- yesterday
Paul Magnier sprints to Hamburg Cyclassics victory, his seventh win of the 2026 season
French sprinter Paul Magnier (Soudal Quick-Step) won the 29th Hamburg Cyclassics on Sunday, beating Mike Teunissen and Laurence Pithie in a sprint finish after 205.3 km between Buxtehude and Hamburg. It is his seventh win of the 2026 season and his first one-day WorldTour victory.
- yesterday
French rider Magnier wins Hamburg Cyclassics mass sprint as amateur rider dies
Paul Magnier claimed the 29th Hamburg Cyclassics in a mass sprint over 205.3 km, as a 70-year-old amateur rider died during the supporting events.
- 2d ago
Heatwave across Germany gives way to thunderstorms and sharp cooling
Temperatures reached up to 38°C across Germany on Saturday before a cold front brought thunderstorms and a drop to 20-28°C on Sunday, with the DWD warning of further unsettled weather into the new week.
- 3d ago
Lübeck main station to close all weekend for signal-box renewal, tens of thousands forced onto replacement buses
Lübeck's main station will stay closed all weekend for signal-box renewal, forcing tens of thousands of passengers onto replacement buses during Lübeck Pride, a football derby and the end of school holidays.
- 3d ago
German sprinter Ansah wins 200m gold at European Championships despite pending four-year doping ban
Owen Ansah ran 19.95 seconds to win 200m gold at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, as Germany's anti-doping agency seeks a four-year ban for an alleged refusal to provide a sample.
- 4d ago
Psychiatrist finds Block children 'massively traumatized' by New Year's Eve abduction
A court-appointed psychiatrist told the Hamburg trial of Christina Block that her two children suffered massive and lasting traumatization from their abduction in Denmark on New Year's Eve 2023/2024.
- 4d ago
RKI estimates 12,500 heat-related deaths in Germany through August 2, surpassing any full previous year
The Robert Koch-Institut estimates 12,500 heat-related deaths in Germany between April 6 and August 2, 2026, with 9,600 occurring in a single June week when temperatures exceeded 40°C.
- 5d ago
Deutsche Bahn cancels and reroutes trains across Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein through Sunday 16 August
Deutsche Bahn will suspend or reroute multiple regional trains in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein through Sunday 16 August, with Hauptbahnhof and Dammtor unserved until Saturday and full-day cancellations on three lines on Sunday.
- 5d ago
Hamburg water police check 76 boats, charge canoeist with 1.37 Promille blood alcohol
Hamburg's Wasserschutzpolizei inspected 76 watercraft and 82 people on the Alster and Elbe, filing 16 violations including an overloaded ferry with 278 passengers and a canoeist at 1.37 Promille blood alcohol.
- 6d ago
Hamburg demolishes collapse-risk apartment building as tenants lose belongings
A five-story apartment building in Hamburg-Altona was demolished after massive cracks appeared on July 23. Residents had 10 minutes to evacuate and lost nearly all their possessions.
- 6d ago
Hamburg outdoor pools see mixed season, eye above-average turnout after hot June week
Hamburg's outdoor swimming pools have had a changeable season so far, operator Bäderland reports, but a hot week in late June could make it the first above-average season in years if weather cooperates through September.
- 6d ago
German Book Prize 2026 longlist: 20 novels in contention, 17 first-time nominees
A seven-member jury sifted 205 titles to select 20 novels for the German Book Prize 2026 longlist, with 17 first-time nominees and six debuts among them. The winner will be announced on 5 October in Frankfurt.
- Aug 11
Chinese shipping firm Sea Legend launches first regular Arctic container route, halving Ningbo-Felixstowe transit to 20 days
Chinese shipping company Sea Legend begins the first regular weekly container service through the Arctic on August 12, cutting the Ningbo-to-Felixstowe journey from 40 days to roughly 20 while bypassing conflict zones around the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb.
- Aug 9
Ehlers and interim partner Wüst win Hamburg Beach Pro Tour, emerge as European Championship favourites
Olympic silver medallist Nils Ehlers, playing with interim partner Lui Wüst while Clemens Wickler recovers from a shoulder injury, beat Norway's Anders Mol and Christian Sörum 22-20, 21-9 in the Hamburg final.
- Aug 9
German transport minister moves to tie Deutsche Bahn executive bonuses to punctuality targets
Germany's new transport minister Steffen Bilger wants to link Deutsche Bahn executive bonuses to government punctuality targets, as long-distance train on-time rates hover around 60% and fell to 52.6% in July.
- Aug 9
German states suspend Sunday truck driving ban as drought cripples river shipping on Rhine, Danube and Elbe
Several German states temporarily suspended the Sunday and holiday truck driving ban to shift freight from drought-stricken rivers to roads, drawing praise from industry and criticism from environmentalists and opposition parties.
- Aug 7
261 drowning deaths in Germany by end of July, 15 more than 2025, DLRG reports
The DLRG reported 261 drowning deaths in German waters through July, with June's heatwave pushing the monthly toll past 100 for the first time since 2003.
- Aug 7
NABU cruise ranking 2026: half of large cruise ships still burn heavy fuel oil as industry stays on fossil course
NABU's 2026 cruise ranking, presented in Hamburg on 6 August, found half of all large cruise ships still run on heavy fuel oil. Norwegian lines Havila and Hurtigruten led but scored only 7.5 of 17 possible points.
- Aug 5
Hamburg court sentences seven young members of far-right 'Last Defense Wave' to prison for arson and attempted murder
The Hanseatic Higher Regional Court handed down custodial sentences of up to five years to seven members of the 'Last Defense Wave' group, which carried out arson attacks on a cultural centre and a refugee shelter.
- Aug 4
Thuringia's Left leader urges CDU to drop ban on cooperation, floats coalition talks
Katja Maurer, co-leader of Thuringia's Left party, said she would openly campaign on a possible coalition with the CDU and called the party's 2018 incompatibility resolution 'insincere'.
