Hamburg (Germany)

Linked by the Elbe, but more than just that! The Free and Hanseatic City has been accompanying Dresden since 1987. Various private and business commitments formed the basis for innumerable lasting contacts: so far, over 50 Hamburg companies have established offices and subsidiaries in the Saxon capital. It would be impossible to count the number of Hamburgers themselves.

• Inhabitants:
  1,730,000
• Geographical location:
  In the North German Plain on the lower reaches of the Elbe, 100 kilometres from the North Sea
• Profile:
  Most important economic centre in Northern Germany, world's greatest concentration of consulates (96 countries), trading, service and media centre, congress and trade fair venue, cultural magnet (musicals, etc.)
• Tips:
  »Hamburger Dom« fair (three times a year), Hamburg Ballet Festival in the State Opera House, Port Anniversary (May), German Derby (July), Alster Fair (September), Hamburg Fishmarket (every Sunday morning)