Riding along the Alsterkanal is my preferred way to get to the city center. It's relatively quiet here compared to the street and you also get to see something.

A great thing with the gravel bike in any weather!

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Robert Köhler

February 14, 2023

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In Alsterdorfer Strasse, new-build glass fronts, well-kept town houses, stucco-decorated Gründerzeit houses and small-town houses with distinctive gables form a harmonious coexistence. A few historical half-timbered houses push into the …

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MTBStefan

May 3, 2025

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Until the 1960s, Hamburg's canals formed an important transport network for public transport (Alster shipping) and freight traffic. Today, only a few companies are supplied by inland waterway vessels. A key task of the canals was to create an overflow for Hamburg's combined sewer system. The earthworks created during construction were needed for the construction of railway facilities.

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