Hamburg Harbour Birthday – Entry Parade

Einlaufparade des Hamburger Hafengeburtstags
Departure
9 May 2025 11:00
Return
9 May 2025 16:00
Days
1
Sailing area
North Sea
Port of departure
Hamburg (DE)
Port of arrival
Hamburg (DE)

Hamburg’s port is celebrating its 836th birthday. When the port and Hanseatic city invites for this popular birthday celebration, the ‘birthday guests’ gather: a motley collection of traditional ships, most of which come from distant lands especially for this event. They usher in the celebration with an impressive and ever-fascinating entry parade.

Enjoy the lively and festive bustle ashore, at the famous Landungsbrücken, and admire Hamburg’s most famous and beautiful sights from the water. Thousands of people attend, but few get the chance to take part in this beloved ‘parade of ships’.

Don’t miss this highlight! Step aboard and experience the port of Hamburg up close during the opening ceremony aboard a traditional sailing ship. Traditionally, the mayor of Hamburg opens the port’s anniversary on board the Rickmer Rickmers and gives the starting signal for the entry parade. Depending on the wind and weather, we will enter the port of Hamburg together with all the other ships with as much sail as possible.

Elegant

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Frequently asked questions

We still handle your bookings personally and therefore do not have an automatic booking system. This way, we can enable you to reserve individual places for a few days without any obligation. This allows you, for example, to arrange your holiday without someone stealing your place from under your nose. For this reason, we cannot keep track of the exact number of free places on a daily basis. However, we regularly check the availability of our sailing holidays. Therefore, you can generally assume that plenty of free places are still available on all trips that are not marked as ‘fully booked’ or ‘Last Minute’. Call us or use our booking form if you want to know the exact number of places available.

If you are travelling alone and have not booked a private cabin, you will be accommodated in a shared cabin. Shared cabins are normally divided by gender. Only on the Belle Amie and Seatrips Yachts do they sometimes have mixed cabins.

Yes, vegetarians and allergies/intolerances can be catered for on most ships. However, there is only one menu per day on the programme. Therefore, please let us know during your booking if you have any special dietary requirements.

In principle, all our trips are suitable for both experienced and novice sailors. The professional crew on board will teach you everything you need to know. In some cases (e.g. on Atlantic crossings) initial sailing experience may be an advantage/requirement. In this case, this will be clearly indicated in the cruise description.

Prices

DescriptionPrice
Ticket
Adult€ 99
Child

Included in price

Welkomstdrankje
Huisgemaakte snerd

Not included in price

Transfer naar/van de afvaarthaven
Verdere drankjes (tegen faire prijzen aan boord verkrijgbaar)

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