SUNDAY SHOPPING
Strolling. Shopping. Experiencing Hamburg. Four times a year you can do that on Sunday, too. Hamburg lovers can use the seventh day of the week for shopping and enjoy spending time in central Hamburg in a relaxed atmosphere.
Not only does City Management Hamburg create the backing program for the special shopping days, it also handles the marketing and media work for the events.
We go with art and culture for the shopping Sundays. We create themed occasions and offer extra shopping time when it is needed, naturally taking into account Hamburg’s statutory regulations on business hours.
Dates 2023*
April 2, 2023
July 2, 2023
September 24, 2023
November 5, 2023
*Subject to official approval
SUNDAY SHOPPING IN NOVEMBER 2022
The last shopping Sunday of the year was November 9, 2022. A particular highlight was the prominent exhibition in Levantehaus on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the death of Fritz Schumacher. The city center area also offered a colorful and richly diverse program.
SUNDAY SHOPPING IN SEPTEMBER 2022
On September 25, the Hamburg fire department celebrated the 150th anniversary of its founding. The festivities involved the entire city center area and the HafenCity quarter. One particular highlight was the exhibition of 75 historic firefighting vehicles and a motorcade through central Hamburg. Stage performances and exhibitions topped off this anniversary celebration.
SUNDAY SHOPPING IN APRIL 2022
The second shopping Sunday of the year was held in central Hamburg on April 3, 2022. Visitors had the opportunity from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. to stroll to their hearts’ content, discover spring fashion trends, and experience a richly varied musical program.
With the theme “Music Is in the Air,” central Hamburg offered a musical free running course right through all its quarters and passages. Visitors could experience inclusive bands, northern soul stars, Jeremy Days’ comeback, singer-songwriters, and jazz on this special day.
SUNDAY SHOPPING IN JANUARY 2022
The first shopping Sunday of the year was January 9, 2022.
City Management Hamburg congratulated the Elbe Philharmonic on its fifth birthday with a big light show on the Binnenalster lake put on by light artist Michael Batz. Other city center attractions featured more light shows, an innovative soccer tournament with Subsoccer Bolzboxes in the Europa Passage, live ice sculpting, and live music at various locations. First, second, and booster vaccinations were available without prior registration at a COVID-19 vaccination center at Gänsemarkt. With these numerous activities, City Management Hamburg got the new year off to a splendid start in central Hamburg.
BINNENALSTER FILM FESTIVAL
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Some Like It Hot
Friday, September 16, 2022
When Harry met Sally
Saturday, September 17, 2022
Carmen, Hamburg State Opera season opening
Sunday, September 18, 2022
Pappa Ante Portas
Take the plunge into magical cinema worlds with the Binnenalster Film Festival! A floating movie screen directly on the Binnenalster lake creates a uniquely enthralling cinema experience.
Together with FILMFEST Hamburg and the organization Verein Lebendiger Jungfernstieg e.V., the world-famous square becomes an open-air film palace. Viewers are invited to enjoy the films from the steps of Jungfernstieg beginning precisely at sunset from 8:00 p.m. on. Food and drink are readily available: The adjacent bars and restaurants offer everything the cinema enthusiast’s heart desires. After an eventful day shopping and discovering the city, Hamburgers and guests of the Hanseatic city can bring the day to a close with an open-air cinema panorama. And best of all, admission is free of charge.
CHRISTMAS PARADE
The parade begins twice a day at 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. in front of Saturn on Mönckebergstrasse on all four Saturdays in Advent.
Few things are more beautiful than the heart of the Hanseatic city at Christmas time. When the aroma of freshly roasted almonds and bratwurst wafts over Rathausmarkt, Christmas is right around the corner.
While the display windows are resplendent with holiday decorations, shops, passages, and department stores inspire the visitor with unique gift ideas. The Hamburg Christmas parade held on all four Saturdays in Advent has long since become a tradition as well. The colorful, joyous procession through the city center is an experience for young and old alike. Santas, elves, reindeer, and lavishly decorated floats travel from Mönckebergstrasse to Jungfernstieg. It all starts at Saturn.
CAFE SHIP SUSEBEK
A Very Special Coffee Break
Take a break from Christmas shopping to have a bite to eat and relax: The cafe ship invites you to sample holiday treats, coffee, and cake. While the little guests can have fun on the fairytale ship, parents can relax with a view of Jungfernstieg with its holiday decorations and the Alster lake Christmas tree.
AMMERSBEK
Ship of Transformation
On the dream ship Ammersbek, professional makeup artists are waiting for little guests and fans of bright colors. Within a few minutes, children are transformed into snow kings, ice princesses, or Christmas reindeer. The makeup artists use Kryolan face paints that do not irritate the skin. The play area on board gives children a lot of space to slip into their new role and let their imagination run free.
BAKING SHIPS SASELBEK & SIELBEK
All Hands to the Christmas Galley!
Great fun for little bakers: Aboard the Saselbek and Sielbek, children 3 years old and older can bake and decorate Christmas cookies themselves. In addition to the tasty cookies, kids can also take their own DAT BACKHUS apron and baker’s hat home with them. The Hamburg baking brand has made sure that the Christmas baking tradition is not lost in 2022. For 13 years it has supported Hamburg fairytale ships with two baking ships. This year, too, the holding fee of 2 euros ensures that this tradition will continue. Every year little baking pros turn out over 100,000 cookies and more than 10,000 Christmas trees from curd cheese dough. Five thousand kilograms (over 11,000 pounds) of dough, sugar, and edible decorations are processed. Strange but true: Placed end to end, the cookies would be 3,300 meters (10,827 feet) in length and could almost circle the Binnenalster lake twice.
SCULPTURE EXHIBITION “ARRIVED”
In July 2022, City Management Hamburg in cooperation with the international art exhibition NordArt realized a unique art experience.
Twelve gorilla sculptures by the artist Liu Ruowang, one of China’s leading contemporary artists, were on display from July 3 to 17 on Mönckebergstrasse, which was closed to bus traffic. Standing 3.5 meters (11 feet) high and weighing 800 kg (1,764 pounds) each, the figures of the exhibition inspired not only Hamburg residents.
The goal was to allow people to experience central Hamburg as a meeting place. The installation symbolized the need for social cohesion and enticed the viewer to adopt different perspectives. Many visitors were inspired to think about things in new ways and even preserved themselves for posterity on photos that went around the world.
BUS PARKING IN THE CHRISTMAS SEASON
Hamburg at Christmas time. It attracts not only Hanseatics to the city center area. More and more international visitors want to experience Christmas in Hamburg. The many Christmas markets and shopping opportunities, the fairytale ships, and our colorful Christmas parade make our city the festival city of the north.
This year, too, we are offering free parking spaces for buses in the central area. Between November 21 and December 23, bus drivers can have their passengers get off right in the heart of the city. It is only a few minutes’ drive to bus parking spaces set up especially for this occasion.
Let your passengers off in the central area and park your bus just a few minutes away. A transfer to the city center is also available.
Please register by calling +49 40 796 1331 or sending an email to info@die-roten-doppeldecker.de.
