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Kaffee und Kuchen, if you are into that, at the Petit Cafe.
Food is good in the Portugiesenviertel and the Steindamm/Lange Reihe area. The fish dishes aren’t very exceptional in Hamburg unfortunately, except at Fischmarkt below.
Get up early on Sunday for Fischmarkt, it’s over at six. Or party all night in the Reeperbahn area before your visit; entertainment in the area is always good, for example at Schmidts Tivoli.
For Kaffe und Kuchen, I personally like the Strudel at Literaturcafe best, it’s somewhere close to the Alster. It’s not easy to get to if you’re not in the area.
Optionally, stroll through the old Elbtunnel.
Get a Hamburger to explain you the political economy of the Elbphilharmonie…
Hamburg, in one word: Eel.
Rieperbahn, dude. St. Pauli. Herbertstrasse.
Favorite movie set there: The American Friend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUGOMhevV70&feature=related
Go see Caspar David Friedrich at the Kunsthalle. It’s right near the hauptbahnhof anyway.
Going down to the Portuguese quarter is a good bet. Otherwise the local cuisine is kind of blah. Vapiano is just that same good-enough pizza and pasta chain that the Germans go crazy for. It’s nothing exciting.
Going down to the Portuguese quarter is a good bet. Otherwise the local cuisine is kind of blah. Vapiano is just that same kind of good-enough pizza and pasta chain that the Germans go crazy for. It’s nothing exciting.
Recommending Vapiano to a foodie is a joke! It’s nothing but a boring chain.
The Fischmarkt is open Sundays from 5am to 9:30am.
Northwestern Germany features an excellent type of tea (Ostfriesentee), typically a blend of Assam, Ceylon and Darjeeling. Hamburg is not in the actual area but it should be close enough to find the tea there. A favorite brand is Thiele’s ‘Broken Altgold’.
BTW, obedience of pedestrian lights is not particular to Hamburg. It’s a well known German trait.
Has been nearly 25 years since I lived for 8 months in Hamburg. The Rathaus Platz, near the Alster is a good memory. The memorial, right there, to the fallen soldiers of the Great War impressed me – simple and moving.
The Fischmarkt… yea I remember staggering there after a long night. Pretty cool. The S and U bahns would shut down at 1 AM or so and it was either a cab home (expensive as a 22 year old) or hang until the Fischmarkt opened. I remember a vendor breaking off chunks of smoked eel, probably the only thing that could survive in the Elbe at the time, and handing out samples. HanseStadt Hamburg.
Rent a canoe at the aussenalster and make a trip on the water through the small channels in winterhude. Kids will sell you lemonade right to your boat and you will get an intimate view in rich’s peoples gardens.
Eat at the vienna, drink a coffee and cake at the marinehof.
Jever Pilsner is brewed near Hamburg. If you like a truly bitter pilsner beer, this is one of the best in Germany.
Carl’s Brasserie at the Elbphilharmonie is pricy, but a great location.
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