Is it feasible to base yourself in Hamburg for a week and see neighbouring places by day trip?

Hello, or should I say guten tag? 😁

I am busy making planning ideas for 2 months in Europe. I really want to see some places in Germany and have had ideas about basing myself in one place and travelling by day to surrounding cities and towns.

So I thought that maybe Hamburg would be a good base for maybe a week and to take day trips to the likes of Lubeck, Bremen and Oldenburg. For a long time now I have been fascinated with the history of merchant cities in medieval Europe, so Lubeck is a must. Hamburg is probably a similar experience.

Using the app I can see that travelling from Hamburg to these places is so fast because of Germany’s high speed links.

I just want to be sure that I can make the most of these places with a day trip so was looking for ideas from people that know. I will continue to do watching and reading online but I thought asking the experienced here would also be a good idea.

I suspect this would make booking accomodation so much easier than having to find hotels etc in each place from day to day.

Is my idea feasible? Are there any other must visits that are a short journey from Hamburg? Have people done this very idea?

There are quite a few places I’d like to see in Southern Germany so maybe a week based in Munich could work equally as well. Love to see Rothenburg. If it’s a good idea.

Thanks, in advance, for people’s thoughts. 😁