August 2002
- Just a family holiday. So don't expect anything
spectacular. But this city surely is worth a solid
expedition. What a possibilities here!
Since this was just a
family outing I couldn't really explore. I
was regularly reprimanded because I was "always filming and
photographing". Doing anything more than this would put too
much strain on the holiday atmosphere > But in the train I
already saw that this would be a great day. A city that has a bridge network like this must be
exciting > And these bleak urban landscapes also look
promising to the trained eye of the urban explorer > Gradually I
realized that Hamburg must have some kind
of underground. Look at these wonderful manholes > Only Copenhagen has nicer ones than
these > And then the
underground was revealed when I met these workmen, behind the main station > This delay gave me
some acidic remarks from my wife but it was worth it. Look > The workmen were
not very communicative, it was a dirty job to clean the fitting
of this manhole. But I insisted, and they told me that this network runs under the whole city >
But I don't have the faintest idea what it carries. Neither do I
know whether the side tunnels are walkable > But there were
enough opportunities for fun climbing. This sturdy mast simply asks to be climbed > Look at the ladder like structure > I wonder what the view from the top looks like >
And this
bridge is also very climbable, easy, not more than 5b > And the
reconstruction of the docklands still leaves a lot of opportunities to explore the scaffolding >
It has 5 - 6 floors at least > And during the day it looks very
accesible >
Then there is the U-bahn with it's wonderful
steel viaduct > It's very easy to get onto the walkway
under it >
The "do not enter" sign is on the other side, so I
didn't see it > The viaduct also crosses the water, great chilling
place > And
a nice old cast-iron station >
From here we took the metro to the end of the line. We were sooo
tired >
Underground stations just as in every city > But here they have a
special station for Borgs > Again a lot of interesting
bridgeworks > These should be great to visit at night
> And on the way back
we had the front seat and could look through the front window of
the metro >
Nice rail-spaghetti
> More
bridges >
Arches >
Tunnels > Stations > Harbour towers > Viaducts > Office blocks > And more tunnels
> But all the time I wish I had a rowboat, or a
simple inflatable boat > Look at all these canals, what fun it must be to explore them at the water
level > No one does it, at least I saw not one boat here > You could even pass under the metro
line > But
this TV-monitor landscape is pure fiction > Just like this
nice and explorable factory. It's a mega size model railway > But this again is the real harbour of Hamburg. This
site looks operational, but there must be a lot to explore there.
It was on the other side of the water, I used my maximum zoom
> So we need someone
to go there and make a more detailed report. Who wants to take
this responsibility ?
Mail me at kazil a.t euronet d.o.t nl
(spam-obfuscated e-mail address)
But in the train I
already saw that this would be a great day. A city that has a bridge network like this must be
exciting > 
And these bleak urban landscapes also look
promising to the trained eye of the urban explorer > 
Gradually I
realized that Hamburg must have some kind
of underground. Look at these wonderful manholes > 
Only Copenhagen has nicer ones than
these >
And then the
underground was revealed when I met these workmen, behind the main station > 
This delay gave me
some acidic remarks from my wife but it was worth it. Look > 
The workmen were
not very communicative, it was a dirty job to clean the fitting
of this manhole. But I insisted, and they told me that this network runs under the whole city > 
But I don't have the faintest idea what it carries. Neither do I
know whether the side tunnels are walkable > 
But there were
enough opportunities for fun climbing. This sturdy mast simply asks to be climbed > 
Look at the ladder like structure > 
I wonder what the view from the top looks like >
And this
bridge is also very climbable, easy, not more than 5b > 
And the
reconstruction of the docklands still leaves a lot of opportunities to explore the scaffolding > 
It has 5 - 6 floors at least > 
And during the day it looks very
accesible >
Then there is the U-bahn with it's wonderful
steel viaduct > 
It's very easy to get onto the walkway
under it > 
The "do not enter" sign is on the other side, so I
didn't see it > 
The viaduct also crosses the water, great chilling
place > 
And
a nice old cast-iron station > 
From here we took the metro to the end of the line. We were sooo
tired >
Underground stations just as in every city > 
But here they have a
special station for Borgs >
Again a lot of interesting
bridgeworks > 
These should be great to visit at night
> 
And on the way back
we had the front seat and could look through the front window of
the metro > 
Nice rail-spaghetti
> 
More
bridges > 
Arches > 
Tunnels >
Stations > 
Harbour towers > 
Viaducts > 
Office blocks > 
And more tunnels
>
But all the time I wish I had a rowboat, or a
simple inflatable boat > 
Look at all these canals, what fun it must be to explore them at the water
level > 
No one does it, at least I saw not one boat here >
You could even pass under the metro
line > 
But
this TV-monitor landscape is pure fiction > 
Just like this
nice and explorable factory. It's a mega size model railway > 
But this again is the real harbour of Hamburg. This
site looks operational, but there must be a lot to explore there.
It was on the other side of the water, I used my maximum zoom
> 
So we need someone
to go there and make a more detailed report. Who wants to take
this responsibility ?