Elphi Plaza Führung: Exploring the Elbphilharmonie's Acoustics and History
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199 Ratings
Hamburg
Explore the Elbphilharmonie's acoustics and history on a guided tour of the Elphi Plaza. Skip the line and learn about the construction and enjoy spectacular views over the Elbe River.
Duration:
1 hour
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Baumwall - We start the tour at metro station Baumwall.
- Elbphilharmonie - We visit the Elphi plaza (no visit of the concert halls!)
What's Included
- Skip-the-line entry to the Elbphilharmonie Plaza
- Guided tour with a professional local guide
What's Not Included
- No entry to the concert halls
Additional Information
Immerse yourself in the marvels of Elbphilharmonie, one of the world’s biggest and technologically superior concert arenas and Hamburg’s recent signature landmark. Experience the captivating narrative of the structure’s development from a hospitable guide as you appreciate the architectural wonder and picturesque panorama of the Elbe River.
In line with Elbphilharmonie’s prerequisites, each service provider facilitating access to the Plaza for visitors must include ‘Elbphilharmonie-Plaza (Tour)’ in their tour names. This, however, does not guarantee that tours on the Elbphilharmonie-Plaza will be operated by guides.
You will have the opportunity to visit Elphi Plaza without having to queue during your tour.
Elbphilharmonie reserves the right, in rare and extraordinary circumstances (primarily for security reasons), to deny access to the Plaza. In such an occurrence, we will promptly refund the relevant amount.
- Choice of several departure times available; please advise at time of booking
- IMPORTANT!!!The tour DOESN’T start in front of the Elbphilharmonie building. Please meet your guide in front of the Backshop Baumwall, under the railway bridge at Baumwall metro station (U-Bahn Station) (Exit towards Kehrwiederspitze/ Entrance Kehrwiederspitze)
- Not recommended for travelers with major walking problems, as this is a public walking tour the guest have to keep up with the guide
Location
Backshop Baumwall
Baumwall
The tour does not start in front of the Elbphilharmonie building. Please meet your guide under the railway bridge at Baumwall metro station (U-Bahn Station) (Exit towards Kehrwiederspitze/ Entrance Kehrwiederspitze). At the bottom of the stairs in front of the "Back Shop" (Kiosk)
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.2
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Thelxinoe2
Mar 11, 2024
Worthy! - Some things needs only eyes to see, this beautiful and tidy plaza was worth seeing and exciting to be in it... overly Exciting!!
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Gabriele_w
Aug 16, 2022
Ist was a very nice and... - Ist was a very nice and interesting walk with Ute. She was a very good guide and gave us a lot of informations about Elbphilharmonie. She had always a competent answer to all our questions.
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Julie_s
Aug 26, 2021
Lovely! - Wonderful funfacts and very engaging guide. We would have loved to see the actual concerthalls, but understand the impossibily of the situation.
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Crabulos
Dec 11, 2019
Very Interesting tour - We have been visiting Hamburg to visit family since 1991 and this was probably the first time we have done a guided tour of any of the popular sights. This opera house/music hall was only completed in 2016 and makes very interesting viewing, particularly to those with an interest in acoustics. The architecture is fascinating without being awe-inspiring. An interesting comparison was made in the brochure to the Sydney Opera House, but acoustics aside, it "ain't no Sydney Opera House!" Nevertheless, the tour guide made for a really enjoyable experience and one that I'd recommend for anyone visiting this picturesque city
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Kimho1736uc
Sep 26, 2019
A must-do tour to understand this amazing building - A fascinating building - and the story was told in an engaging and thorough manner by our guide Andre. Very lucky to be only 2 solo travellers with this guide so we got to hear all about this stunning building and have all our questions answered. Would highly recommend!
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Christopher
Aug 1, 2019
Helpful overview but beware concert halls not included - Good German-language tour with a guide, Tobias, who was very knowledgeable and passionate but did speak a little quickly to follow everything. Good overview of the building, its history and design elements. It was a bit anti-climactic to not get to see the main attraction (the performance spaces) but this was noted in the upfront tour description so it wasn't a surprise.
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Steal19
Aug 31, 2020
underwhelmed - Too expensive for a 1 hour tour. Unfortunately nothing special that would justify the fee. We left a bit underwhelmed.
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Christoph_1810
Aug 19, 2019
Nice view of the harbour, but that's it - We booked the tour for a saturday 11 a.m. On friday 11 a.m. we got a e-mail, reminding us of the tour and time. Then on friday at 11 p.m. (!) we got a new e-mail, that the tour would be delayed for one hour and start not until 12 a.m. I think this to be poor treatment of customers.
Now to the tour itself. First was a view from the outside, then going up to the plaza. The guide told us some facts about the building, then we went to walk around the outside. There he explained some other facts about the city and the harbour.
All things considered I think the price of 19 € is too high for what you get.
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Paulovertoom
Oct 28, 2021
Poor building poor tour - We spent most of our hour of visit outside the building listening to the guide telling us about everything that went wrong during the whole design, build and start-up of the building. When we finally went in, there was an escalator taking us to the gallery level. The guide added a few words and then ended his tour leaving us at the coffee shop of the building. We had not seen the main target of our trip: the concert hall.
We left disappointed: not only about what we had seen as a result of the Swiss Architectural work (an oversized megablock of a building lacking the necessary artistic appeal) but even more about the overpriced "tour" which gave us hardly any information about the building.
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Sjbeemster
Aug 29, 2019
Expensive and below expectations - For people that like to have a structured, informative tour, I would not recommend this tour. The guide lacked a coherent story and was 99% of the time cynical in his way of explaining the building of Elbphilharmonie. The main topic was the price of the different opponents of the building, absurdly according to the tour guide. This caused for a, subjective, negative approach on the architects and architecture instead of an objective explanatory approach you expect from a tour that costs 19(!!) euro.
In the end the tour guide switched the narrative that the Hamburgers are actually happy with the building..
When I approached the tour guide afterwards to express my opinion he told me this tour was suppose to be cynical and the tour was more to be entertaining than to be informative.
For the 19(!!) euro you receive acces to the plaza (which is free if you wait in line) and less than an hour of speeding around from the metro to the building and around the plaza.
I would recommend for people that are interested in the Elbphilharmonie to reserve a tour provided by the Elbphilharmonie itself (which gives acces to the concert halls!!) or read 1-2 articles on the internet and walk around by yourself. Both will provide a better experience and cost less than this tour.
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