Other HAM Hamburg Airport Ground Transportation Options

If you are flying with a bicycle, you can ride your bike from Hamburg Airport into the city. There's a handy route planning tool on the airport's website:

• HAM Hamburg Airport Bike Route Planning Tool    

You can take your bike on the Hamburg Airport train into town. Essentially, you can take your bicycle along free-of-charge onto any rapid transit rail service (U-, S-, A-Bahn) and many buses, except during some peak periods.

Hamburg is an extremely bicycle-friendly city. In the summer, many of the cities residents will use bicycles as their normal form of transportation.

Hamburg city offers a bike rental service called StadtRad, with kiosks scattered around the city. To use the service, you need to register on the Stadtrad website with a credit card. Once you have your account, you can use bikes as long as you want, with a maximum charge of about EUR 12 per day. There are also bicycle rental shops around town, and several Hamburg hotels provide guests with access to hotel bicycles.

Lübeck, about an hour away by train, is a major Baltic ferry port.

Throughout Germany and Europe, there is a broad culture of carpooling. Drivers save on fuel costs by sharing the ride with passengers, found on carpooling websites, who usually pay around EUR 5 /100km.