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The Maritime Circle Line (MCL) is a private harbor cruise line and operator in the
Port of Hamburg
The Port of Hamburg (german: Hamburger Hafen, ) is a seaport on the river Elbe in Hamburg, Germany, from its mouth on the North Sea.
Known as Germany's "Gateway to the World" (''Tor zur Welt''), it is the country's largest seaport by volume ...
, Germany, established by Gregor Mogi in 2007. The
ferry
A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...
service is operated on a scheduled timetable, connecting a number of
Hamburg
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Hamburgian(s)
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's maritime visitor attractions in the eastern port area.
Route and stations
The Maritime Circle Line is a one-way
circle line with eight stops, offering three tours daily from April to September, while the service is less regular during the winter season. The total travel time is some 2 h, with travel time between stops varying between 10 and 20 minutes. The tour can be commenced at any of the eight stops.
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St. Pauli Piers
The St. Pauli Piers (german: St. Pauli Landungsbrücken, often only referred to as ''Landungsbrücken''; ), is the largest landing site in the Port of Hamburg, Germany, and also one of Hamburg's major tourist attractions. Other English language tr ...
(Landungsbrücken)
* Ernst-August-Schleuse
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BallinStadt
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BallinStadt () is the name given to a memorial park and former emigration station in the Port of Hamburg, Germany.
From the 1850s to the early 1930s the ground's emigration halls were last homestead for some five million emigrants fr ...
Emigration Museum
* Hafenmuseum Hamburg
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HafenCity (
Internationales Maritimes Museum)
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Elbphilharmonie
The Elbphilharmonie (; "Elbe Philharmonic Hall"), popularly nicknamed Elphi, is a concert hall in the HafenCity quarter of Hamburg, Germany, on the Grasbrook peninsula of the Elbe River. It is among the largest in the world.
The new glassy con ...
(Traditionsschiffhafen)
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Speicherstadt
The Speicherstadt (, literally: 'City of Warehouses', meaning warehouse district) in Hamburg, Germany is the largest warehouse district in the world where the buildings stand on timber-pile foundations, oak logs, in this particular case. It is ...
* MS
Cap San Diego
MS ''Cap San Diego'' is a general cargo ship, situated as a museum ship in Hamburg, Germany. Notable for her elegant silhouette, she was the last of a series of six ships known as ''the White Swans of the South Atlantic'', and marked the apex of ...
References
External links
maritime-circle-line.deofficial site
English language Flyer
Ferries across Elbe
Cruiseferries
Tourism in Hamburg
Ferry companies of Germany
Travel and holiday companies of Germany
Companies based in Hamburg
Transport companies established in 2007
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