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Old 03-27-18, 04:47 AM   #1
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I'm planning on visiting the U-995 at Laboe as well as Wilhelm Bauer at Bremerhaven. The time of the trip will be early July this year.
I'm planning on flying to Hamburg (from Finland) and staying there for three to four nights. From there I'll be renting a car and driving to these locations so that I reserve one day per sight.

Any tips for me on this journey? Any other good sights/museums in the vicinity of Hamburg (maybe 2h driving distance max from Hamburg)?
I already saw that there's a tank museum at Munster which I'm going to check out.
Also it seems there are some submarinen pens at Bremen which I'll surely visit on the way.
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Old 03-27-18, 05:12 AM   #2
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I'd suggest you PM Catfish and Kapitan who IIRC have visited those sites you mention and many more.

Be sure to take loads of pictures and post them on the forum if you'd be so kind.
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Hamburg has a great harbor that can be seen from many boats that offer trips. There is also the Cap San Diego:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap_San_Diego
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Old 03-27-18, 06:10 AM   #4
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edit hi, sry i began this two hours ago, but then had to work. Me. Imagine that!

Some interesting places, also for dinner and such.
In Hamburg e.g. Tim Maelzer's strange 'Bullerei' is good, but expensive..
The harbour is a sight to see in itself, there are guided tours with boats through the "Speicherstadt", but you can also visit the "Cap San Diego", or the greatest model train array in the world on 1500 square meters, in the "Speicherstadt". There is also a 'copy' of the "London Dungeon"

At Kiel or Eckernfoerde beside the memorial and the U-995 itself the new U-boats can currently not be visited since they are being maintained in the docks. But the latter is usually only possible on special open days anyway. You may see one or two though over the fence, or one of the older 206 class subs.

At Bremerhaven there are four points of interest together on the 'Columbuskaje': The U-2540 along with some other vintage ships moored in the inner harbour can all be visited, i think the Bremerhaven ship's museum ticket also grants you access to all those (not sure, though the Ship's museum is of course worth visiting).

Then there is the "Klimahaus", a strange-shaped giant building, showing different climate zones of the earth, the "Auswandererhaus" (german emigration museum), showing the stations of departure and lots of info on the 7 million people who left Germany via Bremerhaven for the new world, and also a Marine zoo. Also lots of fish restaurants and boat tours through the harbours.
I'd say it is enough for two days, maybe even a bit short for all that
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Hamburg has the Cap san diego which is a great cargo ship and she still occasionally puts to sea about a mile up the road is the U434 a Russian Tango class submarine (you can do both in less than half a day)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313...57666733027292 (Cap San Diego)


https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313...57666339267990 (U434)

The type XXI in Bremerhaven you only need around 1 hour with it unless your going to view the entire museum and go on every single vessel in that area (some charge individually) but it is well worth it.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313...57666343430700 (bremerhavn museum)

Just across the way is Wilhelshavn (1 hour drive) home to Molders and the U10 & some other bits and is again worth a trip

https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313...57666770682041 (wilhelshavn museum)

U995 is probably the pinnacle of your visit and the memorial is worth the visit too (it is across the road the big tower) spend some time here for certain this not just with the submarine but the memorial and also go into the tower not only go to the top but also on the ground floor you will see a ramp behind you as you walk in make sure you go down it and look below there's another memorial underground, also be sure to visit the models you will pop up in a separate location to where you went in

If you get time U11 a Type 205 is in Fremahn Island she is almost identical to the one in Wilhelmshavn and theres a life boat to see from Hamburg your talking 2 hours driving


It would be nice to see your pictures up here too and how you felt around U995 especially so please be sure to share it with us, these submarines hold a lot of history and every angle every picture every emotion should be captured from every person.

Good luck and if you require advice don't hesitate to PM Good luck and Enjoy
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Thanks for the tips and suggestions!
It seems there are lots to see in Hamburg, like the Maritimes Museum and places you've hinted, so maybe I roam around the city for a day. Skipping Reeperbahn entirely might be a wise thing to do though...

Marinemuseum at Wilhelmshaven would be awsome! I'll have to rethink how to spend the time at Bremerhaven; maybe both places could be squeezed to one day.
Then again it seems that lot of the harbors has some sort of maritime/marinemuseum so I guess I'm not going to go inside everyone of those anyway.


I'm not much of a picture taker, but I'll be sure to take photos of the pinnacles of my trip and write about the experience.

Awsome picture presentations btw Kapitan!
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You can do Bremerhavn and Wilhelmshavn in one day its not a massive jaunt although i would say spend a bit more time in Wilhelmshavn
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