Scavenger hunt in Germany

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 Hertha or Union mural

Find a Hertha BSC (Berlin's blue) or 1. FC Union Berlin (Köpenick red and white) sticker, mural or fan banner. Photograph the football tribalism.

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 Litfaßsäule

Find a Litfaßsäule, the cylindrical advertising column invented in Berlin in 1855, plastered with concert posters and flyers. Photograph the round column.

Spot a litre Maß beer stein

Find a 1-litre Maß beer stein on a beer hall or biergarten table. Photograph the glass with the head and the brewery logo (Hofbräu, Augustiner, Paulaner, Spaten, Löwenbräu).

Spot a maypole (Maibaum)

Find a Bavarian Maibaum (blue-and-white spiral maypole with craft trade symbols) on the Viktualienmarkt or in a beer garden. Photograph the pole.

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 Munich brewery horse-drawn cart

Find a brewery horse-drawn cart (Hofbräu and Augustiner still use them for events). At Oktoberfest there's a daily parade. Otherwise photograph a brewery delivery truck with horses on the logo.

Spot a Munich Christmas market stall (Christkindlmarkt)

In December find the Christkindlmarkt on Marienplatz with wooden stalls and Glühwein. The rest of the year, find a year-round Glühwein souvenir mug. Photograph the scene.

Spot a Munich heart gingerbread (Lebkuchenherz)

Find a Lebkuchenherz (heart-shaped gingerbread with icing message) at Oktoberfest or in a year-round bakery. Photograph the heart.

Spot a Munich rooftop view (Alter Peter)

Climb the Alter Peter (Saint Peter's) church tower for the postcard view over Marienplatz. Photograph the view (or photograph the tower from below).

Spot a Munich tram

Find a Munich tram (MVG red) on its route in the Altstadt. Photograph one passing the Hauptbahnhof or Karlsplatz.

Spot a sausage seller in costume

During Oktoberfest find a Wirtin in Dirndl with a tray of pretzels or beers. Outside Oktoberfest, find a Trachten shop with the costume on a mannequin. Photograph the costume.

Spot a Späti corner

Find a Späti (Spätkauf), the late-night corner shop unique to Berlin. Photograph the shelves and beer fridge through the doorway.

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.