HAMBURG

The Hamburg International Conference of Logistics will be held at the campus of the Hamburg University of Technologies.

The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany and one of the 16 federal states of the Federal Republic of Germany and therefore both, a city and a state. 1.7 million inhabitants are living in Hamburg.

Hamburg is also an economically and culturally centre of Northern Germany. 3.5 million people live in the metropolitan region of Hamburg - for them, Hamburg is a shopping and cultural metropolis.

Covering 755 square kilometres, the city area is seven times bigger than Paris and two and a half times bigger than London. As a result, Hamburg's living and housing standards are particularly high.

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Alsterarkaden, Central City (town hall in background)	Speicherstadt (Historic Storehouse Quarter)
The Hamburg Port in the evening	Television tower ("Planten & Blomen" park in foreground)
Lake Alster (Central City)	Port Panorama

With 30 square metres of living space per person, Hamburg has the biggest average living space of all major cities in the world. As much as 14% of the city area is made up of green spaces and recreational areas.

Hamburg has 2,302 bridges - more than Venice and Amsterdam combined. With over 90 consulates, Hamburg is second only to New York City in the world.

As a trade centre, Hamburg has always been outward-looking, and this has shaped the mentality of the inhabitants of Hamburg.