Planten un Blomen
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Planten un Blomen is a public park in central Hamburg, set among shopping streets, the Congress-Centrum, exhibition grounds and St. Pauli.
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Why go
- The rose garden’s roughly 300 varieties, including historic, climbing and tea hybrid roses.
- The Japanese garden among the park’s main gardens.
- Bernhard Hermkes’s tropical greenhouses, which remain from the 1963 garden show.
Plan your visit
Opening times
März – oktober12:00–23:00
From the venue's website · checked 5 Nov 2026
Entrances
- Dammtor entranceBeside Hamburg Dammtor station
- Park addressSankt Petersburger Straße 28, Marseiller Promenade, Hamburg
Don't miss
- First plane treeLook for the park’s first tree, a plane tree.At the Dammtor entrance, between the tropical greenhouse and Congress-Centrum.
- Pharmacy gardenThe pharmacy garden was moved here in 1991.Northwestern corner of the park beside Tiergartenstraße.1991
What's in season
- Jun – AugSummer brings public children’s theatre and music performances. Water features are being restored, with operation intended to resume gradually from spring or summer.
- Apr – OctThe roller-skating rink operates from April to October.
With kids
- A large playground.
- Mini golf.
- A trampoline.
Facilities
- Minigolf facility toilet Currently closed.
- Tropengarten ice cream café Temporarily closed while a new tenant is planned.
Shorts
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History
A new botanical garden began at Dammtor in 1821, when Johann Georg Christian Lehmann planted its first plane tree. Garden shows later added features including the lake, water organ and tropical greenhouses.
- 1810–1813Johannes Flügge founded Hamburg’s first botanical garden in 1810. It was destroyed during Napoleon’s occupation in 1813.
- 1821On 6 November, Johann Georg Christian Lehmann planted the first plane tree at Dammtor, founding the botanical garden there.
- 1933The modern park was established with only German plants, in keeping with Nazi ideology. The former zoo had become a bird and entertainment park for a garden exhibition.
- July–August 1943The park was nearly destroyed during Operation Gomorrah.
- 1953An international garden show added the park lake and water organ.
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- 1963A garden show brought the tropical greenhouses to the park. A cable car ran between Dammtor and Millerntor during the show, then was dismantled.
- 1979The new botanical garden opened in Klein Flottbek.
- 1986The former botanical grounds and the small and large ramparts were incorporated into the public park.
How to get there
- TrainTake the U1 to Stephansplatz. A pedestrian bridge over Dag-Hammarskjöld-Platz links the station to the park’s main entrance.
- TrainTake the S21 or S31 to Dammtor, beside a park entrance.
Accessibility
- Toilet Accessible toilets are at Rosenhof, which accepts a Euroschlüssel, and Spielplatz Bullerberge. The Tropengarten toilet is not accessible.
Sources: Planten un Blomen - Wikipedia · Hamburg/Altona-St. Pauli - Wikivoyage (see) · Planten un Blomen · Öffnungszeiten - Der Park · Planten un Blomen - Wikipedia · Bilder und Videos · Parkimpressionen · checked 28 Sep 2026
Where
Sankt Petersburger Straße 28 Marseiller Promenade, Hamburg
- Website
- plantenunblomen.hamburg.de/
- Phone
- +4940428544723
Plan from here: Evening walk →
Questions and answers
Is Planten un Blomen free to enter?
Yes. Entry to the park and its events is free, and events require no reservation.
Who designed Planten un Blomen’s tropical greenhouses?
Bernhard Hermkes designed the greenhouses that remain from the 1963 garden show.
Did Planten un Blomen once have a cable car?
A 1.415-kilometre gondola route linked Dammtor and Millerntor during the 1963 garden show. It was later dismantled.
Does Planten un Blomen’s old park railway still run?
No. The railway stopped in October 1982, and most of its tracks were removed in 1985.
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