Oh, this place is so great! It's a spice museum! You can…read morefind plenty of information about spices, their origins, their usage and how there were and are imported. The space is actually in the Speicherstadt, the largest warehouse district in the world, located right in the port of Hamburg. The museum itself is in a warehouse that used to belong to a spice trader, so it's the perfect location for a museum dedicated to educating and advising people on the origin and usage of spices. There are over 500 years of spicy history in this museum! You can touch and even taste over 50 different spices throughout the museum. It's an amazing visit for anyone who is interested in food preparation, history and spices. Also, the entry ticket is a bag of black pepper, so you're getting something out of this visit in any case! You can also buy spices and spice mixtures after your visit. I've been back many times and absolutely love it.

This museum was very fun. It smells very nice inside, although the spices out on display to smell…read morehave pretty much lost most of their smell / blended together with other spices. There were four samples that you could try (roasted chickpeas, sugared chickpeas, and two other sweet things). It was pretty cool walking around and seeing all the different spices.

All is said in Arril review. The surrounding is also great to walk with friends, play frisbee and…read moreenjoy movement of people and ships. I will always walk around when I have some time.

Id read about this secret suggestion on Qype before and desided to take my Dutch friends here on a…read moresundayafternoon. Perfect opportunity considering everything is closed on Sunday and its just near to my house... Actually we wanted to go to the Hagenbeck Zoo, but it was already 3 oclock...And this museum is about animal watching as well...so why not?! This museum is fantastic! The bird section is extremely funny, escpecially the German names. Not that the German language is funny, but more the comparison with the Dutch bird names... The fact that all these animals arent real doesnt make it less entertaining..You can sit next to them, touch them (thats actually forbidden..), take some great photos and compare heights. Last but not least, you dont have to pay entrance, which allows you to just enjoy a short hour of fun and education about animals and the past. Great activity for young and old! And a good laugh..if you go there with some friends.

This museum was really amazing. It reminded me of the Natural History Museum in NYC, but without…read morethe barriers between you and the animals. You could get really close to the preserved animals and it made for a very interesting experience that really gave you a better sense of what the animals are like (you don't realize how big a grizzly is until you stand up next to it).

Neuengamme is tucked away away from the touristy hussle and bussle of Hamburg, surrounded by…read morebeautiful countryside. It's difficult to imagine the horrors that went on in such peaceful and beautiful countryside. This was once one of Germany's biggest concentration camps. A working camp, it focussed on the digging up of clay and the production of bricks. Towards the end of the war, this 'work camp' turned into just another death camp. Of the 100,000 inmates in the camp, about half of them died. AFter the war, it was turned into a prison camp and was home to German government civil service offices. The buildings are well preserved to give a true feel of what it must have been like and it is hard to go in and out of the buildings without shedding a tear or feeling a chill at the back of the spine. Entrance is free (donations boxes are scattered in the various museums) and buses run regularly to it from Bergedorf train station

This was a somber trip. The experience of walking through the site was intensely reflective, and we…read morewere continually struck by the immensity of what happened here. Well over 50,000 people were murdered at this camp. Many of the buildings were destroyed in the 1950s, but the larger ones remain, and the sites of everything are marked by monuments and signs in a number of languages including English, German, and Russian. The site is immense, it takes hours to explore everything. We rented a car and took the 20 minute drive from Hamburg, parking was available at the site and was free. No entrance fee, even for the inside exhibitions. It's one thing to grow up watching war movies and documentaries and reading about the camps, it's something else entirely to cross through the gates onto the original pavement, to see the foundation of the crematorium, to see the canal dug by prisoners as they were worked to death. I kept my composure throughout, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit having to hold back the emotions a few times. It's worth a day, or even a few hours if that's all you've got.

We were 5 minutes late. The tour started without us, and they wouldn't let us join. They wouldn't…read morerefund the tickets. They don't answer their telephone.

What an amazing experience, it was made more interesting due to the language barrier for me…read more Friendly staff and the menu kept me guessing. Once the friendly guide knew I was Australian he made an extra effort to translate most things for me which I really appreciated. I booked online from Australia and the customer service was top notch. All my questions and queries were answered promptly. I went by myself and wouldn't recommend it unless you can speak German as unless you are lucky like I was tonight you will struggle knowing what's happening.