HAMBURG
Hamburg, Germany's gay-friendly metropolis in the north is called the 'Gate to the world'. The eight hundred year old harbor and the mix of old and new, tradition and modernity make Hamburg a unique place in Germany. As for many Hamburg is synonymous with the many waterways, bridges and the architecturally interesting harbor, cool and trendy Hamburg is also the place to shop and drop.
Hamburg boasts not just one gay scene but two - make that three, when you consider the unrivalled choice for women. So you'll have to decide which one's yours on any given night. The biggest and most central is in the old St Georg (or the West Village) district, just to the east of the main station. Most gay venues here are in between two main streets called Lange Reihe and Steindamm. The city's second gay district, St Pauli (the East Village), based around the Reeperbahn, is more sexual-oriented and known as the 'mile of sin", but you'll find a mixed and pretty interesting gay scene that caters to every taste.
One of the city's other claims to leather fame, the GLSM, thrived as an unrivalled and unrepressed, no-holds-barred leather sex group until the turn of the century. Nowadays, Hamburg's annual Leatherparty continues to thrive to some degree every August, with MSC Hamburg taking control once again following the 2013 demise of local organisers SPIKE. 2014 also saw the return to the harbour of party-friendly MS Stubnitz following two years of hiccups.
GAY & LESBIAN BARS
Toms Saloon Old World leather bar , since 1974. Address : St. Georg - Pulverteich 17 , Hamburg Tel : 0049 40280 3056 www.toms-hamburg.de/
WunderBar Lively, crowded and young Address : St. Pauli - Talstrassse 14-18 , Hamburg Tel : 0049 40317 4444 www.wunderbar-hamburg.de/
Extratour Gay, youngish and friendly bar for drinking and chatting. Zimmerpforte 1 (Kirchenweg) Hamburg St. Georg
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Tel. +49 40/240 184 http://www.gaybar-extratour.de/
Contact Men’s Bar Underwear and less (and more). St. Georg - Danzigerstrasse 51 , Hamburg Tel : 0049 40555 02697 www.contact-bar.de/
GAY & LESBIAN RESTAURANTS
Backbord Schnitzel alert. German/Austrian and Italian specialties St. Pauli - Clemens-Schultz-Strasse 41 , Hamburg Tel :0049 40742 03939 www.backbord-stpauli.de/
Cafe Gnosa Gay jewel of Hamburg Cafe Gnosa is a non-precious, straight-friendly cafe with decent food, excellent home-made cakes and coffee St. Georg - Lange Reihe 93 , Hamburg Tel : +49 40243 034 www.gnosa.de/
Cafe Leonar Warm and woody Jewish bistro Rotherbaum - Grindelhof 87 , Hamburg Tel. +49 40 413 53011 http://www.cafeleonar.de/
La Luna Highly rated food in cosy surroundings St. Pauli - Neuer Kamp 13 , Hamburg Tel. 0049 40 433 666 http://www.laluna-hamburg.de/
Cafe Paris Major-minor Hamburg jewel Altstadt - Rathausstrasse 4 , Hamburg Tel. +49 40325 27777 http://www.cafeparis.net/
Cafe Spund Gay cafe since 1974 Altstadt - Mohlenhofstrasse 3 , Hamburg Tel. +49 40/326 577
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Das Cox Excellent food St. Georg - Greifswalder Strasse 43 , Hamburg Tel. 0049 40249 422 www.restaurant-cox.de/
GAY & LESBIAN NIGHT CLUBS
S.L.U.T. Club (Men only leather) The name says it all Address : St. Georg - Rostocker Strasse 20 , Hamburg, GERMANY Tel : 0049 40248 70673 www.slutclub.de/
Gay Factory (at Fabrik) Bi-monthly Saturday nights in Altona Barnerstraße 36, Altona, Hamburg Tel. +49 40/391 070 http://www.gay-factory.de/impressum.html
ENJOY YOUR STAY IN HAMBURG
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