The Plaza
An open deck thirty-seven metres up, running right around the building over harbour and city. Free.
Yes โ the Plaza is free. But you need a free entry ticket: collected at the desk on site, or booked online for a small fee at busy times to guarantee a slot. You do not need a concert ticket for the view.
Not on the Plaza ticket. The hall is entered with a concert ticket only, and those can sell out months ahead. Guided tours of the building are also available on a separate ticket.
Just before sunset is ideal: you get the harbour by day, then the lights coming on. The Plaza stays open late, and it is quietest early in the morning and late in the evening.
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The Elbphilharmonie is a concert hall on the bank of the Elbe and the most famous modern building in Hamburg. The idea is unusual: a rippling glass structure suggesting a wave or a sail, set on top of an old 1960s brick warehouse that was left as it was. It opened in 2017 after years of delay and a large cost overrun, and it was fiercely argued about in the city. Today it is Hamburg's first symbol and nobody argues any more. What matters most to you as a visitor is the Plaza: an open deck about thirty-seven metres up, between the old warehouse and the glass structure, running right around the building and looking out over the harbour, the city and the river. Going up is free. You reach it by a long curved escalator, which is an experience in itself. You need a free entry ticket, picked up at the desk or booked online at busy times.
An open deck thirty-seven metres up, running right around the building over harbour and city. Free.
A long curved escalator whose end you cannot see from its start โ a deliberate part of the experience.
Rippling glass on an old brick warehouse. Best photographed from the water or the far bank.
A hall where the audience surrounds the musicians on every side. Needs a concert ticket.
Platz der Deutschen Einheit 1, 20457 Hamburg