Birmingham to Hamburg flights
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Birmingham International is the UK’s sixth largest airport and has the second highest proportion of business traffic after London Heathrow. Located just 8 miles to the South East of the City and with excellent road and rail links, it acts as the Midlands’ major gateway to Europe, Scandinavia, North America, the Middle East and the Indian sub-continent.
With both the region’s and airport’s expansion over the past few years, many low cost airlines use it as a base for flights to European destinations, including Birmingham to Hamburg. Cheap Birmingham to Hamburg flights are available through Flybe, who operate a five day per week return service to the north German destination.
Flybe offers cheap Birmingham to Hamburg flights that depart from Terminal 2. There is ample medium and on site long term car parking available, some within easy walking distance of the terminal building. Flybe often run promotional cheap Birmingham to Hamburg flight offers so it is worth checking their website on a regular basis.
Hamburg Airport (also known as Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport) is 8 miles/13 kilometres north of the city centre. The airport was opened in January 1911 and is the oldest airport in Germany which is still in operation.
Flights from Birmingham to Hamburg Airport arrive in Terminal 1. Passengers will find a wide variety of shops in the Airport Plaza situated between the two terminals. There are over 10,000 car parking spaces available at Hamburg Airport and an intelligent parking system will guide you to where there is available space.
Hamburg Airport does not yet have a direct rail link to the city centre. The nearest subway and suburban railway station, Ohlsdorf, is served by rail services S1 and S11 and the subway service U1; all of these will take you to or from the main station (called Hauptbahnhof), or to the city centre (Jungfernstieg).
Ohlsdorf Station and the Terminals are also connected by the number 110 bus, the “Airport-Express”, which runs every 10 minutes. From the end of 2008, a new direct rail link, running every 10 minutes, will take passengers from the airport to the city centre in 25 minutes.
There are very few business facilities available at the airport but there are approximately 15 hotels within 15 km of the airport that operate a regular shuttle bus service to the Terminals. Many of these are leading brand hotels and provide comprehensive conference and meeting facilities.
Hamburg sits on the north German coast and is the second-largest city in Germany (after Berlin), the second-largest port in Europe (after Rotterdam) and the ninth-largest port in the world. It is the largest city in the European Union that is not a national capital with a population of approximately 1.8 million inhabitants.
The small fortress of Hammaburg, which was erected in the 9th century, gives Hamburg its name. Whilst principally an industrial town, there are a number of interesting and historical buildings in the city and close to the Mönckebergstraße are the churches of St. Jacobi and St. Petri, two of Hamburg’s five main churches. Directly beside St. Petri is the Hubelhaus which dates from the early 20th century but which looks much older. Located behind the Hubelhaus and under the “Radio Hamburg” building is the remains of the bishops’ tower which date from the 11th century.
The Mönckebergstraße ends at Hamburg’s imposing city hall (”Rathaus”). It was built in 1897 and includes a 112m tower. Inside there are several magnificent halls used for sittings of government and parliament. The building behind the city hall is Hamburg’s House of Commerce (”Börse”).
The Hamburg Cruise Centre, where cruise lines land in Hamburg, is in the HafenCity. Its terminal building is unusual as it is constructed out of 40 sea containers. Nearby, adjacent to the River Elbe, is an orange observation tower called the HafenCity View Point which affords nice views over the harbour as well as the river.
Looking from Alte Deichstraße over the Zollkanal to the right, is the more modern part of the city including the Hanseatic Trade Centre and the modern harbour facilities which make up over 10% of the total city area. From Landungsbrücken, you can make boat tours into the harbour. These Hafenrundfahrten are available from various companies and take around an hour.
St Pauli is the centre of Hamburg’s famous red light district. Here over 30,000 people live and work in the liveliest part of the town. The Reeperbahn runs the length of the district and is lined with many clubs, bars and shops.