- I was literally talking to a German friend
and he was complaining
that people abroad go crazy about Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt
and they don't even talk
about the second largest city in Germany, Hamburg.
So I came all the way to the city to find out why,
and in this video I'm gonna share with you five things
that normally people don't know
and I suspect,
this will address the question.
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As you know I spent nine years in London,
a couple of trips to Amsterdam,
and I was actually in Venice
for my birthday a few years ago.
I remember I couldn't stop thinking,
wow, these places have so many bridges
and then I found out yesterday
that Hamburg has 2,500 bridges.
That's more than those three cities combined.
It's just crazy,
and not surprising
since practically the whole city is surrounded by water.
You'll find old bridges, new bridges,
bridges made of steel, stone and bricks,
in all sort of construction types and archeological styles.
So this city has an inspiring way
to say you're welcome to my place.
It welcomes each ship
with the national anthem of the country it's registered to.
For the return journey home,
the Hamburg flag is dipped,
and they raise the international flag symbol for Bon Voyage.
The captains in charge of the greetings
have more than 150 national anthems
to welcome ships from around the world.
In fact the port of Hamburg
is almost as big as the whole city of Copenhagen.
Copenhagen stretches over 88 square kilometers,
and the port of Hamburg alone is 74 square kilometers.
Here's the story and this is quite interesting.
Back in the day
some of these ships were transporting meat patties.
The residents here are called Hamburgers, true story.
The name of the sandwich got its name from this German city.
If you're American you're probably saying
no we invented this.
Yeah, you invented the bun and the condiments
but the root,
the foundation of all these names
come from this port from this city.
These two particular places that have been identified
as a UNESCO world heritage site,
and they justify the decision
by saying the sites were a unique symbol
of the rapid international growth of trade
in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
This one particular place
which is the world's largest warehouses
or collection of warehouses,
and this other place
claims to be the first office only district in Europe
and of course it has a collection of different buildings
from the early 20th century.
"I was born in Liverpool
but raised in Hamburg."
who said that?
So the Beatles started their career here.
They played from 1960 to 1962,
over 270 shows in Hamburg
and people from here will tell you
that's how they improved their skills, sound and confidence.
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In fact Lennon I think said once something like
"I was born Liverpool,
but raised in Hamburg."
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So this city has more weekly markets
than any other city in Europe.
Literally, whatever you want,
you can find it here,
and they have over hundred markets every week.
It's not like "today this one, tomorrow that one..."
Every week you have over a hundred markets.
Also Europe's largest open air market
takes place here in Hamburg.
By the way, there's also a very, very iconic market here,
which is a fish market
and it takes place every Sunday.
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All right, so if you liked this video,
I have a bunch other videos here
that you can watch next about traveling.
have a great day.
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