Baakenpark in Hamburg

Anchors aweigh for play and recreation!

Opening in May 2018, Baakenpark in Hamburg’s HafenCity is considered the district’s green centrepiece. On a 1.6 ha artificial peninsula in the Baakenhafen, the park displays comfort with its “island sofa”, elevation with its 15 m high Himmelsberg hill and excitement with its flotsam playground. This new symbol of vitality has been designed by ­Atelier LOIDL landscape architects in collaboration with BBS Landscape Engineering.

Commissioned by the City of Hamburg, the HafenCity developers are taking a bold step into the future by first creating the park with sports, play and recreation areas. In the future Baakenhafen quarter, there will first be parkland, to be followed later by the infrastructure of streets and buildings for habitation and working.