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Welcome to Spicy’s Gewürzmuseum on behalf of Viola Vierk, the owner. She learned the trade of spices and had worked in the international spice trade. Since 1993, she has run the spice museum in the beautiful Speicherstadt (warehouse district) in Hamburg harbour.

I invite you to take a small trip around the world with all your senses.

Here, in the entrance area, you see our small and nice spice shop, where we offer our own spices and spice mixtures as well as other spicy products.

Start your tour on the left and dream yourself into the world of indigenous herbs and exotic spices while smelling the scent of our unique collection.

In our exhibition, you find about 50 spices in sacs and on plates. Feel free to touch and smell them.

Just grab into the sacs, grind a small amount between your fingers and smell. It’s the only way the essential oils will be released and reveal their fragrances to you. More than 1,000 exhibits from the last five centuries such as old sieving, dosing and mixing machines, stamping mills and a roller mill, barrows and original packagings tell history all the way from harvesting herbs and spices up to the final product.

In the middle part of the museum you find information and exhibits about the use of spices as remedies, aphrodisiac as well as the favourite spice of Germans Pepper.

Don’t miss our testing station! It is located at the entrance on the right hand side. More than 80 tins with different spices and spice mixtures are ready for tasting. Just put a small amount on your hand and enjoy the different tastes.

Feel free to ask. We are looking forward to answering your questions.