Meet your guide in central Hamburg and take a walk over the canal that formerly separated the city and the port area. Learn about Hamburg's status as a free port city, which lasted over 800 years. The world’s largest historic warehouse complex built on wooden piles was created to store high-value goods, such as tea, coffee, tobacco and spices. Smell the freshly roasted coffee during your 2-hour walking tour.

Enjoy the charm of the canals running between the Gothic Red brick warehouses and learn about the different occupations needed to operate this dense district and its trade. See how time has changed things here and how buildings being used today and which goods are still being stored here. Also hear about how the age of container ships influenced this area.

Walk over the time line to HafenCity (Harbor City) and get a glimpse into the 21st century modern world of this quarter and Hamburg's most ambitious architectural project.

Another district designated as UNESCO world heritage site is the Kontorhausviertel (Kontorhaus Quarter)  an entire district with just Red brick office buildings. Red-brick expressionism is the keyword for the design of these houses with the most famous building being the Chilehaus, which resembles a ship's bow. It is the most significant artistic and architectural achievement of German Brick Expressionism. Other impressive buildings in this area are Sprinckenhof, the biggest of the Red brick buildings and Montanhof, which was called typewriter".

The UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has approved Hamburg’s application for the “Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus” to be included in the UNESCO’s World Heritage list. The decision was made at the 39th Committee meeting, which was held in Bonn, Germany.