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HARBOR EXPLORERS
October ’ s monthly meet-up of the Harbor Explorers brought a group of eight to Deichstrasse , one of the oldest streets in Hamburg . Our meet-up started at the Cantine Papa Lisbeth , a newly opened restaurant with a small but very tasty and affordable lunch menu . After lunch , we enjoyed a short walk on Deichstrasse , comparing the seventeenthcentury representative façades on the street side with the warehouse fronts on the canal . A few us then headed over to the St . Nikolai — or what remains of the church . The impressive 147-meter-high tower is all that remains of the church , which was the world ’ s highest sacred
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building when it was built in 1874 . We took advantage of the beautiful weather to take the glass elevator to the top of the tower for a panoramic view of the area . However , even more impressive and new for me , was the historic war museum housed in the crypt of the old church . The small but impressive exhibition shows historic pictures of the devastation caused by the bombing in World War II and the propaganda of the time . A good place to bring visitors . The Harbor Explorers are taking a break during the cold months ahead , but I am sure Ann will come up with some new exciting places to visit in 2023 . ( Text and photos by Carol Harbers )
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