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Elbphilharmonie

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Also known as Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Elphi, Kaispeicher A

The Elbphilharmonie (; "Elbe Philharmonic Hall"), popularly nicknamed Elphi, is a concert hall in the HafenCity quarter of Hamburg, Germany, on the Grasbrook peninsula of the Elbe River.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Elbphilharmonie is referenced by 273 other articles, and connects out to Hamburg, Westin Hotels & Resorts and Germany.

The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark_region, across 2 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including 2017 establishments in Germany, Buildings and structures in Hamburg-Mitte and Concert halls in Germany.

Its subject is documented across 39 Wikipedia language editions.

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Venue.name
Elbphilharmonie
Venue.image
Elbphilharmonie 2025.jpg
Venue.image_size
300px
Venue.address
Platz der Deutschen Einheit
Venue.mapframe marker
music
Venue.cost
866 million €
Venue.architect
Herzog & de Meuron
Venue.type
Concert hall
Venue.opened
11 January 2017
Venue.capacity
2,100 (Großer Saal)
Venue.public_transit
Baumwall (450 m) Elbphilharmonie (50 m) Überseequartier (950 m) Am Kaiserkai (150 m)

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Wikidata facts

Area
120000
Official website
www.elbphilharmonie.de
Image
2019-05-10 Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.jpg
Height
110
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Commons category
Elbphilharmonie
number of elevators
29
postal code
20457
date of official opening
2017-01-11
street address
Platz der Deutschen Einheit 4, 20457 Hamburg
phone number
+49-40-3576660
floors above ground
26
native label
Elbphilharmonie
social media followers
23713
nickname
Elphi
Commons gallery
Elbphilharmonie
inception
1963-00-00
hashtag
Elphi
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Building
  • Reception
  • Public transport
  • Ferry services
  • Gallery
  • References
  • External links

The Elbphilharmonie (; "Elbe Philharmonic Hall"), popularly nicknamed Elphi, is a concert hall in the HafenCity quarter of Hamburg, Germany, on the Grasbrook peninsula of the Elbe River.

The new construction resembles a hoisted sail, water wave, iceberg or quartz crystal resting on top of an old brick warehouse (, built in 1963) near the historical Speicherstadt. The project is the result of a private initiative by the architect and real estate developer Alexander Gérard and his wife Jana Marko, an art historian, who commissioned the original design by the Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, who developed and promoted the project (since 2003 in cooperation with the Hamburg-based real estate developer and investor Dieter Becken) for 3.5 years until the City of Hamburg decided to develop the project by itself. It is the key project of the new Hafencity development and the tallest inhabited building in Hamburg, with a final height of .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elbphilharmonie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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