Opened in early 2017 and costing nearly $1 billion, this concert hall is a contemporary marvel and the city’s top attraction. Its design (by renowned architect duo Herzog and de Meuron) is almost a metaphor for the city's mix of old and new: the brick base, formerly one of Hamburg’s port warehouses, is capped by a mirrored, sail-shaped roof, harkening to Hamburg’s maritime significance. Inside is a restaurant, shop, hotel and two concert halls. The main concert hall was designed for acoustic maximization and is an extraordinary space with high-tech design elements.

Indagare can connect Beatles fanatics with the top Beatles tour specialist in the city, who will steer you through their old stomping grounds in the St Pauli district, from the apartment where they first lived to the site of one of their album covers to the famous Kaiserkeller music club where they rose to stardom.

Indagare can arrange specialized tours that trace the rich classical musical history in Hamburg with visits to the Johannes Brahms museum and the churches where Georg Philip Telemann and Carl Bach acted as musical directors.

This expansive lake is lined with elegant villas and creates a beautiful, natural oasis in the city. Fleets of sailboats flit around the tranquil basin, which is ringed with a path for runners and bikers.

A short flight or train ride from Hamburg is the sophisticated and windswept isle of Sylt, an arc-shaped spit of sand lying in the North Sea. A favorite summer enclave of Hamburg residents, the island boasts long stretches of pristine beach, charming towns filled with excellent restaurants and boutiques and quaint, thatched-roof cottages.