The great lift
A huge lift originally built to lower carts and horses, still working the same way.
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Yes for pedestrians and cyclists, with no ticket or booking. Cars pay a fee at limited times, but that does not concern you as a visitor.
About ten minutes on foot one way. With the two lifts and time on the far bank, allow half an hour to an hour.
Usually yes, thanks to the large lifts. But if they are closed for maintenance only the stairs remain, and they are long. Check the official site before going.
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The Old Elbe Tunnel is a pedestrian tunnel running beneath the river Elbe, opened in 1911. It was an engineering feat in its day: about 426 metres long and twenty-four metres below the riverbed. You enter through a domed round building at the harbour piers. A large lift takes you down — originally built to lower carts and horses — and then you walk through two parallel tunnels lined in white tile, with ceramic reliefs of sea creatures set into the walls. Its original purpose was carrying dock workers to the shipyards on the far bank. Today it is used by people on foot and on bikes, and it is completely free for them. The far side is worth coming out for: from there you get the best view of the Hamburg skyline, the harbour and the ships. Take the lift up, stand on the opposite bank, then walk back.
A huge lift originally built to lower carts and horses, still working the same way.
Small tiled panels along the walls showing fish, crabs and other sea creatures.
The best outlook on the Hamburg skyline, harbour and ships — and completely free.
Bei den St. Pauli Landungsbrücken 6, 20359 Hamburg