Yay, travel... Hamburg?

[audette]

So, the stars might align for DH and I to get a bit of a vacation.  I have a business trip next month in a city near Hamburg, and DH thinks he can get leave to join me for the trip (and for a handful of days before the meeting).

Has anyone here been to Hamburg? Any must-see/do recs?

(I've been to Germany before, but mostly to Frankfurt and area with a couple days here or there in a few northern-ish German towns like Hannover and Magdeburg... DH has never been to Germany as an adult)

[alleinesein]

Day trip to Nürnberg.

[audette]

Jul 30, 2014 23:04:43 GMT -5 alleinesein said:

Day trip to Nürnberg.

From Hamburg?!

Maybe from Frankfurt, but it's a bit more than a daytrip from Hamburg... 4.5 hours by train, unless Google Maps is giving me bad info.

[alleinesein]

Jul 30, 2014 23:26:26 GMT -5 audette said:

Jul 30, 2014 23:04:43 GMT -5 alleinesein said:

Day trip to Nürnberg.

From Hamburg?!

Maybe from Frankfurt, but it's a bit more than a daytrip from Hamburg... 4.5 hours by train, unless Google Maps is giving me bad info.

So apparently my laptop ate part of my post again!!  Gah!  I need a new laptop. 

Do a short 2/3 day trip to Nurnberg or Munich to see Southern Germany.

If you want to stay in the north hit up Bremen. 

Is Denmark an option? 

[audette]

Jul 30, 2014 23:30:15 GMT -5 alleinesein said:

Jul 30, 2014 23:26:26 GMT -5 audette said:

From Hamburg?!

Maybe from Frankfurt, but it's a bit more than a daytrip from Hamburg... 4.5 hours by train, unless Google Maps is giving me bad info.

So apparently my laptop ate part of my post again!!  Gah!  I need a new laptop. 

Do a short 2/3 day trip to Nurnberg or Munich to see Southern Germany.

If you want to stay in the north hit up Bremen. 

Is Denmark an option? 

Hah!  That makes so much more sense...    2/3 days to southern Germany might be nifty.  So would Denmark.  I don't think we have enough time to do both. 

[alleinesein]

I really liked Bremen and I think its less than 2 hours from Hamburg. I was there at the end of November so I just wandered around the center of town and explored the Christmas market, a few of the churches and checked out the statues scattered around town. Its a cute town.

Another option is Erfurt. Thats a few hours by train so definitely an overnight trip.

Magdeburg? How did you end up there? I was there for a concert and to meet up with friends but there really isnt much there. It does have a very small medieval section of their christmas market but that was the most exciting thing I saw.

[audette]

Jul 31, 2014 0:51:43 GMT -5 alleinesein said:

I really liked Bremen and I think its less than 2 hours from Hamburg. I was there at the end of November so I just wandered around the center of town and explored the Christmas market, a few of the churches and checked out the statues scattered around town. Its a cute town.

Another option is Erfurt. Thats a few hours by train so definitely an overnight trip.

Magdeburg? How did you end up there? I was there for a concert and to meet up with friends but there really isnt much there. It does have a very small medieval section of their christmas market but that was the most exciting thing I saw.

All of my previous trips to Germany were for work. A few trips I managed to grab an extra day or two, but that was generally fairly limited in scope/time... Magdeburg was earlier this year, and I had almost no time outside of work to do any exploring...