To live in Hamburg (1.77 million inhabitants) it means enjoying the best that a European urban lifestyle has to offer without the high costs of its major capitals. It is the second-largest city; with its new rail connection to the airport you could be in London, Paris, Amsterdam or Berlin in less than two hours, but with so much close to home, why bother?

Financial markets have tanked worldwide, those of us who still have jobs are waiting to lose them, the British Auto Show was cancelled, and Gisele got married. 2009 has been a rough year so far. It’s all enough to get one dreaming of a fresh start and what better way to get one than to start a new life in a new city?