EH22 Alternative Harbour Cruise

Harbor cruise “Hoffnung Hafen” - Migration and racism (Day 2)

On this tour, we tell you about people who have passed through the “Gateway to the World” in the past and today.

For example, you will see and learn about

• the location of the first emigrant barracks and the living conditions of these people
• places where people from other countries were employed as workers at various times
• the accommodation of refugees and how they were treated
• Ships in which stowaways arrived in Hamburg

We are interested in the reasons for emigration and immigration and the ways in which it took and takes place. You will also learn about how these people are treated in the “cosmopolitan city” of Hamburg.

Harbor cruise “Of treasure chests and pepper sacks” - The port of Hamburg in unequal world trade (Day 3)

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 tour illustrates the background to world trade with Africa, Asia and Latin America. It explains why coffee and cocoa have become so cheap, why scrap metal is an export hit and who makes money from the extremely unequal trade between North and South.

During the tour, we come across various topics, e.g. coffee, carpets, rust buckets for Africa, bananas, flags of convenience, refugees and scrap metal.

Details

• Tours:
  • Day 2 (19 April) 14:45
  • Day 3 (20 April) 14:45
• Duration: 2.5 hours (including travel time)
• Language: German
• Cost: € 26.00
• Meeting time at Hackertours-Desk: as mentioned above.
• Location: Landungsbrücken
• Accessibility: The boat is not accessible.
• Operator: Hafengruppe Hamburg