Haifa Port (ميناء حيفا) through time

Haifa 1898–2024 16 photos of this spot

16 photographs taken at the same spot in Haifa, spanning 1898–2024 — 14 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

Haifa and Mount Carmel photographed before 1899, when the town was still a modest Ottoman port that had yet to see the rapid growth later spurred by German and Jewish immigration.

Haifa and Mount Carmel (before 1899) 1898 Haifa and Mount Carmel photographed before 1899, when the town was still a modest Ottoman port that had yet to see the rapid growth later spurred by German and Jewish immigration.

Along the sea coast. German colony at Haifa LOC 1900 A view along the coast near the German Colony at Haifa, in present-day Israel, photographed around 1900. The colony was founded by German Templers in the 1860s as an agricultural settlement below Mount Carmel.

Along the sea coast. Haifa and bay, seen from Mt. Carmel LOC 1900 Haifa and its bay seen from Mount Carmel around 1900, part of the Matson Photograph Collection documenting late Ottoman-era Palestine, now held by the U.S. Library of Congress.

Anchorage at Haifa, early 20th century 1900 Ships at anchorage off Haifa in the early 20th century, when the town's harbor was still an open roadstead used by vessels serving the wider Ottoman province before the construction of Haifa's modern port.

Beirut, etc. The German Colony at Haifa LOC 1900 A view of the German Colony at Haifa, in present-day Israel, around 1900. German Templer settlers established the colony in the 1860s, building the stone houses that still line the area today.

Carmel and Haifa. Haifa and the bay from lower slopes of Carmel LOC 1920 Haifa and its bay seen from the lower slopes of Mount Carmel, photographed around 1920 and held in the Library of Congress's Matson Photograph Collection.

ARLOZOROV STREET IN HAIFA. רחוב ארלוזורוב 1933 Arlozorov Street in Haifa, photographed in 1933, named after Chaim Arlozorov, a Zionist leader and head of the Jewish Agency's political department who was assassinated on a Tel Aviv beach that same year.

A NARROW STREET IN DOWNTOWN HAIFA. סמטה צרה בעיר 1934 A narrow street in downtown Haifa, photographed in 1934 during the British Mandate period in Palestine.

Haifa Railroad Station. Approximately 1925 to 1935 Haifa's railroad station, photographed around 1935 and held in the Library of Congress's Matson Photograph Collection, from the British Mandate era.

Haifa, looking across the bay from Carmel showing harbour & Acre beyond. between 1934 and 1936 A view across Haifa Bay from Mount Carmel toward the harbor and Acre in the distance, photographed between 1934 and 1939.

EU: The Haifa Bay. (1936) 1936 Haifa Bay photographed in 1936, showing the coastline along Israel's northern Mediterranean shore during the British Mandate period.

AN AERIAL PHOTO OF HAIFA 1937 An aerial photograph of Haifa, taken in 1937 during the British Mandate period in Palestine, showing the layout of the port city on the slopes of Mount Carmel and along its Mediterranean harbor.

EU: Haifa Bay. (1946) 1946 Haifa Bay in 1946, two years before the end of the British Mandate for Palestine, by which time Haifa's modern harbor had become the territory's principal port.

EU: Stella Maris klooster en monument (1964) 1964 The Stella Maris Carmelite monastery and its adjoining monument on Mount Carmel, photographed in Haifa in 1964.

Bahai Garden - View on Haifa 2011 The Bahai Gardens on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel, seen in 2011. The terraced gardens surround the Shrine of the Bab and are recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Haifa Port (ميناء حيفا) 2024 Haifa Port, on Israel's Mediterranean coast at the foot of Mount Carmel, is one of the country's principal seaports. This 2024 photograph shows the harbor.