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if you're into cruise ships cruising or
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anything maritime I'm going to tell you
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about an event that you should plan to
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build into your wish list and make sure
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you do as part of your cruising
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experience hi I'm Gary Bembridge of tips
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for travelers I'm going to talk about
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cruise days Hamburg and show you why and
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tell you why you should try and either
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plan to go on a cruise that actually
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incorporates cruise days Hamburg into
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the actual cruise or alternatively you
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should visit Hamburg during the weekend
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when cruise days is on so what exactly
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is cruise days cruise days is a three
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days weekend event celebrating
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everything cruising it happens every two
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years in the second week of September
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the big highlight of the actual event
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culminates in a massive six ship parade
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out of Hamburg down the river Elbe there
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are six cruise ships that's a maximum
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amount that the port of Hamburg will
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allow and each cruise ship has four
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smaller ships so there's 24 support
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ships along with an incredible fireworks
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display watched by up to 200,000 people
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it's an incredible atmosphere it's
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incredibly emotional whether you're on
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the ship or you're actually on the bank
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watching this magnificent parade this is
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a absolutely magnificent cruise
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spectacular it's unique it's impressive
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it's dramatic however cruise days has a
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few other things going for it as well
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now an absolute must do thing is blue
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port Hamburg a ten day event which is
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created by a local Hamburg artist called
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Michael bats and he's been doing it for
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many years now and he has a real vision
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and passion for it he originally created
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for the football euro cup what happens
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all down the river Elbe and through the
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harbor is blue lights are placed on
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everything from buildings ships cranes
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all sorts of structures down the river
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and as you can see on this video where
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we're actually on a boat trip down the
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river it's a magnificent event again
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lots of people come out they fill the
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bars they watch the ships setting up and
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down looking at the blue lights and is a
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really really fantastic event the actual
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blue harbor lasts for ten days but the
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real heart of it happens over cruise
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days now if you're in Hamburg for cruise
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days there's many more other cruise
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things that you can do there's lots of
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there's lots of events and the series of
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things which are called islands and they
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focused on each of the cruise lines of
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taking part and the cruise lines will
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have all sorts of displays in so for
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example Aida had actually replicated
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what a cabin looks like other places
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gave away free balloons raffles there's
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beer stands drink stands sweet stands
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sausage stands there's a real carnival
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atmosphere all along the river you can
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also go and visit the Maritime Museum
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this is a massive big building I think
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altogether there's 10 floors but 9
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floors are short exhibition areas with
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all sorts of incredible displays you
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know on the top floor there's this
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monstrous big collection of miniature
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models of ships it really is quite
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remarkable but as you work your way down
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you pass through other floors which are
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dedicated to things like maritime art
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where you see a huge collection of
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beautiful maritime paintings and
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pictures there's another level which is
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dedicated to warfare at sea where you
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will see lots of you know weapons you'll
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understand the various uniforms the
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various structures that existed the
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ships and find out much more about
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warfare at sea there's also a whole
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section on submarines where again you'll
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learn about the history of submarines
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u-boats and the different models and
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different types of submarines that exist
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there's also another area which is
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dedicated to safety at sea there's
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another section which is all around the
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different uniforms and traditions and
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medals those phenomenal models all
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around the museum some hanging from the
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ceiling like this dramatic one up
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against a background of a rough sea as
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you work your way through the various 9
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floors of exhibitions you'll keep coming
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across artwork models weapons paintings
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so definitely if you visiting Hamburg
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for cruise days I would strongly keep
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with the maritime theme and go to the
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Maritime Museum the collection is housed
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in the high respect beer it's a
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beautiful and stunning a waterfront
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warehouse another very important
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structure on the river Elbe which is
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definitely worth going to is the Elbe
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Philharmonic concert hall this is a
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special structure which was built at the
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creation of the new Hoffmann city which
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is a big urban development which is
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Harbor area to all sorts of very
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interesting buildings and living spaces
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and shops and places like Alvin
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Philharmonic concert hall which is a
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massive big concert hall it's really
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quite magnificent and it's become part
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of the whole maritime story of Hamburg
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the low base representing the tradition
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of the old brick warehouses and the top
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this beautiful wavy structure
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representing the waves and the sea so
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there you are that's a little bit about
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cruise days it happens every two years
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on the second weekend of September it's
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a phenomenal event over 500,000 people
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visit during those course of those 3
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days with up to 200,000 watching that
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very important procession which happens
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on the Saturday evening at quarter past
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9:00 as those six cruise ships sell out
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strongly recommend to go on a cruise
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which either embarks during cruise days
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or includes cruise days as part of the
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trip or of course you can just come on a
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weekend visit and you can basically
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spend a couple of days wallowing in the
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great maritime adventures and cruising
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and have a great carnival time hope you
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