Hamburg - ClearSpot score: 0%
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About this place: Hamburg
Hamburg, officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, is the second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and seventh-largest city in the European Union, with a population of over 1.9 million. The Hamburg Metropolitan Region has a population of over 5.1 million and is the tenth-largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. At the southern tip of the Jutland Peninsula, Hamburg stands on the branching River Elbe at the head of a 110 km (68 mi) estuary to the North Sea, at the confluence of the Alster and Bille. Hamburg is one of Germany's three city-states alongside Berlin and Bremen, and is surrounded by Schleswig-Holstein to the north and Lower Saxony to the south. The Port of Hamburg is Germany's largest and Europe's third-largest, after Rotterdam and Antwerp. The local dialect is a variant of Low Saxon. The official name reflects Hamburg's history as a member of the medieval Hanseatic League and a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire. Before the 1871 unification of Germany, it was a fully sovereign city state, and before 1919 formed a civic republic headed constitutionally by a class of hereditary Grand Burghers, or Hanseaten. Beset by disasters such as the Great Fire of Hamburg, North Sea flood of 1962 and military conflicts including World War II bombing raids, the city has managed to recover and emerge wealthier after each catastrophe. Major regional broadcaster NDR, the printing and publishing firm Gruner + Jahr and the newspapers Der Spiegel and Die Zeit are based in the city. Hamburg is the seat of Germany's oldest stock exchange and the world's oldest merchant bank, Berenberg Bank. Media, commercial, logistical, and industrial firms with significant locations in the city include multinationals Airbus, Blohm + Voss, Aurubis, Beiersdorf, Lufthansa and Unilever. Hamburg is also a major European science, research, and education hub, with several universities and institutions, including the University of Hamburg, and the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron Laboratory DESY. The city enjoys a very high quality of living, being ranked 28th in the 2024 Mercer Quality of Living Survey. Hamburg hosts specialists in world economics and international law, including consular and diplomatic missions such as the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the EU-LAC Foundation, and the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, multipartite international political conferences and summits such as Europe and China and the G20. Former German chancellors Helmut Schmidt and Angela Merkel were...
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Key facts: Hamburg
- ClearSpot score: 0% (not clear)
- Country: Germany
- Population: 1,899,000
- Main environmental signal: wind turbines
- Wind turbines nearby: Present, high pressure - check live map
- Data last updated:
ClearSpot score
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The 0% score for Hamburg indicates sustained environmental pressure. wind turbines is the primary driver; the live map lets you explore lower-pressure zones within the city.
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Environmental indicators
| Module | Score | What this means |
|---|---|---|
| Wind turbines | 61% | High wind turbine pressure (61%). One or more documented wind farms are within the default precautionary radius. See the wind turbine data guide for methodology. |
| Pollen | 0% | Pollen data shows no documented allergenic species exceeding default alert thresholds in this reference period. |
| Air quality | 0% | No air quality pressure detected within default ClearSpot thresholds for this location. |
| Noise | 0% | No major strategic noise sources are documented within default ClearSpot sensitivity thresholds for this location. |
| Light pollution | 0% | Light pollution data shows no significant radiance pressure within default ClearSpot thresholds for this location. |
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FAQ - Hamburg
Is this place healthy to live?
Based on ClearSpot's environmental model, Hamburg achieves 0%. Wind turbines documented nearby. Higher scores indicate less documented environmental pressure at default thresholds - the live map lets you fine-tune this assessment to your own sensitivities.
What is air quality like here?
According to ClearSpot's air quality model, Hamburg scores 0% burden. This reflects averaged pollutant readings for the area rather than a specific street-level measurement. No documented exceedance of WHO 2021 guidelines was detected in the reference period. For a real-time reading, use the live map.
Are there wind turbines nearby?
ClearSpot's wind turbine database documents one or more wind turbines within a close-range pressure band near Hamburg. The wind turbine pressure score is 61% at default 1.5 km sensitivity settings. Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, the French OREOL registry, and EMODnet offshore records.
How noisy is it?
ClearSpot's noise module rates Hamburg at 0% burden. This is based on European strategic noise maps (EEA, END Directive 2002/49/EC) and modelled road noise from OpenStreetMap infrastructure. No major strategic noise sources are mapped within the default sensitivity radius.
Hamburg - Germany
In the Germany ClearSpot rankings, Hamburg achieves position 9 of 11 scored locations. It sits in the lower half of the national ranking.
Nearby places
- Bremen - ClearSpot 0%
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