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Alster Canal

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Alster Canal

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Location: Hamburg, Germany

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1. Mellingburger Schleuse – Upper Alster Trail loop from Ohlstedt

42.1km

02:32

180m

Intermediate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Alster Canal – View of the Außenalster loop from Gänsemarkt (Oper)

24.1km

01:19

80m

Easy mountain bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. View of the Outer Alster Lake – Kupferteich Farmsen loop from Hagendeel

34.7km

01:58

100m

Easy mountain bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Robert Köhler

February 14, 2023

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 street scenery. Old craft buildings have survived in some backyards. Scattered across Alsterdorf are the typical red brick housing estates in the Bauhaus style, for example on Carl-Cohn Strasse. Some thatched houses on the Alsterkrugchaussee are reminiscent of the original farming village.
Bebelallee runs through the district as an important traffic artery. Despite the heavy traffic, the partly four-lane street looks like a posh boulevard. Many beautiful single-family houses in clinker or townhouse style with spacious gardens line the street. To relax, you simply go to the Alster, which flows through the middle of the district. Sometimes the banks of the Alster only consist of a tree-lined path, then it expands into a spacious green area, on whose brick river bank you can watch the canoeists and rowers gliding past. Families have a barbecue, others relax or walk the dogs - the banks of the Alster are always busy. The Alster hiking trail is part of the North German Way of St. James, and there is also a cycling Alster trail.

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MTBStefan

May 3, 2025

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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Alster Canal

1. Mellingburger Schleuse – Upper Alster Trail loop from Ohlstedt

2. Alster Canal – View of the Außenalster loop from Gänsemarkt (Oper)

3. View of the Outer Alster Lake – Kupferteich Farmsen loop from Hagendeel

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