Fish Market Hamburg
eels Dieter at the Hamburg fish market
At Hamburg fish market is also in the winter Sunday: 7 bis 12 clock in the fish market, the "hell" go!
Hamburg fish market on Sunday 09.08.2009, selling fish directly from boats
history of the Hamburg fish market
The fish market is held already since 1703 on the territory of today's Altona district. The reason for the early opening times on Sunday, the perishable nature of fish, which should be sold before the church clock at 10.00. In 1896, the fish market in the form of a basilica was built in the wholesaler using a auctioneer brought the fish to the man. From about 1930, the fish trade moved for practical reasons in the vicinity of the fish factories and cold storages, which were built west of the fish auction hall. The fish is no longer landed straight from the sea, but is already frozen by truck in the former fishing port. Today auction their fish wholesalers in virtual auctions. The fish market is now no longer the fish trade, but is a buying opportunity for locals and an experience for tourists.
Reconstruction and sculptures at the fish market
The area of the Altona Fish Market has been damaged in the Second World War. Only in the 70 years the city began to rebuild. Today, the buildings from this period and the new buildings from the 90s an architectural ensemble. Interesting is the bronze fountain figure of Minerva, the Roman goddess of crafts. Two other bronze figures represent market vendors from the good old days is: a woman with two baskets of fish and a man with a belly full of Bin Laden fish. When watching these two characters makes you feel really in the early days of the Hamburg fish market back.
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