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Hamburg: Cruise Crowds, Concert Hall & What To Skip — Worth It?
🌍 On 5 October 2026 the Elbphilharmonie Plaza stopped being free. Hamburg's culture authority published the decision in June: €5 to stand on the terrace that has cost nothing since 2017, because the city could no longer fund free access at €3.6m a year from its tourist tax. The operating company's own estimate is 550,000–660,000 fewer visitors a year, a fall of 25–30%, Meanwhile Hamburg is the only one of Germany's big three still growing — 16.5m overnight stays in 2025, up 2.1%, against Berlin down 3.8% and Munich down 0.2% — but US overnight stays fell 7.3% and UK 5.5%.
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