Xmas in Belgium/N. Germany trip day 9 - Checking out Altstadt Hamburg (12/9/19)

Eat breakfast at the place before we head out for the day. Walk through the nearby stadtpark and then get bikes to cruise around town. Bike into old town along the alster river then on to the harbor area. Go explore the Elbphilharmonie building and its overlook before grabbing a tasting flight from Storleburg which is a brewpub in the building. 

Planetarium in the middle of the park

View of Hamburg

More views as we ride around town

Looks different during the day

Old and new blending together in plain sight

Went to the old warehouse part of town near the river

Lots of brick buildings around this area

view from above

Harbor with the crane yards in the back ground

Viewing tower near the restaurant we ate at.

Elevator to get cars up and down the tunnel

Long way up

Cool tunnel

View of Hamburg from the other side of the river

Me trying a beer or 2 at the brewery we happened upon in our city exploration

Me for scale

We then walk to St michels cathedral but we are unable to enter because there is a performance happening that night. Walk over to see one of steph's friends nearby before getting a bus to the fisch market restaurant for a nice local dinner. Start walking back to the place and go explore the underwater tunnel that takes cars to the other side of the river. After we get back to the main side of the river, go the a nearby train station that google has taken us to to get back and it turns out the station isnt in operation. We then have to find our way back out of there and then walk to the next nearby station thatll get us back to our place as thats where we are heading.