Hamburg
In 1911, the St. Pauli-Elbtunnel was the technical sensation of the moment because it was the first substantial underwater tunnel on the European mainland.
Speicherstadt
In the German port city of Hamburg, a complex of neo-Gothic brick warehouses, the Speicherstadt, was built on islands in the Elbe between 1883 and 1927.
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