Attractions

Rainy Day

Wälderhaus Hamburg

A free forest science centre in Wilhelmsburg. Two floors, 80 stations, a 20-million-year-old tree, and no entry fee.
Rainy Day

Pier Drei’s Racker Room

A 200 square metre parent-free play zone inside a design hotel in HafenCity. From €5 an hour. Ages 4 to 9.
Rainy Day

LEGO Discovery Centre

12 themed areas, a 4D cinema, a miniature Hamburg, and over two million LEGO bricks. Best for ages 2 to 12. Indoors, obviously.
Rainy Day

Port des Lumières Hamburg

Floor-to-ceiling projections, a kids’ studio, and an Infinity Mirror Room. Know what you’re walking into before you buy the tickets.
Rainy Day

Movie Golf Hamburg

18 holes, blacklight, film murals floor to ceiling, and the golf is honestly beside the point.
Good Weather

Tierpark Hagenbeck

Hamburg’s zoo. 1,850 animals, open panorama enclosures, and goats that can smell your snacks from 20 metres.
Good Weather

Barfußpark Egestorf

North Germany’s largest barefoot nature park. 14 hectares, 60 stations. About 50 minutes from Hamburg.
Good Weather

Bienengarten Ahrensburg

A bee garden, a small museum, with coffee and cake.. Two Sundays a month, April to September.
Good Weather

Loki-Schmidt-Garten

Hamburg’s botanical garden. 25 hectares, 14,000 plant species, and thankfully a café.
Good Weather

BUND Naturerlebnisgarten

A 5,000 sqm nature garden in Wilhelmsburg. Free entry, bugs where you don’t want them included.