"Oh, look, who is it there, a woman in the water?" - It is these phrases that were heard from everywhere among people of our group upon arrival at Lake Alster. We were lucky to see it on August 8, 2011 during a bus tour of Europe. This creation attracted a large number of tourists to the city. Among them are also we.
The 30-meter statue of a blonde woman, located in an incomprehensible position, but with excellent makeup, it turned out to be created with the aim of showing how creative extraordinary people live in Hamburg. I do not think that in our country someone will go to the organization of such a 10-day spectacle. The locals nicknamed the statue of the "mermaid", which is also very surprising, considering the landscape of Giganges's knees sticking out of the water.
Lake Alster is surrounded on the one hand to the old town (historical part of Hamburg), and on the other - a park area, with a 7-kilometer track for running, through which residents love to exercise morning jogs. Local should pay tribute, they really take care of their health. Even people aged are not lazy to support themselves in shape.
If we talk about us, then the next stop was carried out in the area of the Old Town, namely, near the building of the City Town Hall. This is one of the main attractions that Hamburgers are so proud of. Here we were waiting for a group tour of the inside of the structure. Today, the Town Hall fulfills the residence of representatives of the legislative and executive power. The building is made in a neo-style style, has the same width and height. Its facade, as well as the inner decoration pleases the eye.
The courtyard is decorated with a wonderful fountain with a sculpture of Gygea, the goddess of health in an ancient Greek mythology, in the legs of which is the dragon, symbolizing the snake (the bowl with the snake is a symbol of immortality and eternal life, often found in medicine).
Hamburg is a very interesting and picturesque city, it has everything you need to modern tourist. That is why the city is manitis every year hundreds of thousands of travelers from all over our planet.