Spot a Fischbrötchen
Find a Fischbrötchen (Hamburg fish sandwich with pickled herring, prawns or fried fish) at a harbour stall or a Brücke 10 booth. Photograph the bun.
Spot a Franzbrötchen
Find a Franzbrötchen (Hamburg cinnamon-sugar pastry, the city's signature bake) in a bakery window. Photograph the swirl.
Spot a Hamburg Beatles reference
Find a Beatles reference on the Reeperbahn or Große Freiheit (the Beatles came up here playing the Star-Club and Indra). Photograph a Beatles statue or plaque.
Spot a Hamburg brick facade
Find a red-brick Hanseatic warehouse or office building (Speicherstadt or the Kontorhaus district). Photograph the brick patterning.
Spot a Hamburg Christmas market or seasonal scene
In December find a Hamburg Christmas market on Rathausmarkt or Jungfernstieg. Outside the season, find any market stall with Hanseatic goods. Photograph the scene.
Spot a Hamburg currywurst
Find a currywurst at a Hamburg Imbiss. Photograph the curry-powdered slices.
Spot a Hamburg dock crane
Find a tall harbour container crane in the port. Photograph the cranes against the sky.
Spot a Hamburg ferry (HADAG)
Find a yellow HADAG harbour ferry on the Elbe (it doubles as public transport with HVV tickets). Photograph one underway.
Spot a Hamburg gable Kontorhaus
Find a Kontorhaus office building in the Chilehaus district. Chilehaus itself has the ship-prow corner. Photograph the brick prow.
Spot a Hamburg Hummel statue
Find a Hummel statue (a colourfully painted figure of the Hamburg water carrier) on a street corner. There are dozens around the city. Photograph one.
Spot a Hamburg sailor cap or maritime souvenir
Find a maritime souvenir shop with sailor caps, anchor pendants, ships in bottles, lifebuoys. Photograph the display.
Spot a Hamburg Schanze graffiti
Walk into the Schanzenviertel and find a piece of street art or anti-gentrification stencil. Photograph the wall.
Spot a Hamburg ship from the harbour
Find a container ship, ferry or tour boat in the Hamburg harbour. Photograph the boat with the cranes behind.
Spot a Hamburg ship-bottle (Buddelschiff)
Find a Buddelschiff (ship-in-a-bottle) in a maritime shop window. Photograph the miniature.
Spot a Hamburg Sunday Fischmarkt stall
If it is a Sunday morning, find the Altona Fischmarkt with its loud sellers. Otherwise find a fish-shop window. Photograph the action.
Spot a Hamburg Wasserschloss
Find the iconic Wasserschloss in Speicherstadt, the small red-brick tea-trader's house on the canal corner. Photograph the gabled facade.
Spot a Holsten or Astra beer
Find a bottle or glass of Holsten or Astra beer (Hamburg's local breweries) on a bar. Photograph the bottle.
Spot a HSV or Sankt Pauli kit
Find a Hamburger SV (blue) or FC Sankt Pauli (brown-white with skull) kit on someone or in a shop. Photograph the kit.
Spot a Labskaus plate
Find Labskaus (Hamburg sailor's hash of corned beef, beetroot, potato, fried egg) on a brasserie menu. Photograph the pink hash.
Spot a Landungsbrücken bridge
Walk to St Pauli Landungsbrücken and find the floating pontoons. Photograph the row of bridges.
Spot a Miniatur Wunderland sign
Find the Miniatur Wunderland sign or entrance in Speicherstadt (the world's largest model railway). Photograph the sign.
Spot a Speicherstadt warehouse and canal
Walk into Speicherstadt and find a brick warehouse with a canal in front. Photograph the warehouse reflected in the water.
Spot a U-Bahn in Hamburg
Find a blue U-Bahn sign at a Hamburg Metro entrance. Photograph the U.
Spot the Alster lake
Find a view of the Inner or Outer Alster lake. Photograph the boats, swans or fountains on the lake.