What are nice day trips from Hamburg?
Short answer
Bad Segeberg and Lüneburg are some potential day trips within 50 km of Hamburg. Ratzeburg, Uelzen and Vorwalsrode are within 100 km of Hamburg. Neuruppin, Husum, Perleberg and Halberstadt are within 200 km of Hamburg by train. We list 16 places below, including 11 old-world towns (Burg bei Magdeburg and Ludwigslust), 8 lake or river towns (Wernigerode and Horn-Bad Meinberg), 3 spa towns and 3 coastal towns (Leer). More below.
Within 50 km 2 places
Within 100 km 3 places
By train, within 200 km 11 places
Places with a railway station within a 10-minute drive. Each one links to public-transport directions from Hamburg, so you can check the route and journey time.
Wernigerode
Known since the early 20th century by the motto "the brightly coloured town by the Harz," Wernigerode sits on the Holtemme river against the northern slopes…
Perleberg
A compact Brandenburg town with a walkable central core of cafés and restaurants, Perleberg has held city rights since 1239 and serves as the district capita…
Horn-Bad Meinberg
Home to the Externsteine — a striking formation of tall, narrow sandstone columns rising from the Teutoburg Forest — Horn-Bad Meinberg is a tiny city in the…
Husum
Birthplace of the novelist Theodor Storm, who called it "the grey town by the sea," Husum is a walkable North Sea town in Schleswig-Holstein with a café-fill…
Neuruppin
Birthplace of the novelist Theodor Fontane (1819–1898), Neuruppin is a Brandenburg town on the water with a Neoclassical centre rebuilt after a fire in 1787…
Burg bei Magdeburg
Known as the "City of Towers" for its concentration of medieval churches and steeples, Burg bei Magdeburg sits on the Elbe–Havel Canal in Saxony-Anhalt, a sh…
Ludwigslust
Ludwigslust Palace, the neoclassical residence of the Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and sometimes called the Versailles of the North, anchors this small town…
Leer
This waterfront town on the rivers Ems and Leda in East Frisia, northwestern Germany, Leer has a well-preserved old town that locals call the most historical…
Gifhorn
Walkable town in Lower Saxony's Lüneburg Heath, Gifhorn sits on the water with a centre that offers a range of cafés, restaurants, and historic churches.
