Spot a Hamburg gable Kontorhaus

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 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.

Spot the Elbphilharmonie wave roof

Find the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in HafenCity, with its glass wave on top of a brick warehouse. Photograph the building from across the water.

Spot the German flag in Hamburg

Find a German flag flying on a Hamburg building. Bonus if you also catch the white-red Hamburg state flag with the gate emblem. Photograph the flags.

Spot the Köhlbrandbrücke

Find a view of the Köhlbrandbrücke, the cable-stayed bridge over the harbour. Photograph from a Landungsbrücken or harbour boat.

Spot the Rathausmarkt facade

Walk to Rathausmarkt and find the Hamburg town hall (Rathaus) facade with its 112-metre tower. Photograph the building.

Spot the Reeperbahn neon

Walk down the Reeperbahn in St Pauli (daytime is fine, but it really comes alive at night) and find a neon sign or pub front. Photograph the sign.

Spot the St. Michaelis (Michel) spire

Find the Michel, the Hauptkirche St. Michaelis, with its bronze spire. Photograph the church.