Where Hamburg shops, snacks and lunches: the markets worth your morning.
Food markets, farmers markets and covered halls: where Hamburg shops, snacks and lunches.
Fischmarkt Altona on Grosse Elbstrasse in Hamburg has run every Sunday morning since 1703 and is the city's defining harbour market, with 70,000 weekly visitors.
Go for: Fish, Souvenirs, Coffee, Live music
Tip: Arrives 05:00 in summer, 07:00 in winter; closes by 09:30 sharp. Auctioneer banter is the show.
Isemarkt under the U3 viaduct on Isestrasse in Hamburg's Eppendorf and Harvestehude is Germany's largest weekly market by length, running 600 metres with around 200 vendors.
Go for: Fresh produce, Cheese, Bakery, Flowers
Tip: Tue and Fri mornings only; Friday is busier. U3 Hoheluftbruecke or Eppendorfer Baum drops you in the middle.
Grossneumarkt in Hamburg's Neustadt runs a Wednesday and Saturday market on the historic square, with regional produce, cheese and fish from north German growers.
Go for: Produce, Cheese, Bakery, Fish
Tip: Smaller and quieter than Isemarkt; the Saturday market closes by 14:00 sharp.
The Wochenmarkt St Pauli on Spielbudenplatz in Hamburg runs a Wednesday afternoon street-food market and a Saturday morning produce market on the Reeperbahn square.
Go for: Street food, Produce, Wine
Tip: Wednesday is the food-truck and prepared-food day; Saturday is the produce day.
Wochenmarkt Goldbekplatz in Hamburg-Winterhude is the borough's twice-weekly Hamburg market, with regional growers and a strong cheese-and-fish line on the canal-side square.
Go for: Produce, Cheese, Fish, Bakery
Tip: Friday is the busier day; afternoon timing means later than most Hamburg markets.
The Bio-Wochenmarkt on Marie-Jonas-Platz in Hamburg's Eppendorf runs a Saturday all-organic farmers market, with regional growers, bakers and a Gut Wulfsdorf stall from the north-German organic ring.
Go for: Organic produce, Bread, Cheese, Regional sausage
Tip: All-organic stalls; busiest 11:00 to 13:00. Kellinghusenstrasse U-Bahn is the closest stop.