St. Nikolai Memorial
Mahnmal St. Nikolai
A Gothic church ruin kept after the wartime bombing, with a 147-meter spire that visitors can climb by elevator to an observation platform.
St. Nikolai was once one of the tallest buildings in the world. It was destroyed in the 1943 Hamburg bombing (Operation Gomorrah), and its surviving spire and walls were kept after the war as an anti-war memorial. The basement holds a memorial exhibition on the bombing and the war, and a glass elevator rises to an observation platform 76 m high, overlooking the Speicherstadt, the harbor and the old town. Admission is about €6, a visit takes about 1 hour, and it is about a 5-minute walk from the Town Hall.
Opening hours
10:00–18:00 (until 17:00 in winter)
Nearby sights
- Hamburg Rathaus
- Hamburg Dungeon
- Miniatur Wunderland
- Speicherstadt & Kontorhaus District
- Jungfernstieg & Alsterarkaden
- HafenCity
- St. Petri Church
- Alster Lakes