Buoyant business mood continues in metropolitan region

13.06.2018

Some 41 per cent of over 2,000 companies surveyed in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region rate their present business situation as “good”, 50.3 per cent as “satisfactory” and only 8.6 per cent as “bad”, according to the latest survey published Tuesday (June 12, 2018). Company-related service providers and the booming building sector expressed above-average satisfaction. In terms of human resources, 20.9 per cent of companies plan to hire employees while 10.4 per cent expect a reduction. Export outlooks remain almost unchanged.

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Record visitors at International Music Festival thanks to Elbphilharmonie

03.06.2018

Visitor numbers double thanks to Elbphilharmonie

Hamburg Tourismus promoting digitalisation

24.05.2018

The future of tourism in Hamburg took centre stage at a press conference Wednesday at Google. Regardless of flight, hotel or rental car – nowadays holidays, travels and activities are best booked online. Travel portals, hotel booking services and many other players in tourism are benefiting from digital change, which is opening up ever-new opportunities, according to HHT.

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Christopher Street Day - cancelled

1 August, 2020
Pride week with a three-day street festival in city center. The parade on the closing weekend, which was attended by 180,000 people last year, marks the highlight of this colourful event.

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Wacken Open Air - cancelled

30 Jul. - 1 Aug., 2020

Wacken Open Air (W:O:A) is a summer open-air heavy metal music festival with approx. 90,000 annual visitors.The international festival has a unique rate of foreigners of over 30%, with up to 10% non-Europeans, from about 30-40 different countries all around the world. Many metal fans travel around half the globe just to stand on cow meadows before stages of Wacken in the middle of nowhere 80 km northwest of Hamburg.

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Beatles Festival - to be postponed

15-16 August, 2020

60 years ago, the Beatles gave their first concert in Hamburg, which marked the start of their incredible career. This anniversary will be celebrated throughout 2020. The kick-off is a three-day festival from 27 to 29 March. Various artists and bands will remind us of the music and spirit of the Fab Four. The unique festival programme in Hamburg will range from concerts to exhibitions, readings and much more.

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ITU World Triathlon

4-5 September, 2020
The Hamburg Triathlon has been a mainstay of the triathlon calendar for pros and amateurs alike since 2002, when it was accepted into the Triathlon ITU World Championship Series, thus joining an exclusive circle of eight iconic venues around the globe.

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Haspa Marathon

13 September, 2020
Around 25,000 athletes and more than 750,000 spectators from all over the world gather every year for Germany's largest spring marathon. Its course leads past Hamburg's top sights - and the event has only seen very little rain since its inauguration over 30 years ago.

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