Hamburg celebrates: These are the highlights for the port birthday 2025!

Hamburg celebrates: These are the highlights for the port birthday 2025!

Altona, Deutschland - The 836th port birthday in Hamburg is just around the corner and takes place from May 9th to 11th, 2025. This traditional event attracts thousands of visitors every year and offers an impressive program around the harbor and shipping with over 300 expected ships, including Großsegler, naval ships and museum ships.

Special highlights of the event are the inlet parade on Thursday, May 9, 2025, from 1 p.m., as well as the “Elbe in Concert” concert on Friday evening, which begins at 7.45 p.m. A large port fireworks will also take place on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at 10:45 p.m., accompanied by a light and stage show from 9 p.m. On Sunday, May 11th, 2025, the traditional leak parade of the ships will take place between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.

program highlights and cruise ships

The event begins on Thursday with an international ecumenical opening service in the main church of St. Michaelis at 11 a.m., followed by the inlet parade. On Friday, the "Aida Perla" will moor in the Steinwerder Cruise Center and offer ship visits. The tickets cost 59 euros for a five -hour tour. On this day, the ships "Queen Anne", "Aida Sol" and "Excellence Pearl" will also be shown in the harbor, with the "Queen Anne" expiring again on Friday evening at 8 p.m.

There are special tips for visitors, such as the viewing terrace on the stint and in HafenCity, offer the best view of the event. The journey by public transport is recommended, whereby the U3 underground lines to landing bridges or tree wall as well as the S-Bahn lines S1 and S3 to Landungsbrücken are good opportunities.

The Burgenland (Austria) will appear as the official partner country of the port birthday 2025. The union of port friends and the numerous attractions, such as handicrafts and culinary offers, make the port birthday in Hamburg an unforgettable experience for young and old.

For further information on the planned cruise ships that will be created during the port birthday, such as the "Aidaperla" on Friday, as well as the "Aidaprima" on Saturday, and the "Aidasol" and "MS Otto Sverdrup" on Sunday, visitors can make the contributions to t-online.de and Kreuzfahrwelle.de read.