Overlooking Hamburg

Hamburg, officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, is the second-largest city in Germany and the country's biggest port, foreign trade, and media hub. It is one of Germany's three city-states (Berlin, Hamburg, and Bremen), one of Germany's oldest cities, one of the wealthiest cities in Europe, Germany's second financial center, and the economic and cultural metropolis of northern Germany. It is known as the "Gateway to the World."