Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany after Berlin.
Hamburg is one of the first batch of German cities which received a reskin in update 1.32.[1] In particular, Hamburg's reskin was presented as the most prominent one in the first batch.[2] Hamburg also has been fully rebuilt in update 1.48, along with Kiel, Travemünde and Rostock.[3]
Features
Companies
Being a large city, Hamburg as a result is split into four parts: Waltershof, Centrum, Harburg, and Veddel.
The westerly district of Waltershof is home to the large harbour of Hamburg. It contains an RTLOG and Container Port depot, as well as several rest areas.
Centrum, being the central part of the city, is home to a garage, a DFH depot, and an AI Automotive factory.
Harburg is the cities southernmost district, and contains a NS Oil plant.
Veddel is on the east side of the city, linking Hamburg to the A255 where truckers can access the A1. Only a gas station is present in this section.
Facilities
A service shop and a small Iveco dealership is located in Harburg. Two rest stops appear in Walterhof, with an additional one in Centrum alongside a garage. A gas station is lcoated in Veddel.
Hamburg's large harbour can be seen and used, but only provides depots and does not have a ferry service. Other landmarks in Hamburg include the Astraturm (only in pre-1.48 builds), the Atlantic-Haus, the Empire Riverside Hotel, the Heinrich Hertz Tower, the Elbphilharmonie, the Rickmer Rickmers Museum, and St. Michael's Church.
The Köhlbrandbrücke can also be seen/photographed and connects the districts of Centrum, Harburg and Waltershof together.
A7 runs north-south and links Hamburg to Kiel, Hannover, as well as Denmark. (In fact, in-game signs for "Hamborg" can be seen near Danish cities Esbjerg and Odense)
A24 continues from the A1 to the east of Hamburg, and runs east-southeast towards Berlin.
Before 1.48, Hamburg was only accessible via one entrance from the A1.
Since the rework introduced in 1.48 the city is now accessible via two entrances, one coming from the east-west A1 and the other from the north-south A7.
In addition, a minor road runs off from southern entrance of Hamburg and heads for Magdeburg. The town of Winsen is accessible via this road.
Hamburg was one of the more extensively reworked cities during the 1.32 update. The main changes were:
The accessible part of the city is rotated about 60° anticlockwise.
Both the eastern and southern access roads are shut off beyond the hotel. Instead, the wide road west of the truck dealer and Sanbuilders site is extended. This only access to Hamburg meets the minor road to Magdeburg at the interchange with A1.
The city is moved from the west of A7 to the east of it, better reflecting real geography.
The crossing between A1 and A7 near Hamburg is converted from two trumpets to one cloverleaf. Nevertheless, Bundesautobahns 39, the road spanning the cloverleaf in real-life, is omitted as it doesn't contribute to any useful connections in-game.
The interchange between A1 and A24 east of Hamburg is also rationalized. In general, A1 near Hamburg is upgraded into a continuous highway to better reflect the real-life road.
The A7 crosses the Elbe west of Hamburg in tunnel instead of bridge, to reflect real-life better. A junction is also present north of the tunnel, possibly to connect a northern district of Hamburg, although it is inaccessible to truckers.
Trivia
Despite being further away from the Danish border than Kiel, in-game road signs in Denmark pointing south (mainly along the Danish section of E20 and E45) display the Danish name of Hamburg (i.e. Hamborg), possibly because going to Hamburg does not involve significant turn-offs from the continuous cross-border route.
The following twin-cities of Hamburg are also featured in one or more SCS Software games:
where truckers can access the 
. Only a gas station is present in this section.
