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HafenCity is a quarter in the borough of Hamburg-Mitte, Hamburg, Germany. It is located on the Elbe river island Grasbrook, on the former Port of Hamburg area. It was formally established in 2008 and also includes the historical Speicherstadt area, which since 2015 is an UNESCO World Heritage Site with the adjacent Kontorhausviertel. The main landmark of the HafenCity is the Elbphilharmonie concert hall.
Aerial view of western HafenCity and Speicherstadt (2013)
Überseequartier, one of the new quarters of HafenCity
Tradition harbor at Sandtorkai
High-rises of the Hanseatic Trade Center around the Kehrwiederspitze; Elbphilharmonie visible in the background
Hamburg
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Hamburg, officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, is the second-largest city in Germany, after Berlin, and 8th-largest in the European Union, with a population of over 1.9 million. The Hamburg Metropolitan Region has a population of over 5.1 million and is the ninth-biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union.
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Image: Elbphilharmonie Eastside View With Sandtorkai Quay Magellan Terraces Sandtorpark 2022 06 04 16 32
Image: Hamburg Speicherstadt
Image: Elbphilharmonie zum Sonnenaufgang (cropped)