Located near the port in Hamburg-Mitte, the city’s central area, the multicultural neighbourhood of St. Pauli (aka Kiez) has long been a boho, sometimes edgy kind of area, and that tradition continues today, including some tremendously innovative stuff going on in art and music.
St Pauli is Hamburg’s cultural hub, from classical opera, operettas, and modern musicals such as Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King, and, er, Rocky the musical (a flop on Broadway in 2012 but currently punching above its weight at the one of the higher profile local theatres, the Operettenhaus on Spielbudenplatz).
The nabe is also nightlife central, thanks to its most famous street, Reeperbahn (pictured here), with a plethora of cool pubs and clubs including landmarks such as the Cotton Club (Alter Steinweg 10), at age 56 Hamburg’s oldest jazz club, and Gretel & Alfons (Grosse Freiheit 29), the gemütliche Kneipe (cozy pub) frequented in the early 60s by the likes of the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix after their gigs at the nearby Star Club and still attracting a mostly young crowd with good and affordable drinks and pub grub.
Read more in our post Happening Hamburg: Hafen City and Sankt Pauli.
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