Hamburg in a Nutshell

The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, one of the 16 states of the federation, is the second largest city in Germany with 1.7 million inhabitants. In this sense it is a city as well as a state. The municipal area with its 755 square kilometers is seven times the size of Paris and 2.5 times that of London. For this very reason Hamburg presents an exceptionally high standard of living and housing. With 30 square meters of living space per person, Hamburg enjoys the largest average personal living space of all big cities in the world. In fact, 14% of the city is made up of green and recreation areas. Hamburg boasts 2302 bridges, more than the total of all bridges that Venice and Amsterdam have to offer! With almost 100 consulates, Hamburg ranks second only to New York as the city with the most consulates in the world.