St. Peter's Church

5 muc JWT - 3 weeks ago

Really worth a stop for both fisrt time travelors and those haven't visited. The sunny weather makes it a self-doubting trip but the view swipes all the doubt. Staying for five minutes is a challenge for all due to the steel shell of the tower，which makes it a literal oven. The strucutrue won't allow an open window， so that is no other way. All the other visitors I met today were women，which I think said something.

3 Writing Reflex - 11 months ago

Nice-ish but not that impressive for a gothic renaissance styled building. Not far from the Europa Passage shopping centre, and many shops off the streets. Well connected to transport links, including very close to an underground station and boat-bus stop.

5 alice bender - 3 months ago

Beautiful building. Climbed the tower for a fantastic view of Hamburg. Listen carefully to the advice from the people selling the tickets to climb. It could be rather over-adventurous for some, especially if you have limited fitness or nerves!!!

4 Animesh Kumar - a month ago

Peaceful. It was my first experience with an evangelical church.

4 macedonboy - 2 years ago

St. Peter's Church is a formerly catholic cathedral that was converted to a Protestant cathedral after the Reformation. While not monumental in scale, it’s an interesting Gothic church for its use of red bricks, but otherwise very gothic niches with sculptures of saints, and typical gothic interiors. In some ways the interiors are typically protestant for it’s sparse decorations, the entrance into the church can be quite picturesque as you have to pass through triple arches which beautifully frames the high altar and the stained glass behind it.

To the right of the altar is also a painting with interesting depiction of Jacob’s Ladder. Not quite as beautiful as St. Michael’s, but worth a look nevertheless.

5 David Maddison - 2 years ago

This church offers the most stunning view of Hamburg’s town hall after a climb to the top of the steeple. Trust me when I say that it’s high and I’m usually pretty good with heights but this was an example where my knees also got a bit knobbly. The tower opens about an hour after the church opens and you’ll feel it in your legs for 2 days after

4 Saji - 3 weeks ago

Typical Lutherian church with a tower having steep climb, not for the ones with acrophobia though