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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Christina
Oct 28, 2023
Great tour, super entertaining with a great guide - It was a very informative tour with lots of information and a lot of humor.
Klaus answered every question and was really great!
Even though there were over 20 of us, he was able to answer all of our questions. Thank you Klaus!!!!
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Monikaba2734cq
Aug 7, 2023
Recommendation - The tour was informative, entertaining and very interesting - highly recommended!
Even if you don't visit the concert halls, the tour is definitely worth it.
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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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Dejlag2024
Apr 16, 2024
You can do it - but don't expect too much - Unfortunately, we were all a little disappointed with the tour guide. We booked the tour at 3:00 p.m. and were a little lost as far as the meeting point (bakery shop) was concerned. We couldn't find it straight away. Then we got a call at 3:01 p.m. from the gentleman who was extremely unfriendly and annoyed. I said that I would enter the address from the email and that we would be there in 2 minutes. The address led us to the RTL building. When we were standing in front of it, I called the gentleman again who again annoyedly told me that we should go to the other side of the street and upstream, we must see him because he had a RED BACKPACK. He didn't have that, but a shoulder bag. During the tour everything was hectic and he was absolutely not customer-oriented. He kept turning away when he spoke, so that you couldn't really understand him.
Nevertheless, we thought the content, what you could understand, was great. Entry to the Elbphilharmonie was also quick and flawless. The view was great and we were really lucky with the weather.
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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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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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