Gateway to the World Hamburg is Germany’s second-largest city and biggest port, located in the middle of a one-of-a-kind waterscape, despite it being 100km from the coast. It has engaged in business with the world ever since it joined the Hanseatic League in the middle ages. Its role as a centre of International trade in the late 19th and early 20th centuries brought it a great deal of wealth; a legacy that continues today as it is one of Germany’s wealthiest cities.
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