How to?
Hamburg is a very busy city and so are the driving schools here. It can take a while to complete the process of driving license in Hamburg.
- Be prepared financially and mentally, because it's a time taking and expensive process.
- It can cost you between 3000 - 7000 Euros, the silver lining is that you don't have to pay this amount at once.
- Prerequisites: Before you start looking for a driving school, there are three documents your must aquire first:
- Hamburg offers a variety of driving school offering different training in many languages, e.g. English, German, Arabic, Turkish.
- To start, choose a driving school nearby to reduce the travel time to make your future practical classes easier.
- Get yourself registered at a school, they will provide you with all of the necessary material you need for a Theory Test.
- Once you get the access for theory app (multilingual), start preparing for your test.
- After passing your practice exam consecutively for at least a week on your app, you will be prepared.
- Some schools asks you to pass the test at school first before they register you for the official exam at TÜV.
- Once you get the date of your exam, save it and arrive 15-20 minutes before your exam.
- The theory test takes place at TÜV:
- Test can be conducted in the language of your choice.
- The amount of multiple choice questions, that you must learn by heart is between 1000-1600.
- Every year around April, more questions are added in the app and some are updated.
- During your test, you will be given around 20-40 questions.
- Visual questions can be different from the visuals in app but the concept will be same.
- You can make maximum of 10 mistakes.
- Your result will be handed over to you immediately.
- The theory exam you passed is valid for ONE YEAR only, so you must pass your practical exam within a year. If you fail to do so, you will have to pass the theory exam again.
- After passing the theory exam, your school will add you in the waiting list for the practical classes.
- For practical classes there are 12 special hours that you must do before your exam.
- Once your teacher thinks that you are prepared, you will get an appointment for the practical exam.
- Practical exam lasts for 45 minutes and is only conducted in German.
- The journey isn't over after your pass, after acquiring your license your probation period will start which will last for 2 years. Any offense that may occur during this time will double the probation period upto 4 years and additional charges depending on the offense.
- If you choose not to drive during your probation period, it will not change or extend it's duration.
- Here you can learn more about renting a car.