The CCH - Congress Center Hamburg is built for congresses, conferences and large company events from 500 participants, and it holds up to 16,500 people at the same time. It offers up to 50 halls and rooms on four levels in the center of Hamburg, next to Dammtor station. The building has 36,000 square meters in total, with 12,000 square meters of event space.
Seminars and company events
The house is split into three areas called West, Mitte and Ost. Each has its own entrances and exits, so several events can run in parallel without disturbing each other. Most halls can be made smaller, larger, divided or combined. Free Wi-Fi covers the whole building, modern audiovisual technology is installed in all areas and rooms, and a lighting system is built in. The whole building is barrier-free. Visitors move between rooms through foyers that cover another 12,000 square meters, and the exhibition area is 12,000 square meters as well.
Rooms and capacities
Halle H on the ground floor is the largest room: 6,930 square meters, 6,400 seats theatre-style, 4,320 banquet seats and 3,640 in parliamentary layout. It can be split by a partition. Saal 1, on the second floor in the Mitte area, takes 2,998 theatre-style. Saal 3 takes 1,970 theatre-style and 1,512 for a banquet. Saal X and Saal Y, in the Ost area, each have 1,338 square meters, 1,200 theatre seats and 972 banquet seats, and they can be divided into up to 12 rooms of about 100 people. Saal G in the West area seats 1,160 theatre-style, Saal Z 965 and Saal 4 798. Saals A, B and C each take 230 to 265 in rows, and the smaller Saals 5 to 10 serve for committees and workshops. These figures are stated by the venue and may change.
Catering
Catering is handled by an exclusive partner, Käfer Service Hamburg. The kitchen composes fresh, mostly seasonal dishes from local suppliers, with organic options.
History and setting
The CCH stands on the Hamburg Messe und Congress campus, which has 87,000 square meters of event space. Planten un Blomen park borders the building. The revitalized house holds DGNB Gold certification, which the operator describes as the highest award of its kind for an existing congress building in Germany.
Getting there
Dammtor station, served by ICE trains and local transport, is a few steps from the entrance. Hamburg Airport is about 25 minutes away. About 100 hotels with some 3,500 rooms are within close range, so delegates can stay nearby.
