At the end of the holidays in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein and the start of the autumn holidays in Lower Saxony and Bremen, drivers around Hamburg had to be patient on Saturday.
There were long traffic jams, especially on the highways going north.
On Saturday afternoon, the traffic on Autobahn 1 between Hittfeld and Norderelbe had accumulated for 16 kilometers, as a police spokesman for the German Press Agency in Hamburg said.
Hamburg - On the Autobahn 7 between Fleestedt and the Elbe Tunnel, the cars drove bumper to bumper for around 14 kilometers.
“It's really full.
There were traffic jams for miles in the mornings. ”That also has something to do with swapping beds in Denmark, which is usually on Saturdays.
Many Lower Saxony who are now starting their vacation are therefore on their way north.
“The Elbe tunnel is the bottleneck.” Dpa