Hamburg

Hamburg, the second-largest city in Germany, offers adventurous dining, innovative infrastructure, and a diversity of neighborhoods — along with classic German cultural activities, like the opera, ballet and world-class museums. While there, you can just as easily visit a farm or beach as you can peruse the open-air markets and high-fashion stores. Hamburg’s location on the Elbe River has blessed the city with great shipping traffic and great wealth — something residents are simultaneously embarrassed and proud of. Developments like HafenCity have brought in a wealth of new restaurants, museums, stores and office buildings. Hamburg is always creating something new, while respecting and protecting the old.