Hamburg Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/hamburg/ Mechanically-minded travel Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:00:02 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Tall Ship ‘Peking’ returns to Hamburg https://mechtraveller.com/2020/09/tall-ship-peking-returns-to-hamburg/ https://mechtraveller.com/2020/09/tall-ship-peking-returns-to-hamburg/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2020 16:41:21 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=6346 Yesterday, the historic ‘tall ship’ Peking was welcomed back to her home port of Hamburg, where she is due to become a permanent highlight on the waterfront, and the primary exhibit of the new German Port Museum. “With the Peking, Hamburg is gaining a new landmark,” Hamburg Mayor Peter Tschenscher said. “During a history of […]

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