Pilgrimage for Krauze trips from Fátima This morning, I started the day early again with my group: German mass at 7 a.m., at which our priest was concelebrant. After breakfast, a short tour of the sanctuary was on the agenda. Although I don’t walk through Fátima every day as a Hamburg guide, I prepared some […]
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Pilgrimage for Krauze trips from Fátima Early yesterday morning, I flew to Porto with a church congregation from near Frankfurt. Once there, we briefly visited the “Sé” cathedral, then the stock exchange and the waterfront promenade. After an entertaining tour and tasting in the Real Companhia Velha wine cellar , we reached our sleeping place […]
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After the congress of the World Federation of Tour Guide Associations in Tehran, there is still the post-congress program. And it has it all: six days full of excursions, sightseeing, receptions and gifts! After the closing ceremony on February 1, 2017, we fly south from Tehran to Shiraz on a specially chartered and branded plane. […]
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The World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations Congress WFTGA2017 is over The Iranian President spends almost an hour with us at the opening of the congress. This appreciation for our profession is not lost on us during the entire conference. The Secretary-General of the UNWTO also addresses us with a request to act as ambassadors […]
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Hamburg Guides represented at the #WFTGA2017 in Iran It’s that time again: every two years, the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (WFTGA) invites you to the conference. Two years ago, the Iranian Tourist Guide Association made a convincing presentation, so this year we have the pleasure of being guests in this culturally rich country. […]
read moreAround 400 people working in tourism in Schleswig-Holstein are meeting today at the Hanseatischer Hof in Lübeck to discuss tourism policy issues such as the internationalization of tourism. As a qualified tour guide, I am not only interested in Hamburg but also in Schleswig-Holstein. I am also looking forward to making many new contacts.
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Fast cars – quite colorful Today we qualified Hamburg Guides, together with other Hamburg tour guides, had the opportunity to visit the new exhibition at the Prototype Museum in Hamburg’s HafenCity under the expert guidance of Ms. Carolin Peiseler. Here are some impressions. Visit the museum with the exhibition for those interested in technology and […]
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Office buildings and their staircases are something special Anyone who has ever been in one of the beautiful stairwells in the Kontorhaus district (Sprinkenhof, Chilehaus, Meßberghaus) or on Steinhöft and Deichstraße (Sloman-Haus, Stella-Haus, Columbia-Haus) has probably noticed this. Even the paternosters still work in some of these beautiful contemporary witnesses from the late 19th or […]
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Guided tours of the Elbphilharmonie will soon be a reality After a lot of bad blood, the Elbphilharmonie can finally be enjoyed next year. The plaza, hotel and restaurants (as well as a souvenir store with various souvenirs of the Elphi and music literature) are currently in operation and more than 20,000 people have already […]
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Like any good tour guide or city guide, as a qualified and certified tour guide for Hamburg and the surrounding area, I also attend various training courses in the off-season. Last week I went to Altona’s former borders and got some exciting new information. Hamburg’s and Altona’s histories are closely intertwined. You can still see […]
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