Guided Tours

• Unique Experience: What sets "Hamburg by Rickshaw" apart? "Hamburg by Rickshaw" offers a comfortable, eco-friendly, and highly personalized way to explore Hamburg. Through the rickshaw ride, our guests gain a new, enchanting perspective of the city that pleasantly distinguishes itself from conventional tours.
• Local Knowledge: What distinguishes the drivers of "Hamburg by Rickshaw"? The drivers of "Hamburg by Rickshaw" are experienced guides certified by the Hamburg Tourism Association. They possess profound knowledge of Hamburg's culture, history, and urban development, continuously expanding their expertise with each ride. This enables them to respond spontaneously to challenges such as traffic jams and to provide carefully selected insights often missing from standardized tours.
• Sustainability: What makes rickshaws or pedicabs an eco-friendly mode of transportation? In an era where environmental awareness is increasingly significant, "Hamburg by Rickshaw" offers a superb ecological alternative to conventional transportation. Many visitors prefer this sustainable mode of travel.
• Flexibility and Personalization: How does "Hamburg by Rickshaw" cater to guests' wishes? The tours are flexible and customizable. Guests can determine the route and stops according to their preferences, making the experience pleasantly personal and sustainably romantic.
• Accessibility: Why are rickshaws ideal for exploring Hamburg? Rickshaws allow travel not only on bike paths and through parks but also through narrow streets and hidden alleys inaccessible to larger vehicles. This enables guests to discover lesser-known yet charming corners of the city.
• Cultural and Historical Depth: What additional value do the tours from "Hamburg by Rickshaw" offer? Rides with "Hamburg by Rickshaw" are both current and comfortable. Our guests gain a lively local perspective through the drivers' well-founded explanations, linking over 1,200 years of city history with the present. This deepens the understanding of Hamburg and leaves lasting, pleasant memories (see guestbook).
• P.S.: We are thrilled to announce that "Hamburg by Rickshaw" has been recognized as one of the winners of the Travelers’ Choice Awards 2023, 2024 and 2025 (see Blog).

Travellers' Choice award winners are

among the top 10% of listings on Tripadvisor.

"Cherchez la femme!"

My greatest love

is my wife. She inspired

me to balance my work

 (I am teaching history

in Hamburg)

and my love

of

sports

by offering guided tours on a rickshaw,

with the added benefit that I get to

improve my knowledge of foreign

languages. Mens sana

in corpore sano: 

In a healthy body

lives a healthy soul.

As a

result,

riding the rickshaw

has become my hobby

over the last several years.

With every tour I give, I get to

know my city, its inhabitants

and the around 16 million

guests it accommodates

annually a little bit better.

This is the experience

I would like to share

with you

and help you

become a part of.

From Hamburg with love, 

Dr. Bernd Wrede

• Various booking options: single rides, day trips, custom tours
• Top 10 Tour highly recommended
• Customizable tours incorporating Top 10 modules or personal ideas
• Historic Hamburg tour to explore 1200 years of history and culture
• Understand the free spirit of the "honorable merchant"
• Discover what has made Hamburg one of the world's most beautiful cities.

• Pedicab fare: 7 € per km
• City tour/ module: 70 € per hour (incl. a surcharge of 10 € for a guided tour in English)
• Package rate on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays (Top 3 -10): 420 €
• Top 10 package (incl. Fish Market/ harbor cruise): 500 €

At the Elbe Philharmonic Hall, we'll introduce you to everything you need to know about Hamburg's new landmark:

• the architecture, building history and financing
• the structure of parking garage, hotel and apartments
• the engineering solutions for the "Tube" (curved escalator), glass facade and pedestal
• the security concept
• the concept of orientation and lighting design, lights and lamps
• the secrets of the concert halls, their acoustics and the current program.

Note: We can combine the 5 modules differently and create your special tour:

1. UNESCO World Heritage Site Kontorhaus District / Chilehaus
2. UNESCO World Heritage Site Speicherstadt
3. HafenCity
4. Elbe Philharmonic Hall
5. Port of Hamburg

1. Hamburg Fish Market - An institution since 1703
2. Harbor Cruise - Port of Hamburg: Germany's Gate to the World
3. St. Michael's Church (called Michel) and the oldest row houses in the world
4. Historic Hamburg - 1200 years of history
5. UNESCO World Heritage Site Speicherstadt, Elbe Philharmonic Hall and HafenCity
6. UNESCO World Heritage Site Kontorhausviertel, Chilehaus and Rathaus
7. Shopping in Hamburg  - Gravy Train and ultimate experience
8. Planten un Blomen - Old Botanical Gardens
9. Schanzenviertel - The hottest neighborhood
10. Reeperbahn - The most sinful mile in the world.