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Haifa

Haifa (Hebrew חיפה / Cheifá) is the third largest city Israel to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and the largest port city in the country. It is located on the Cape of Carmel Mountains on the southern edge of Haifa Bay.

The outstanding sight and symbol of the city is the “Shrine of Bab” with the terraced gardens surrounding it; it is one of the central religious sites of the Baha'i faith community.

background

Map of Haifa

Haifa is considered a city in which Jews and Arabs live comparatively peacefully side by side. As it is an industrial and port city, it is often said that Haifa works - while Tel Aviv celebrates and Jerusalem prays. The character of an industrial and working-class city has actually been preserved in various quarters to this day. However, the city is increasingly developing into one of Israel's tourist highlights. The gardens of the Baha'i contribute to this as well as the renovation of traditional quarters or the upgrading of the beach sections along the northern one Carmel Coast.

history

German colony 1875

End of the 19th century. the Carmel was hardly built up

European-looking houses in the German colony

Stella Maris Monastery around 1890

Stella Maris Monastery at the end of the 19th century.

For a long time, Haifa was of little importance because it was opposite Akko had some locational disadvantages: the place on the southern edge of the bay was poorly protected, east of the city, in the mouth of the Kishon river, there were swamps and the Carmel Cape was a natural obstacle on the way south. The relatively insignificant place is accordingly (unlike many other cities in Israel) not mentioned in the Bible.

In antiquity there was a small port at the mouth of the Kishon River Tel Abu Hawam Excavations carried out and traces of Bronze Age settlement secured; after the port was silted up, the settlement center moved to Bat Galim. A little further south, at the Tel Shikmona existed a Jewish (here the blue Tekhelet color for priestly robes was obtained) and Byzantine settlement center, which is also the subject of archaeological research.

Under Byzantine and Arab rule, Haifa always stood in importance behind the port of Akko in importance, in the place was traded and dyes extracted from sea snails. Around 1100 the city was taken by the crusaders and a small fortress was built. The Carmelite Order was founded by hermits living on the Carmel for several decades and the first Carmelite monastery was founded, which was converted into a mosque after the expulsion of the Crusaders under the Mamluk Baibars.

Until the middle of the 18th century, only a minor settlement had existed for centuries, it was not until 1769 that the town and port were specifically expanded and the rise began: Haifa gained as a deep-water port compared to the port of, which was increasingly unsuitable for larger ships due to siltation Akko increasingly important.

View of the lower town and the harbor

Even under Ottoman rule, people of German descent let themselves be Templar (not to be confused with the Knights Templar Order of the Crusader period) settled in Haifa. These Christians, who came from a pietistic environment, were persecuted by the Lutheran regional church of Württemberg, with Prussian support they were able to acquire land at the foot of the Carmel and build the Templar colony from 1868 onwards. The tiled houses with their ridge roofs, the spacious streets and the construction of a pier for larger ships gave the settlers a certain reputation, similar to the development of agriculture and the beginning of the marketing of the "Jaffa oranges". At the beginning of the 20th century A second wave of settlers immigrated, towards the end of the First World War, 850 Templars of German origin were interned by the British, suspected of cooperating with the (German) enemy and deported to Egypt. Under British mandate they were allowed to return and financial compensation was awarded; the Templar settlements began to flourish again. In 1939 the Templars, some of whom had joined Nazi Socialism, were deported to Australia under British mandate rule, some of them were sent back directly to the German Reich in exchange for Jews wishing to leave. At the end of the war, the return to Israel was refused and the book on the history of the Pietist Templars in Israel was closed. In the 1950s, the former owners were compensated by the State of Israel with DM 54 million. The buildings of the former German colony around Ben-Gurion-Strasse have been renovated in recent years.

The remains of the Báb, the founder of the Baha'i religion, were brought to Haifa in 1899 and buried in a mausoleum on Mount Carmel in 1909, the religious founder Baha’u’llah had determined the place, which was built over in 1953 with a dome building with a gilded dome. The garden with its terraces with symmetrically laid out paths has been part of the Carmel along with other historical pilgrimage sites since 2008 UNESCO world heritage.

From 1905 Haifa was the end point of a branch line of the Hejaz Railway, later also an important junction for other railway lines along the eastern Mediterranean coast and to Egypt, which also supported the city's development in the long term. In the 20th century, but especially after the establishment of the State of Israel, Haifa was the gateway to Israel and the British Mandate Palestine for many immigrants arriving by sea. Today Haifa is one of the most important port and industrial cities in the country and the largest urban center in northern Israel.

City structure

Due to its location on the northern slope of the Carmel Mountains, Haifa extends from the shores of the Mediterranean to a height of over 400 m, which also affects the urban structure. There are three different urban zones:

• The lower town stretches along the sea with the port, industrial plants, the most important traffic arteries and the Arab quarters Wadi Nisnas and Wadi Salib; The "German Colony" of the earlier Christian settlers, which has now been renovated, is also here.
• Halfway up are the Shrine of Bab, the administration building and the business district Hadar HaCarmel, that invites you to go shopping.
• The upper town Central Carmel is the most expensive residential area in the city with its hotels, restaurants and promenades. From here you have a very nice view over the city and the bay of Haifa.

getting there

By plane

When you come from abroad, you travel through the 32.00944444444434.882777777778Ben Gurion Airport(IATA: TLV) and continue from there by public transport or by rental car.

The city itself has the little one 32.81235.04091 Haifa Airport(IATA: HFA)which is east of the city and is used for domestic flights. The Israeli airline Israir offers flights to Eilat and Larnaka at (Status: 1/2020). The airport is served by bus route 58 from the Central Bus Station haMifratz Served off every hour.

By train

Haifa is located on the coastal line of the Israeli railway and is accessible by train from, among others Tel Aviv and accessible from Ben Gurion Airport with no transfers. Due to the location of the city on the slope of the Carmel Mountains, the tracks of the Israeli railroad run only in the lower part of the city: Haifa is crossed by a single railway line along the coast and has several train stations on this route, some of which allow a change to the inner-city bus service .

• 32.793534.95742 Haifa Hof HaCarmel is located in the south of the Karmelkap in the area of ​​popular bathing beaches. The coastal motorway ends nearby 2, the main coastal road 4 leads around the Cape of Carmel that 23 multi-lane through the toll Carmel Tunnels; the station is easily accessible from park and ride facilities. Bus routes from the south end here.
• 32.830434.98193 Haifa Bat Galim is on the northern tip of the Cape, near the hospital and port.
• 32.8222634.997474 Haifa Center HaShmona lies northeast near the harbor; right next to it the Central Bus Station
• 32.793935.03715 Lev HaMifrats is in the northwest, where the beach arch widens to the "Kiryats" and the Carmel tunnels of the 23 come to light again.

Supra-regional intercity connections continue to exist south via Tel Aviv after Beer Sheva (Beersheba) on the one hand and via Tel Aviv and the Ben Gurion Airport according to Modi'in on the other hand. in the north the intercity connections are partly after Nahariyah continued. While there are at least two trains every hour between Haifa and Tel Aviv during the day, one or two trains an hour are offered between Haifa and Nahariya. In the Haifa area, the offer is supplemented by a suburban line that commutes between Kirjat Motzkin in the north and Carmel Beach in the south. Provides line and timetables Israel Railways is also available in English on its website.

In autumn 2016, traffic on the newly built railway line through the Jezreel plain above Afula to Bet She'an; this region was previously only accessible by bus from Haifa.

By bus

Haifa is one of the most important bus hubs in Israel. Haifa is the start and end point of many regional bus routes in northern Israel; There are supraregional connections to many other urban centers in the country. It should be noted in general that Haifa has two or even three bus stations (Central Bus Station / CBS) - and not just one like most other Israeli cities.

At the beginning of the millennium, the situation was different: there was the bus station “CBS Bat Galim” in the district of the same name one central bus station, which was largely replaced by two others in 2002 and 2003 respectively. Today there is “CBS Hof HaCarmel” on the Carmel coast in the south of the city, where the lines coming from the south end. On the other hand, there is “CBS HaMifrats” on Haifa Bay, which is the point of contact for the lines from the north. The old, as well as the two new bus stations mentioned above, are located in the immediate vicinity of the Israeli railway stations of the same name and are therefore ideal for changing from the train to the bus network.

By largely abandoning the old bus station, it was achieved that many buses no longer have to cross the whole city to reach their destination, so that the connections are less prone to disruption today. The building and grounds of the bus station 32.8291434.982386 CBS Haifa Bat Galim were closed with the opening of the new starting points, one stop has remained. At Egged, this stop is also known as the “Central Bus Station”. In fact, it only plays a subordinate role in bus transport, as various urban lines begin and end there.

A shuttle service was set up between the two new bus stations to enable rapid progress.

• Line 103 runs several times an hour during the day (sometimes a 5-minute cycle is offered during rush hour) via the lower town between the two central bus stations (with a stop at Bat Galim bus station).
• During the day, line 113 runs about every 15 minutes via the Bat Galim bus station and the higher-lying district of Hadar (with a slightly longer journey time).
• Further connections exist with the lines 114, 115, 123 and 133. Some of these lines run significantly further up in the city; they don't touch the old bus station and have slightly longer travel times.

At the 32.7936234.959197 CBS Hof haCarmel, the central bus station, the following lines start or end:

The central bus station 32.7926735.034268 CBS Lev HaMifratz can be reached with the following connections:

In the street

Carmel tunnels

Haifa can be reached from Tel Aviv over the one leading along the coast Autobahn 2 or via the old one located a little further inland Coast road 4which runs parallel to the motorway.
Road 4 crosses in the north along Haifa Bay Akko and Nahariyah to Rosh HaNikra away; the most congested sections by the Kiryats were through the toll-free bypass motorway 22 relieved.

From inland, from the Jezreel plain Coming, one reaches Haifa on the road 75. On the road 672, which leaves the city in the south at the university, is Haifa with the Druze villages on the Carmel Mountains connected.

Through the passage through the chronically congested street 4 along the cape and the port of Haifa has been time consuming over the years and took 30 - 45 minutes, the situation has eased with the opening of the Carmel tunnels subject to tolls. The tunneling under the Carmel Mountains was completed in 2010, the connection route to the bypass motorway 22 in 2014.

• 32.79234.97969  Carmel tunnels. Open: 24 hours.Price: Car 2 sections 17.24 NIS.last change: not specified

The 32.792334.969110 South portal is located at Hof HaCarmel near the end of the autobahn 2 resp. the Haifa South Interchange, here you follow the direction to the tunnels resp. the street 23. The tunnel is divided into two sections with a junction in the middle, the traveler with the rental car has to pay for two sections to cross the whole tunnel to travel north (2015: 17.24 NIS, trucks pay a multiple) Cabin at the toll station with cash or card. To continue to the second section, you will receive a ticket, which must be presented at the junction there. At the junction 32.79135.00621 Ruppin Interchange can go to the grand canyon mall and to Nahal Giborim Expressway to be branched off. After a second tunnel you reach on 32.79135.028611 North portal the connections to the street 4 and the northbound bypass highway 22.

By boat

• The 32.82140635.00061712 port is mainly a commercial port, it is also called by cruise ships, there are ferry connections to Cyprus and after Akko.

• 32.81383635.02162313 Marina: Right at the mouth of the Kishon, on the left, i.e. next to its right bank, there is a larger fishing and yachting port. A reservation is useful for longer layovers.

Newcomers are called by radio from afar. If there is no answer - e.g. because the boat has no radio - a speedboat of the Navy comes 15 nm off the coast. The comrades ask politely where from and where to and then have the whole list of questions that belong to immigration - good if you still have the last five to ten ports in your head. The papers are desired, but it is also accepted that a skipper as a single-handed sailor cannot leave the tiller when the sea is rough. A friendly "You'll reach Haifa in 15 miles on this cours - have a good trip and be welcome!" ends the meeting at sea. An equally friendly and helpful escort is waiting at the port entrance, who will lead the boat to a currently empty (er) part of the port, where a team of three officials is already waiting. The formalities are the same, only in writing, a brief, but as thorough as possible look inside the boat, and the procedure is already over in a tenth of the time that is usually spent in front of counters.

mobility

Carmelit, Haifa's subway

Metronit track bus system

Gondola to Stella Maris

bus and train

The various districts of Haifa are served by a network of inner-city buses, some of which - unlike in the rest of the country - also run on Saturdays. The railway only plays a subordinate role in inner-city mobility, as the Haifa train stations are located along the lower part of the city near the sea; the higher parts of the city cannot be reached by train.

Metronite

The lane bus system has been in place since 2012 Metronite in operation, the articulated buses, some of which are powered by hybrid technology, mostly run on a separate route system in the form of a street-bound tram. There are currently three lines in operation

• Line 1, red: Hof HaCarmel (in the south, near the bathing beaches) - Downtown - HaMifratz - Krayot Central Bus Station (supplies the various places marked with Kiryat in the north of Haifa)
• Line 2, blue: Rambam Hospital - Bat Galim - HaMifratz - Kiryat Ata
• Line 3, green: Hadar HaCarmel - HaMifratz - Kiryat Yam - Krayot Central Bus Station.

To use the Metronit bus system, paper tickets for single journeys can be obtained at the stations, for multiple journey tickets and other discounts there are electronic tickets, as in the rest of Israel Rav Kav-Card, which must be validated electronically at the start of the journey. Depending on the number of tariff zones, the corresponding ticket must be obtained, 5.50-14.00 NIS, details on the Metronit website.

Carmelite (Carmelite)

A specialty of Haifa is the only Israeli subway, the "Karmelit" or "Carmelit". The Carmelit is actually an underground funicular with two cars that run in opposite directions. The train travels from “Kikar Paris” in the lower town via several intermediate stops to the “Gan haEm” station in Central Carmel and overcomes almost 300 m difference in altitude. With its six stations, the Karmelit is one of the smallest subway systems in the world. It was built in 1956/59 and reopened in 1992 with new rolling stock. After a serious one Fire damage traffic has been idle since February 4, 2017. The railway reopened on October 4, 2018 with new wagons.

[ a d b ] Carmelite
Legend
סולל בונה מצדה גן האם Solel Boneh Massada Gan haEm Kikar Paris Hanevi'im Bnei Zion כיכר פריז הנביאים בני ציון

• The station “Kikar Paris” is located in the lower city on 32.8175134.9997314 Paris Square in the area of ​​the transition of the road HaMeginim in the street HaPalyam. To get to this station, you can take bus 103, which runs a little further north along the Derech haAtzma'ut wrong. From the main train station in the northwest Haifa Center haShmona it is a good half a kilometer to "Pariser Platz".
• From "HaNevi'im" one arrives at the main business center of Haifa in the district Hadar. From the underground station head east to Herzl-Straße; a street parallel to Herzl-Straße is the pedestrian zone "Nordau Street".
• The station was also called "Bnei Zion" earlier Golomb after the road that crosses the Carmelite there. The current name refers to a nearby hospital.
• The highest station is the Carmelite 32.804734.987915 Gan HaEm. From here it is only a few minutes' walk to the Haifa Zoo, some museums and the viewing terraces above the Bahai Shrine on the Jefe Nof.

A single ticket for the Carmelit can be obtained from the machine for 6.90 NIS (10/2015); city residents use the electronic one Rav Kav Card, A credit can be loaded onto the card, journeys are debited at the validator.

The Carmelite has so far been poorly integrated into inner-city bus traffic and only marginally affects today's city centers; However, the only Israeli subway allows a quick change of urban levels and can save you the ascent after a walk from the upper to the lower town.

Tourist Attractions

• 32.811234.9852 Louis Promenade - Of course they still exist, the dingy corners of the industrial and port city of Haifa, especially in the lower town, at the port and around the industrial facilities east of the center. However, this city mainly impresses with its unique location on the northern slope of the Carmel Mountains, with its gardens and the fantastic view over the Mediterranean Sea and the bay of Haifa. The best-known perspective of the city is from the Louis Promenade on the street Jefe Nof in Central Carmel. From here, even the port and industrial facilities hardly disturb the breathtaking view, the view sweeps over the gardens of the Baha'i and the blue waters of the Mediterranean all the way to Akko, to the mountains Upper Galilee and on some days even up to Golan. But a visit is also worthwhile on summer evenings, when the bay slowly wraps itself in the twilight and thousands of lights gradually flare up in the warm summer air along the coast and on the ships.

View from the Louis Promenade on the panorama of Haifa; in the foreground the Persian gardens with the shrine of Bab, in the background Dagon-Silo and harbor

• 32.814534.98713 Shrine of Bab and Persian Gardens (Baha'i Gardens) - The grounds are one of the most important sanctuaries of the Baha'i; since 2008 they belong to the UNESCO world cultural heritage.

Shrine of the Bab

The shrine of Bab forms the heart of the extensive park. It is about halfway up the slope and can be seen from many parts of the city; especially good from the already mentioned viewing terraces and from the German colony at the foot of the gardens. The Bahai Temple, as it is sometimes called (not entirely correct in terms of the concept), is a building made of white stone in which European and Oriental stylistic elements are combined. The floor plan is square, then the building tapers and is finally crowned by a gilded dome. It was erected in 1953 over the remains of the Bab, a pioneer and prophet of the Baha'i'um. He had been executed over a hundred years earlier in what was then Persia because his teachings contradicted Islam.

Above and below the shrine are the Persian gardens, which extend over a total of 19 terraces. The gardens on the slope are kept in very strict forms and show perfect garden art. In other places the parks are not quite as geometrical; at the main entrance halfway up you have the feeling of stepping into a grove in the middle of the city.

If you are interested in the gardens, you have to know that only parts of the site are accessible: a total of three sections of the park are open during the day until the afternoon: the top and bottom terrace and a small piece of the park halfway up the hill Near the shrine. In the mornings you can also visit the area immediately around the shrine of Bab. The terraces between the mentioned pieces are general Not accessible, these areas can only be entered on a guided tour. The gardens are closed on Baha'i Holidays and Yom Kippur. The gardens can also be closed when it rains.

• Baha'i Gardens, Bahá’í World Center Visitor Services, P.O. Box 155, Haifa 31001. Tel.: 972-4-831 3131, Email: [email protected]. Open: Gardens by the Shrine 9 am-12pm; outer gardens (as described) 9 am-5pm; There is an English-speaking guided tour from the Jefe Nof (access west of the upper terrace!) through the upper half of the park to the Shrine of Bab, every day except Wednesday at 12 noon (Status: 01/2011).Price: The visit is free, including the guided tour.last change: not specified

Lower access to the gardens, Ben Gurion Boulevard and Dagon

House in the German colony

• 32.8184134.989534 German Colony: Immediately below the Persian gardens, Ben Gurion Boulevard (Sderot Ben Gurion) is the main axis of the former German settlement in Haifa. In the neat stone houses to the left and right of the street, the "Templers" used to live, mainly Christian settlers from Württemberg who made a significant contribution to the development of the city. Many of the houses have now been restored, and there are plenty of cafes and restaurants on both sides of the street. From Ben-Gurion-Straße you also have a good view of the higher world center of the Baha'i.

Near the coast

• This is located immediately northeast of the German colony Dagon silo. The bulky structure almost always dominates the cityscape when you look from the higher parts of the city to the areas around the harbor. The almost 70 meter high building holds around 100,000 tons of grain and houses a grain museum
• Further east on the railway line towards Akko is the former train station Haifa East (Haifa Mizrach), which is no longer served in scheduled traffic today, that Israeli Railway Museum.

In the higher parts of the city

• Worth seeing is the view of the city and the harbor from the Louis Promenade, above Baha'i Gardens.
• In the district Central Carmel lies that Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, the only museum in the Middle East specifically dedicated to Japanese art.
• the Haifa Zoo lies on Mount Carmel.

Museums

National Museum of Science

Haifa has a number of museums with different focuses; one of the most extraordinary is the grain museum in the Dagon-Silo, there are also various art museums and museums related to the sea. Four of them, namely that Haifa Museum of Art, the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, the National Maritime Museum and the Haifa City Museum belong to the city museums, which under the English name "Haifa Museum“Occur. There is a combined ticket for these museums, which offers a reduced admission price (45 NIS, children up to 18 years and reduced 33 NIS).

• 32.822234.992035  Haifa City Museum, Sderot Ben Gurion 11, Haifa. Tel.: 972 (0)4-9115888, Fax: 972 (0)4-9115891. The city museum at the end of Ben Gurion Boulevard was opened in 2000 in the former school and community building of the Templars; In addition to an exhibition on the history of the city of Haifa, changing special exhibitions on topics related to the history of the city of Haifa are presented.Open: Sun-Thu 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Fri 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m.Price: 35/23 NIS, combined ticket 60 NIS.last change: not specified
• 32.822534.99616  Grain museum in the Dagon silo. Tel.: 972 (0)4-8664221. The grain museum, accessed from the east side, can only be visited as part of a guided tour. The museum deals, among other things, with the culture, treatment and storage of grain from historical times to the present day.Open: Sun-Thu 10.30am.Price: free entry, only as part of guided tours.last change: not specified
• 32.815134.992667  Haifa Museum of Art, 26 Shabbetai Levi Street, Haifa. Tel.: 972 (0)4-9115997, Email: [email protected]. The museum is one of the leading art museums in Israel with a focus on contemporary art. The museum, founded in 1951 in the building of a former university, shows the work of Israeli and international artists since the beginning of the 20th century. Various bus lines stop near the museum from the station HaNevi'im the Carmelite you can reach the museum if you go about 400 to the west on Schabbetai-Levi-Straße.Open: Sun-Thu 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Fri 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m.Price: 45/30 NIS, combined ticket 60 NIS.last change: not specified
• 32.8077934.987168  Mané-Katz Museum, 89 Yafe Nof Street, Haifa. Tel.: 972 (0)4-9119372, Email: [email protected]. In Emmanuel Mané-Katz's house, paintings and sculptures from the work of the Jewish artist, who belongs to the "Paris School", as well as his personal collection of Judaica can be seen.Open: Sun-Thu 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Fri 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m.Price: 35/23 NIS, combined ticket 60 NIS.last change: not specified
• 32.8046935.000549  Hermann Struck Museum, 23 Arlozorov Street, Haifa. Tel.: 972 (0)4-9127090, Email: [email protected]. The works of the German-born draftsman, lithographer and etcher Hermann Struck (1876/1944) are exhibited in its own museum, and the etchings by famous personalities, including Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Theodor Herzl, Henrik Ibsen, Friedrich Nietzsche, are known. Hermann Struck was a driving force behind the establishment of the Haifa Artists Colony and the Haifa Art Museum.Open: Sun-Thu 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Fri 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sat closed.Price: 35/23 NIS, combined ticket 60 NIS.last change: not specified
• 32.8093434.9853610  Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, 89 Hanassi Ave., Haifa. Tel.: 972 (0)4-8383554, Fax: (0)4-9115955, Email: [email protected]. The Tikotin Museum, founded in 1959, is the only museum in the Middle East that is specifically dedicated to Japanese art. It was founded in 1959 on the initiative of Felix Tikotin, a collector and dealer of Japanese art, and Abba Khoushy, the then mayor of Haifa. Museum Tikotin's collection includes over 7,000 pieces, including paintings, prints, drawings and ceramics, as well as various pieces of modern Japanese art. Various museum events are intended to bring guests closer to Japanese art, as well as the way of life, language, cuisine and culture.Open: Sun-Thu 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Fri 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m.Price: 35/23 NIS, combined ticket 60 NIS.last change: not specified
• 32.810134.996311  National Museum of Science, Technology and Space, Shmaryahu Levin St. 25 / Balfour St. 12. Tel.: 972 (0)4-8614444. The technology museum was opened in 1983 in the historic building of the Technion, the technical university. Changing special exhibitions are shown every year, and the 3D cinema is also a highlight.Open: Sun-Wed 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Thu, Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Fri 10 a.m.-1 p.m.Price: 89/50 NIS.last change: not specified
• 32.82934.972312  National Maritime Museum, 198 Allenby Road, Haifa. Tel.: 972 (0)4-8536622, Email: [email protected]. Open: Sun-Thu 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Fri 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m.Price: 35/23 NIS, combined ticket 60 NIS.last change: not specified

If you follow Allenbystraße to the west until it almost meets Hauptstraße 4 (HaHagana Avenue) again, you come to National Maritime Museum. For those arriving by public transport, the museum recommends line 114, which shuttles between the two new central bus stations at short intervals.

A wide variety of exhibits are shown that are related to seafaring in the area of ​​the Red Sea, Mediterranean and Nile over the past 5000 years; there are e.g. ship models or navigation aids, old anchors, maps and globes The offer is supplemented by changing exhibitions. The museum was created in the 1950s from a private collection.

• 32.8299934.9709713  Clandestine Immigration Museum, 204 Allenby Road, Haifa. Tel.: 972 (0)4-8536249, Fax: (0)4-8512958. Geöffnet: So-Do 8.30-16.00h, 2016 wegen Umbau teilweise geschlossen.last change: not specified
  
  

In direkter Nachbarschaft des Schifffahrtsmuseums liegt das Museum der illegalen Einwanderung und Marine. Dieses Museum zeigt, unter welchen Umständen die jüdischen Flüchtlinge zur Zeit des britischen Mandats in den Jahren 1934-1948 - teils unter Lebensgefahr - versuchten, in das damalige Palästina einzuwandern und so der Verfolgung in Europa zu entgehen. Das spektakulärste Ausstellungsstück und gewissermaßen Wahrzeichen des Museums ist das Flüchtlingsschiff „Af Al Pi Chen“ (trotzdem, dennoch).

• 32.81119166666735.00671111111114  Railway museum (‏מוזיאון רכבת ישראל‎), Hativat Golani St. 1, Haifa. Tel.: 972 (0)4 856 42 93, 972 (0)4 856 41 80, Fax: 972 (0)4 856 43 10, Email: [email protected]. .Gezeigt werden verschiedenste Exponate zum Eisenbahnverkehr im historischen Palästina wie historische Loks und Salonwagen, Signale und Archivgut, z.B. alte Fahrscheine. Die Busse der Buslinie 103, die in enger Taktfolge zwischen den beiden zentralen Busbahnhöfen pendeln, halten in der Nähe des Museums.Geöffnet: Geöffnet So-Do 8.00-16.00 Uhr (geschlossen an Feiertagen und Vortagen von Feiertagen).Preis: Erwachsene 30 NIS, Kinder bis 18 Jahre & Senioren 15 NIS.last change: not specified

• 32.8066434.985615  Haifa Zoo, Ha-Tishbi St. 124, Haifa. Tel.: 972 (0)4837-2886. im Zoo werden neben zahlreichen Tierarten in einem botanischen Garten auch etliche tropische Pflanzen gezeigt.Geöffnet: Mai-August Sa-Do 09.00-18.00, Fr 09.00-14.00h; im Winter Sa-Do 09.00-16.00h, Fr 09.00-14.00h.Preis: 38 NIS.last change: not specified

Synagogen, Kirchen, Moscheen

Kloster Stella Maris

Kloster Stella Maris

Elias-Höhle im Kloster

Stella-Maris: Edith-Stein Memorial

In der Klosterkirche Stella Maris

Elia's Höhle

Elia's Höhle

Elia's Höhle

Kirche Notre Dame du Mont Carmel

Kuppel der Church of the Holy Heart

• 32.827234.970116 Kloster Stella Maris - Zur Zeit der Kreuzfahrer siedelten die ersten Eremiten oberhalb der Karmel - Höhle, in der Elia seine Gottesbegegnung gehabt haben soll. Sie wurden nach Eroberung des Lands durch die Mamluken vertrieben und gründeten in Frankreich den Karmeliterorden. Auf dem Felsvorsprung oberhalb der Karmelhöhle erbauten Karmelitermönche im 17. Jhdt. ein erstes Kloster, 1821 verlangte der Pascha von Akko dessen Räumung, zerstörte es und errichtete auf dem Felsvorsprung einen Leuchtturm und einen Sommerpalast. Nachdem den Karmelitern die Rückkehr gestattet wurde, erbauten die Karmeliter das heutige Kloster und die Kirche Stella Maris, welche 1836 geweiht wurde und sich zu einem Zentrum der Marienverehrung in Israel entwickelte. Auch in dieser Kirche gibt es eine Höhle, die an den Propheten Elia erinnert.

Vom Kloster führt ein Fußpfad vorbei am 32.828334.969117 Leuchtturm vorbei am Rundbau der Church of the Holy Heart hinab zur sog. 32.829934.969318 Höhle des Elia am Fuß des Karmel. Diese Stätte wird von Christen und vor allem auch von Juden verehrt, sie ist von einer Trennwand in Bereiche für Männer und Frauen unterteilt.

Eine moderne Gondelbahn führt von dort aus zum Karmeliterkloster hinauf.

• Die Kirche 32.817834.978619 Notre Dame du Mont Karmel liegt etwas weiter in südöstlicher Richtung auf dem Rücken des Karmel.

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Vom Stadtteil Bat Galim südwärts gibt es einige ausgewiesene Badestrände. Relativ gut erreichbar sind die Badestrände im Stadtteil Bat Galim selbst sowie ein Strandabschnitt in der unmittelbaren Nähe des Bahn- sowie Busbahnhofs Chof (Hof) haKarmel.

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Das städtische Geschäftszentrum Haifas befindet sich in Hadar, einem Stadtteil etwa auf halber Höhe der Stadt; dort gibt es auch eine Fußgängerzone. Ein großes Einkaufszentrum im Osten Haifas (Richtung Krajot) ist die „Cinema Mall“, auch bekannt als „Lev haMifrats“, wörtlich übersetzt „Herz der Bucht“; sie liegt in unmittelbarer Nachbarschaft zu den gleichnamigen Bahnhöfen (Bus und Bahn). Eine neuere und größere Einkaufsmall ist „Grand Canyon“ ebenfalls im Osten der Stadt an der Straße „Simcha Golan“; ein hebräischer Begriff für Einkaufszentrum lautet „Kanion“, beim Namen handelt es sich also um ein Wortspiel.

An der Busstrecke vom Jachthafen zum nächsten Busbahnhof liegen mehrere Supermärkte, teils mit koscheren Lebensmitteln. Fährt man weiter auf den Karmel, so liegt auf dessen halber Höhe ein Basar, oberhalb davon ist eine regelrechte "Einkaufsmeile".

Eine Parallelstraße höher gibt es in kleinen Lebensmittellädchen Wurstwaren wie in Deutschland und Polen.

Das gesamte Einkaufsangebot ist offensichtlich für die lokale Bevölkerung gedacht, Touristennepp findet sich kaum. Ein gewisses Maß an Vorsicht ist - wie überall - in extremen Billigläden geboten: Eine Badehose in Übergröße für 5 NIS (Schkalim, Sing.: Schekel) (= 1 €), das ist mehr als nur günstig. Bei ansonsten gutem Stoff und einwandfreier Verarbeitung ist nicht auch noch zu verlangen, daß das Stück nicht abfärbt...

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• die 32.762635.01871 Universität Haifa auf der Kuppe des Karmel wurde 1963 gegründet, gelehrt werden vornehmlich Geisteswissenschaften, Sprachen und Politwissenschaften.
• das 32.77735.02282 Technion, Israel Institute of Technology wurde 1912 gegründet und nahm als älteste Universität Israels im Jahre 1924 den Lehrbetrieb auf. 1923 pflanzte Albert Einstein bei einem Besuch eine Palme, die heute noch vor dem alten Institutsgebäude in der Altstadt (in der heute das Wissenschaftsmuseum untergebracht ist) steht. Der moderne Universitätskampus ist am Nordwesthang des Karmel gelegen, einzig die medizinische Fakultät ist in der Nähe des Rambam Spitals in Bat Galim gelegen.

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Rambam Hospital

Altes Karmeliterhospiz beim Rambam Hospital

• das 32.833234.98543 Rambam Health Care Center liegt auf der Halbinsel bei Bat Galim
• weitere Spitäler sind das 32.806234.99234 Bnai Zion Hospital und das Carmel Hospital.

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• die 32.8180934.989115 Touristeninformation ist in der Ben Gurion St. in der ehemaligen Deutschen Kolonie zu finden.

trips

Als "Großraumzentrum" in Nordisrael bietet sich Haifa als Ausgangspunkt für Ausflüge nach Galiläa an, Tagestouren nach Nazareth, Tiberias, Kapharnaum, aber auch kurze Ausflüge wie nach Akko sind leicht mit dem Bus zu bewerkstelligen.

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Web links

http://www.haifa.muni.il – Offizielle Webseite von Haifa

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