2 Best Sights in Speicherstadt, Hamburg

The listed Kaispeicher B, built in 1878/79, houses the world’s largest private maritime collection. On nine exhibition decks ship models, including ivory and amber ones, merchant shipping, naval history spanning three thousand years of seafaring, and marine research are on display.

An excursion to this little museum, inside an original 19th-century warehouse, gives you a sense of the trade that flowed through the Speicherstadt in its heyday. Sacks of coffee and spices, chests of tea, and scales and mills are scattered throughout the museum, and there is information detailing the history and architecture of the district, as well as historical photographs and diagrams.