HAMBURG ST. PAULI The heart of Hamburg Advice. Booking. Service. Tel. +49 (0)40.300 51 300 www.hamburg-travel.com CONTENTS 04 ST. PAULI EXPERTS 06 THE DAY TOUR 10 THE EVENING/NIGHT TOUR 16 SHOPPING 24 GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS 28 THEATRES AND MUSICALS 32 RESTAURANTS AND CAFES 40 EVENTS AND MARKETS 42 PUBS AND BARS 48 CLUBS AND LIVE PERFORMANCES 52 ACCOMMODATION 55 ADULTS ONLY 62 CITY MAP 64 RAPID TRANSIT MAP 66 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TOP TIP: We’ve personally inspected these centrally located hotels on your behalf, so you can be sure that they offer good quality and outstanding service. Hamburg CARD – Perfect for your city break Free travel on buses, rapid transit, suburban trains and harbour ferries as well as great deals at over 150 tourist attractions where you see this logo. For more information, visit www.hamburg-tourism.de/card. Advice. Booking. Service. Tel. +49 (0)40.300 51 300 www.astra-bier.de 2 Astra. 3 That settles it. 105x210_AZ_HH_StP_Bro_Endlich_ohne_nackte_Haut_RZ.indd 1 21.05.14 12:02 ST. PAULI EXPERTS “If you live in St. Pauli, there’s no reason to travel.” “As a small world, St. Pauli reflects countless aspects of This is a fact confirmed by our three St. Pauli experts, all of society. Living in St. Pauli, you grow up with your heart in whom have taken St. Pauli into their heart and made it their the right place and learn to observe your surroundings with home. Each in their own way, they have all developed an a critical but benevolent eye.” Terry Krug, owner of Krug Wein- unwavering love for the cosmopolitan, passionate heart of stubezi, manager of the Oberstübchen restaurant, member of the Hamburg, which has long ceased to be a mere district, and is Clubstiftung board and director of the Clubkombinat association now a living legend. “The Reeperbahn is the most colourful and wild side of “My personal insider tip: go for a stroll in front of the Hamburg and I fell in love with it instantly. It’s a village Hotel Hafen Hamburg and the Bernhard Nocht Insti­ in which the entire world feels at home and there’s an tute for Tropical Medicine. It’s the most scenic part of incomparable sense of family.” Julia Catharina Staron, St. Pauli and you have a wonderful view of the port. ” artist, restaurant proprietor, city and museum guide and author of Günter Zint, founder of St. Pauli Museum ”ST. PAULI – Eine kritische Liebeserklärung“ 4 5 We recommend starting at the THE DAY TOUR REEPERBAHN S-BAHN STATION taking the exit to HANS-ALBERS- PLATZ. Once there, turn right into Silbersackstrasse, home to Zum Silbersack, one of St. Pauli’s most eccentric bars. Continue straight Around the Reeperbahn ahead and you’ll come to the picturesque HEIN-KÖLLISCH- PLATZ with its many restaurants and cafes such as Café Geyer. The two tubes of the old Elbtunnel at Landungsbrücken. Follow Antonistrasse and you’ll pass the St. Pauli church on the right-hand Here you have a wonderful view of side. Continue straight ahead for a the LANDUNGSBRÜCKEN domes view of the docks and loading and Pegelturm tower. The former cranes. The street ends at PARK ‘water railway station’ for passenger FICTION, a city oasis with artificial ships is now a hub for Elbe boat trips palm trees and a beautiful view of and the S-Bahn and U-Bahn. At the the port. western end, you’ll find the entrance to the OLD ELBTUNNEL, a 426.5- The BAVARIA-QUARTER is an metre tunnel consisting of two tubes architectural highlight and you have which provide passengers, cyclists two options for getting there: you and cars access to the other side of can follow BERNHARD-NOCHT- the Elbe. STRASSE with its buildings and bars typical of Reeperbahn or you can A couple of hundred metres east­­ walk along HAFENSTRASSE with ward along the Elbe, you will come its colourful facades, which are across the restored 97-metre RICK- reminiscent of the political resis- MER RICKMERS sailing ship, tance, squatting and street riots one of the last-remaining commer- between 1984 and 1990. Today, the cial-shipping tall ships. And because site of the former Bavaria Brauerei Please see the ELBPHILHARMONIE is already is home to apartments, office in view, we recommend a trip to the St. Pauli map on blocks and hotels, situated in the HAFENCITY. page 62 for the tour route. Neue Hafenkrone quarter. The popu- lar Astra beer was produced here until 2003. HAMBURG MARITIM MARITIME HAMBURG Die schönste Waterkant See Hamburg at its best from the water: the Elbe, the Alster and the harbour. Park Fiction: the colourful resident Download or order the brochure at: project with a special flair. www.hamburg-travel.com/catalogues r 215140911HH_Card_Tageskarte_Einzeln_2012_HH_Card_Tageskarte_G Hamburg CARD | 1-Day-Ticket Tageskarte Einzel | Date /1 6 Datum 7 | Single Beratung. Buchung. Service. Einzel Tel. +49(0)40.300 51 300 www.hamburg-tourismus.de HAFENCITY HafenCity represents a unique An architectural highlight symbiosis combining the past and the present. A true architec- tural and cultural highlight, it offers endless sights to explore, including the International Maritime Museum Hamburg, Traditional ship harbour at Sandtorhafen and Automuseum Prototyp in Shanghaiallee. Located at Kaispeicher A, the Elbphilharmonie represents a new cultural and architectural flagship project for Hamburg. You can find our ‘Buzzing City by the Water’ offer and other exciting packages at www.hamburg- travel.com 8 9 THE EVENING/NIGHT TOUR Take a walk on the wild side Highly visible – the ‘Tanzende Türme‘ (dancing towers) mark the eastern entrance to the Reeperbahn. The ideal location for starting a tour of the Reeperbahn and its side streets is the ST. PAULI U-BAHN STATION, where two slightly skew buildings point you in the right direction: the TANZENDE TÜRME (dancing towers) of Hadi Teherani mark the beginning of the approxi- The Panoptikum wax museum showcases mately 930-metre-long red-light all the Hamburg celebrities, including Udo Lindenberg. district and, from summer 2012, will house the legendary Mojo Club with its lively beats and a bar with a roof Spielbudenplatz is surrounded by terrace for an amazing pano rama. various cultural sites: the TUI OPERETTENHAUS is a popular location for musical fans. PANOP- TIKUM , Germany’s oldest wax mu seum, showcases famous people, from Pope Benedict to Hans Albers (Mon. to Fri. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m. to midnight, Sun. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Spielbudenplatz 3, www. panoptikum.de). Please see The party street: up to 40,000 people can Just a few metres further, the the St. Pauli map on celebrate at the Spielbudenplatz square which is 6,900 square metres in size. stages of SCHMIDT THEATER , page 62 for the tour route. SCHMIDTS TIVOLI and ST. Just a bit further down the road, PAULI THEATER appear one SPIELBUDENPLATZ with its two after another, followed by the enormous, mobile stages hosts regu- DAVIDWACHE police station, a lar events such as the Reeperbahn brick building with a pointed gable. Davidwache is arguably the most famous police station in Germany – Festival, Grand Prix viewing parties and the station with the smallest and the Nachtmarkt, a market held jurisdiction: just 92 hectares. on Wednesday evenings. 10 11 REEPERBAHN TOURS Red-light tour An actress dressed as a prostitute of the 16th century leads a tour through the Reeperbahn, talking about the history of prostitution, the role of the church, various sexual practices and unusual tools. The tour ends with a viewing of a brothel room, followed by a three-course meal and a shot of ‘Hurenschnaps‘, the local red-light spirit. Fri. and Sat. 6 p.m., leaves from Davidwache (minimum age 18), Herbertstrasse, Hamburg’s most ‘sinful’ zone, measures 60 metres in length. Hans Albers has been watching over the tel. +49 (0)40 4163 868 030, square of the same name since 1986. www.hurentour.de Right at the crossing, the LUCUL- and you’ll come to HANS-ALBERS- Just around the corner, you’ll find St. Pauli Reeperbahn tour with the St. Pauli Tourist Office LUS snack bar – the main hub for PLATZ, home to Jörg Immendorff’s the famous GROSSE FREIHEIT. All the guides on this tour live in St. Pauli, delicious chips, bratwurst and curry- statue of the famous actor Hans Here you can discover strip clubs so you’re sure to hear a few insider tips wurst – advertises its goods in Albers. and table dance bars such as Susi‘s and personal stories – unique and 100% authentic! bright blinking letters. Show Bar, the Dollhouse and Daily 7 p.m. (May–October also at 4 If you walk a further 300 metres various music clubs. And there in and 10 p.m. on Fri. and Sat.), starts at Once you’re fuelled up, continue down the Reeperbahn and cross the centre of the action, Hamburg’s Imperial Theater, www.pauli-tourist.de along Davidstrasse – past the to the other side, you’ll come to oldest Catholic church St. Joseph is scantily clad women – until you BEATLES-PLATZ, a perfect circle much like an island of morality. Hempel‘s Beatles-Tour reach HERBERTSTRASSE, one with a 29-metre diameter and a Stefanie Hempel leads groups to the spots around St. Pauli where the Fab Four’s career of Germany’s last brothel streets. black surface resembling a vinyl Heading back to the St. Pauli got started, all the while singing Beatles‘ Only adult men are allowed to record. The five silhouettes around U-Bahn station, the HAMBURGER songs and playing her ukulele.