses the archaeological finds of the city of Hamburg and the neighbouring counties to the south of the city.
1.2 km · Archaeologic and local historic museum in Hamburg, Germany · Wikipedia - 03Kiekeberg
The Kiekeberg is, at 127.1 metres above sea level, one of the more prominent hills in the Harburg Hills in north Germany. It is located in the parish of Ehestorf in the municipality of Rosengarten in the district of Harburg in the southern foothills of the range, which is also known as The Black Hills, near the southern state boundary of Hamburg.
4.7 km · mountain · Wikipedia - 04Harburger Theater
Harburger Theater is a theatre in Hamburg, Germany. It showcases classic plays, comedies, modern pieces and musicals.
1.2 km · Theatre in Hamburg · Wikipedia - 05Museum Elbinsel Wilhelmsburg
Elbinsel Museum is a museum in Kirchdorf Süd, Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg, Germany. The museum was founded in 1907 by a local history group.
5.4 km · museum in Germany · Wikipedia
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Getting to Harburg
- Airports
- Hamburg Helmut Schmidt (HAM), 20 km · Bremen (BRE), 90 km · Hannover (HAJ), 112 km
- Stations
- Hamburg-Harburg station, 1.8 km · Hamburg-Harburg Rathaus station, 1.5 km · Heimfeld station, 1.8 km
- Bremen → Harburg89 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · €10–14
- Hannover → Harburg122 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · €14–20
- Greven → Harburg54 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · €7–10
- 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 Harburg
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 Harburg. 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.
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Next door to Harburg
Harburg is 11 km from Hamburg, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hamburg Metropolitan Regionarea surrounding the city of Hamburg, Germany6 km
- Wilhelmsburgquarter of the German city of Hamburg5.8 km
- Moorburgsuburb in the district Harburg, Germany4.6 km
- Langenbekquarter in the district Harburg, Germany2.5 km
- Neulandquarter in the district Harburg, Germany4.5 km
- Hausbruchquarter in Harburg district of Hamburg5.8 km