WORLD AWARDS HAMBURG 2003. Hamburg is Germany’s second largest city and has its largest seaport. It is a thriving modern metropolis with a rich cultural history.
Hamburg is called the ”Venice of the North“ because there are more bridges than Venice and Amsterdam combined.
And Hamburg has HISTORY. The first settlement dates back to the 7th century near today's city center, and the Hammaburg Castle was built in the 9th century. In 1189 Emperor Barbarossa gave the city its royal charter, granting free river and sea trade. With this event, Hamburg’s official history begins. This year Hamburg is celebrating its 814th birthday.
If you were to take a compass and draw a circle around Hamburg you would discover that the city actually lies in the heart of Europe, it is a short hour flight to Munich, Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Prague and only two hours to London, Paris, Vienna or Stockholm. In three hours you can be in Madrid, Rome or Moscow.
You can't help falling in love with the Alster Lake in the heart of the city, a popular place for sailors, windsurfers, joggers and strollers. Take a cruise on the lake aboard one of the white ferries and discover the Alster's hidden canals, ponds and the lovely villas. Hamburg is Northern Europe’s shopping center. The largest shopping mall in the world was created by gutting out old historic buildings and replacing the insides with multilevel wine, dine and shop through outlets, interconnecting the whole of the innercity with arcades, so that come rain or shine, shopping is always possible.
Hamburg is a cultural experience. Besides its leading German opera house, Hamburg is Germany's center for musicals and jazz. “Mamma Mia”, “Titanic” and “The Lion King” are all playing at the same time. Should that not be enough, you can always pay a visit to Hamburg’s museums, which exhibit large collections of famous masterpieces from traditional to contemporary art.


 

Hamburg Mayor Ole von Beust. The popular politician is a major supporter of The World Awards.
As a liberal and cosmopolitan metropolis, Hamburg offers international flair and vitality. Therefore I am particularly pleased that our Hanseatic city is the host for this year’s World Awards, an event promoting international initiatives such as Men’s World Day and Men Against Violence, calling for peace, understanding and tolerance.

Thus the World Awards are perfectly suited for Hamburg. With its 95 consulates, Hamburg has the most foreign representatives in the world, apart from New York. As Germany’s foreign trade center, Hamburg maintains international relations and therefore ideally fulfills the requirements to help spread the message of the World Awards, which is reconciliation and opposition to terror and violence.


 
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