Maritime Museum

The International Maritime Museum Hamburg (Kaispelcher B, Koreastrasse 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany; phone +49 [0] 40 300 92 300, fax 300 92 30 13, www.internationales-maritimes-museum.de) opened in June.

A 7-minute walk from the piers, the 9-floor museum covers 3,000 years of maritime history, with ship designs, scale models, uniforms and paintings. Open 10-6 Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat. and Sun. €10 ($15.50).