Selecting Hamburg as a weekend travel destination was based on two criteria - flights were relatively cheap over the Valentine's Day weekend; and it was a historic port city that very few of our friends or colleagues had visited. With little background in terms of what to expect from the city, we booked our hotel, did some TripAdvisor research and pretty much took the attitude of 'see what happens'.
As a result, we had an enjoyable time exploring, eating and venturing out to the neighbouring UNESCO town of Lubeck - a worthwhile side trip that we would recommend to future travellers.