Discover hideaways during "Days of Industrial Culture"

The four-masted barque, Peking, hails from the grand era of cargo sailing and the 1924 tugboat, Fritz, will give insight into its restoration. Visitors can enjoy drinks and look out on the port aboard the MS Stubnitz. Sightseeing trips to Wedel can be taken on the Schaarhörn steamer. Guided tours of the St. Pauli Elbtunnel, built in 1911, bring underground history to life, while technology and urban development become tangible in Harburg's inland port. A guided tour entitled "Crossing Seven Bridges" takes visitors into the engine room of a bascule bridge. Visitors to Museumshafen Harburg can explore the district's history. 

The Kulturkiosk Blohmstraße in Harburg is opening its doors for the first time this year, becoming a meeting place for a chat and snacks. This year's motto of the Saatsee floating crane and the Schutendampfsauger IV is "Open Ship". The German Port Museum recounts the bygone era of cargo handling, while visitors to Finkenwerder can view an old dredger in action as part of the "SinnFLUT" exhibition. The Museum of Work is offering guided tours of the New-York Hamburger Gummi-Waaren Compagnie, shedding light on the industrial processing of rubber. Technology meets nature in the historic waterworks on Kaltehofe Island in the Elbe. Fans of thrillers can enjoy a reading by author Krischan Koch in the historic Hamburg-Cranz boatyard.

The "Piep" barge brings the history of the port to life in Geesthacht, Schleswig-Holstein while  a forest railway rolls through the greenery on a clay and brick route in Lauenburg. The historic freighter "Klostersande" will be presented during  the Open Ship event in Elmshorn.

The historic Karoxbostel watermill near Seevetal in Lower Saxony showcases the history of technology combined with nature. Tours of Stöckte harbour and the Eckhoff shipyard can be taken in Winsen an der Luhe. The Osten-Hemmoor floating ferry takes visitors across the Oste river accompanied by folk and rock music. Visitors can also go on excursions to new destinations in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania including Grabow. There, the old leather factory brings history to life while the "Verwoben" (Interwoven) exhibition highlights culture and art, accompanied by live music The "Wismar Industrial" exhibition in Wismar's Museum of Urban History (Schabbellhaus) shows how shipyards, mechanical engineering and the aircraft industry shaped the Hanseatic city. Elsewhere, guided tours and jazz concerts bring the Brömsenberg watermill in Lübtheen to life.

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