These are the tours on offer for 38c3 Chaos Communication Congress:
There are no tours on day 4 (30 December).
We will discover Hamburg from its most beautiful side - on board of the oldest and only genuine Alster steamer, the “St. Georg” from 1876. The crew, consisting of the captain, the engineer and the conductor, will take us on a trip back in time on the faithfully restored steamship “St. Georg”.
Port tour “Of treasure chests and pepper sacks” - The port of Hamburg in unequal world trade. Where does our coffee come from, where is the world’s largest warehouse for oriental carpets located and why does desperately poor Liberia have one of the largest trading fleets? A journey behind the backdrop of brick walls and container gantry cranes. It’s about coffee and cocoa, soybeans and bananas, jeans and armaments.
The Curious Community Labs are an open laboratory in the heart of Hamburg where you can carry out experiments in the fields of biotechnology as well as environmental and climate protection. Here, you can analyze water and soil samples, develop biological plastics, research composting, design cycles, build aquaponic systems and greenhouses as well as cultivate mushrooms. The principle of “Open Science” applies: The data and research results are made transparent on the internet and available to everyone interested.
The electrum is Hamburg’s Museum of Electricity and Technology in Harburg’s inner harbour. Nothing works without electricity—for 130 years, electricity is part of our daily lives. You will find about one thousand technical devices from all ages at electrum.
A beacon of the energy transition: For far too long, the old anti-aircraft bunker in Wilhelmsburg was an architectural eyesore. Today, the former wartime building is a globally unique example of the innovative use of renewable energy and a pioneer for other regional power plants worldwide. During the tour through the building, you will learn more about the development of the Energiebunker (German for “energy bunker”) from a wartime building to an innovative lighthouse project for the energy transition. Afterwards, you can enjoy the incomparable panoramic view over the city of Hamburg at Café vju.
Join us for an exciting opportunity to explore the European XFEL! The 3.4 kilometers (2.11 miles) long European XFEL generates extremely intense X-ray flashes used by researchers from all over the world. The X-ray flashes are produced in underground tunnels and allow scientists to map atomic details of viruses, film chemical reactions, and study processes like those in the interior of planets. On this tour, we will also visit the newly opened visitor center featuring an engaging exhibition. Moreover, we will descend five floors underground to the experimental hall, where researchers utilize X-ray beams for their experiments.
Just a stone’s throw away from the Congress Center Hamburg (CCH) is the historic “Gängeviertel” (German for “alleyway district”): On this tour, you will learn more about one of the most famous projects of the alternative scene in Germany. Whether workshops, dance evenings, concerts and raves or improvisation theater, exhibitions and readings: there is surely something for everyone. Come on over to the alleys and find out!
According to the Guinness World Records, the Miniatur Wunderland (German for: “Miniature Wonderland”) is the largest model railway system worldwide. It is one of the most popular and most visited sights in Germany. The Miniatur Wunderland is located at Hamburg’s historic Speicherstadt and run by Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg Ltd.
Various regions of the world are represented as models on the 1,694 square meters () model area. According to the operator, the 1:87 scale tracks have a total length of 16.49 kilometers, on which around 1,231 digitally controlled trains with more than 12,000 carriages run. The layout was designed with 5,278 houses and bridges, 11,080 cars - of which around 285 drive on the layout independently - 52 aeroplanes and more than 292,110 figures. In terms of lighting, the layout has a day/night cycle and around 521,500 built-in lights.
Where was the rc3 teleshop studio located? How does a ship of the GDR deep-sea fishing fleet look like from the inside? Which technology keeps the ship afloat and visible in Hamburg as a non-profit, participatory “Culture.Spaceship” to this day? Come along for a tour on the motor ship Stubnitz - would you believe it!
For the tour “NDR television”, the NDR studio Hamburg-Lokstedt will open its doors and show us how television is made.
A look behind the scenes: The St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel connects the St. Pauli district with the island of Steinwerder. It was built between 1907 and 1911 and was one of the first road tunnels in the world at that time. On this tour, Thomas Heidborn takes you up to the cupola of the head building on the St. Pauli side and mentally back to the time when it all began.
The Rote Flora (German for “Red Flora”, “Flora” derived from “flower”) is a cultural and political center in the district of Sternschanze in Hamburg. The Rote Flora stands for (post-)autonomous forms of politics, is used across different movements and is known nationwide. Since November 1989, the Rote Flora has been managing to retain its squatted status and non-commercial character. On our tour through the building, we will tell you about the history of the project and show you the many different ways in which the building can be used.
Experience the Port of Hamburg, Germany’s largest seaport, from a completely new perspective! Port terminals around the world are security areas - for the public this usually means: “No entry!” Not for us. Jasper Tour of the Giants is a cooperation partner of the Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), and will show us exclusively the Port of Hamburg behind the scenes.
At the Train Museum Lokschuppen Aumühle, the Verein Verkehrsamateure und Museumsbahn e. V. has collected and restored vehicles from 150 years of railroad history, among them multiple generations of Hamburg urban railways. We will use the light railway and take a tour around the grounds of the museum and to its exhibits. Competent volunteer members explain the history of the moving stock, the signal tours and safety equipment, track construction and many other aspects. Where possible, we will show you everything in operation - technology you can touch!
