The Hamburg Companion

A wave-shaped concert hall, a red-brick warehouse city built on wooden piles, and a fish sandwich at dawn --- Germany's great port city, with room to make it yours. The Hamburg Companion's signature chapter takes on a question most visitors never think to ask: Why the Elbphilharmonie Cost 10x More Than Planned. Hamburg's shimmering glass concert hall is now a beloved city icon --- but for most of its construction, it was a national punchline.