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Idyllic Övelgönne Elbe beach (no beach fee) and favourite open-air bar Strandperle
against the backdrop of quaint captains‘ and river pilots‘ homes.
HambURg’s PeaRlY CoasT
WalKing ToUR of ÖvelgÖnne
Hamburg’s more recent architectural history includes the
successful development of the Elbe river bank in Neumühlen
into a “string of pearls along the Elbe waterfront”. The popular
public beach begins just beyond the Museum Harbour.
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Within the last few years a spectacular new complex
along the riverside has kick-started Hamburg‘s so-called
“STrinG of PEarLS”. Arriving at the Dockland pier
(see p. 19) on a HADAG ferry, a dynamic ensemble
of commercial buildings
designed in clear
yet elegant industrial
lines and contemporary
architecture, stretches
along the Neumühlen
The Augustinum in Övelgönne.
waterfront. At the foot of
the Elbe bank stands LaWaETZ-HaUS at Neumühlen
16–20, designated a listed monument and named after
the public-service-minded Hamburg merchant and textile
industrialist Johann Daniel Lawaetz (1750–1826). A
prime example of the radical change in the use of former
industrial buildings is the striking aUGUSTinUM, a
historic refrigerated warehouse dating back to the 1920s
which was converted into a highly modern luxury retirement
home. The MUSEUM HarBoUr ÖVELGÖnnE is
also adjacent to the Neumühlen pier.