Hamburg's skyline

Hamburg has no actual skyscrapers, but a lot of tall church towers and some tall highrises here and there. The best way to see Hamburg from above is
from the churches St Peter (no elevator, 542 steps!) and St Nikolai (elevator) or the air balloon.

I started my Hamburg visit by walking 3/4 of the 542 steps towards the top at the 133m tall church St Petri Kirche. I didn't go to the top because I was
exhausted and liked to spare my powers for the rest of the day. The wooden stairs are very steep and only the staircase prevents you from falling down to
the floor of the steeple, so it is definately nothing to recommend for people with bad health. Just look at the photo below...

Petrikirche's top is at 133m. The church is Hamburg's 2nd tallest building.

There are circular windows on the bottom of the spire (about 3/4 the way to the top), so I could take some aerial photos of Hamburg without going to the top.
View to the southeast :

The Highflyer balloon at Deichtorplatz, another way to see Hamburg from above. In the middle is the main station, very close to my hotel.

To the East:

St Jacobi Kirche at Steinstrasse.

The jugend building in the middle depart the main streets Mönckebergstrasse and Steinstresse from each other. The glass highrises in the far right is Berliner Tor.

In the far left you can see Chilehaus and to the right IBM building.

To the south:

St Katharinen Kirche and the ruined Nikolaikirche. In the background is Hafencity and Speicherstadt with the new concert hall u/c.

The ruined Nikolaiturm also has an observation deck. It is Hamburg's tallest building, St Petri Church is the 2nd tallest.

The Elbphilharmonie is here under construction.

To the west:

Nikolaikirche and Rathaus.

Rathhaus, the City Hall.

Rathausmarkt.

To the north:

Towers: Unileverhaus, Fernsehturm and Radisson Blu Hotel.

Unileverhaus, Mövenpick Hotel, Fernsehturm (tallest structure) and Radisson Blu Hotel (tallest highrise).

Mövenpick Hotel (a former water tower), the TV tower (Fernsehturm) and Geomatikum. The greenery in the middle right is the park Planten und Blumen.

The lake Binnenalster with the Radisson in the background.

Binnenalster and the larger lake Aussenalster.

Binnenalster.

Going down again, seeing the bell of the St Petri steeple.

View from Hafencity:

Skyline of the brand new office and residential buildings of Hafencity.

The new highrises Atlantic-Haus and Hanseatic Trade Center, both just below 100m tall.

Skyline from Speicherstadt:

Katharinenkirche (under renovation), St Jacobi Kirche and some highrises.

St Jacobi Kirche, older buildings and some midrise and IBM Hochhaus, seen from Zollkanal.

St Petri Kirche.

IBM Hochhaus.

Sunset skyline view from Zollkanal towards chuches and highrises.

Other skyline photos from central Hamburg:

Nikolaikirche ruin steeple and highrises seen from the bridge above Ost-West-strasse.

Berliner Tor Center from 2004 is an office highrise complex just east of the city center. The two tallest buildings are 90m tall each.

Skyline of Altstadt's historical towers from Berliner Tor.