it was an ok experience. canal tour might be better, but didn't have time to try it. More

Which other city can boast of a large lake in the middle of the city? The Außenalster is a great place for water-sports and excursions, surrounded by a great park and impressive villas. take aboat trip from Jungfernstieg or hire a water-bike anywhere along the lakeshore. More

Most spectacular inner city lake. Ice skating in winter, sailing in summer. More

Go and see where the rich live. Amusing commentary, but not a huge amount of intrinsic interest, there are more interesting things to see in Hamburg. More

Even in November the view as well as the clean parks around it are a place to visit and relax More

Whenever I travel to Hamburg I make sure to pack my running shoes. The Aussenalster is one of the most beautiful tracks to go running in the center of a city. You will always see other runners regardless of time of the day. There are water dispensers available shall you become thirsty during your exercise I stay at either the... More

I recently moved to Hamburg and the lake is quite beautiful! It is a great place to get some cardio in. There are always people running even later at night. It was amazing to be here to get to experience when the lake froze and had 20 cm of ice and the city declared it safe to go on. The... More

If you just want to have a nice walk, it is a very nice place to go. Some small food places to have a small snachk, ice cream or drink. Check first how long you wanna stay there cause the lake is big and you got to decide where to start and where to stop. Sailing offers avaiable at some... More

no way I travel to Hamburg without running at least once on a very well signposted path around Aussenalster: they even have drinking water on the way. Somebody told me that there is one direction women run and one men run....I did not find out yet: so I will come back!!! More