The famous fish markets, Hamburg, Germany
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Opening Hours:
5:00 bis 9:30 o'clock, (winter: 7:00 0'clock)
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Hamburg History
Hamburg took its own name from its very first permanent edifice, a castle built by Emperor Charlemagne way back in 808 AD. The building was built made on a rock-strewn land in a marshland between Elbe and Alster. It was made to be the defense against the Slavic invasion. The fortress was named as Hammaburg - wherein burg means castle while Hamma remains vague. In Old High German, hamma means angle [...]
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