Coffee and Spice Trade History

The Chilehaus is defined by a sharp, eastern corner that extends into the street like the prow of a massive ship. Completed in nineteen twenty-four, this ten-story office building was designed by architect Fritz Höger using approximately…

The Wasserschloss, or water castle, sits on a triangular peninsula at the point where the Wandrahmsfleet and Holländischbrookfleet canals converge. You can recognize it by its red brick facade, tall arched windows, and the small clock…

The Fleetschlösschen is a small, neo-Gothic brick building perched on three pillars directly above the water at the junction of Brooktorkai and the St. Annen Bridge. Built in eighteen eighty-five, it was one of the earliest structures in…

Spicy's Gewürzmuseum is housed within a red-brick warehouse in the Speicherstadt, the world's largest historic warehouse complex. Founded in nineteen ninety-one by Viola Vierk, a woman who worked in the international spice trade, the…

The Speicherstadtmuseum occupies an authentic warehouse floor built in eighteen eighty-eight, featuring iron supports held together by massive, visible rivets. This space serves as an interactive record of the surrounding warehouse…

The Sandtorhafen is recognized by a curved, three hundred eighty meter long pontoon that provides berths for dozens of historic vessels. Opened in eighteen sixty-six, it was the first artificial harbor basin created in Hamburg. Its…

The Speicherstadt Kaffeerösterei occupies a floor of a historic brick warehouse at Kehrwieder five, built in eighteen eighty-eight. You can identify the building by its placement within the UNESCO-listed Speicherstadt district, where the…

Deichstraße is a narrow, cobblestone street defined by its tall, timber-framed houses that lean over the Nikolaifleet canal. First mentioned in thirteen oh four, this street contains one of the last remaining ensembles of historic merchant…