The Green City

Hamburg parks and lawns

One look at the multiple Hamburg parks and lawns during your Hamburg guided tour and you will realize why Hamburg is also known by its nickname of The Green City. The presence of canals that line the city like veins in your arm are a unique facet of Hamburg. Aside from the common Hamburg parks and lawns, you will also find nature preserve areas within Hamburg. It also helps that Hamburg buildings are limited to being 10 stories high at the most.

Lake Alster

Ask your Hamburg city tour guide about the origins of Lake Alster and you may be pleasantly surprised to find that Lake Alster was actually created when two dams were built over the Alter tributary. Eventually, The Green City was able to create two lakes out of this Alter tributary, which are called Outer Alster and Inner Alster in English.