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39C3 Tours

These are the tours on offer for 39C3 Chaos Communication Congress:

Day 0 Fri 26.12.

  1. Miniatur Wunderland
  2. Miniatur Wunderland

Day 1 Sat 27.12.

  1. European XFEL
  2. City Walk
  3. Retro Games Museum
  4. Alternative Harbour Cruise
  5. Community Radio FSK
  6. City Walk
  7. Old Elbe Tunnel
  8. Miniatur Wunderland
  9. Congress Lounge
  10. Miniatur Wunderland
  11. Tour of the Giants
  12. Körperfunkkollektiv Audio Walk
  13. Alster Steamer St. Georg

Day 2 Sun 28.12.

  1. Rote Flora
  2. European XFEL
  3. City Walk
  4. Train Museum Lokschuppen Aumühle
  5. Rote Flora
  6. Alternative Harbour Cruise
  7. City Walk
  8. Miniatur Wunderland
  9. Miniatur Wunderland
  10. Alster Steamer St. Georg
  11. Tour of the Giants
  12. Körperfunkkollektiv Audio Walk

Day 3 Mon 29.12.

  1. Electric Firetruck
  2. City Walk
  3. Alternative Harbour Cruise
  4. City Walk
  5. Old Elbe Tunnel
  6. Miniatur Wunderland
  7. Community Radio FSK
  8. Miniatur Wunderland
  9. Alster Steamer St. Georg
  10. Tour of the Giants
  11. Körperfunkkollektiv Audio Walk

There are no tours on day 4 (30 December).

39C3 Alster Steamer St. Georg

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”.

39C3 Alternative Harbour Cruise

Choose one of three themed harbor cruises through Germany’s largest seaport. The “Alternative Harbor Tour” focuses on historical, political, and social contexts that tend to be overlooked on other tours.

  • Harbour Cruise “Women’s work in ports and at sea” (German)
  • Harbour Cruise “Pirates!? Glorious scoundrels or outcasts of this world?” (German)
  • Harbour Cruise “Treasure Boxes and Pepper Sacks” – The Port of Hamburg in Unequal Global Trade

39C3 City Walk

On this walking city tour you will experience the many facets of Hamburg and its history. Hear about the mills on the Binnenalster, the marriage market on Jungfernstieg, the Neuer Wall shopping street with the Mellinpassage. See typical office buildings, the town hall and the secrets of the Hygeia-fountain.

39C3 Community Radio FSK

Fiddly radio technology, analog audio, and interactive media: we visit the Freie Senderkombinat community radio and go live on air!

39C3 Congress Lounge

dj-spock explains the concept of the Lounge, how the booking works, and the audio and lighting technology. Which well-known and interesting people have already performed in the Congress Lounge?

39C3 Electric Firetruck

Since February 2025, the city of Hamburg has been using an electric firefighting vehicle (eHLF for short) for a trial period of two years, but what is so special about it? It’s not just the electric drive, but also the state-of-the-art equipment that has been installed. We will drive together to the Barmbek fire and rescue station to take a look at this impressive vehicle.

39C3 European XFEL

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.

39C3 Körperfunkkollektiv Audio Walk

Want to get your body and mind moving? In the interactive audio walk “Erstbegehung” (First Ascent), your body and mind embark on a joint stroll through Planten un Blomen and the CCH.

39C3 Miniatur Wunderland

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.

39C3 Old Elbe Tunnel

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.

39C3 Retro Games Museum

In the “playable museum” with computers, consoles, and software from the last 50 years, you can relive your childhood.

39C3 Rote Flora

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.

39C3 Tour of the Giants

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.

39C3 Train Museum Lokschuppen Aumühle

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!