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St. Pauli (Sankt Pauli; German: [ˌzaŋkt ˈpaʊli] ⓘ) is a quarter of the city of Hamburg belonging to the centrally located Hamburg-Mitte borough. Situated on the right bank of the Elbe river, the nearby Landungsbrücken is a northern part of the port of Hamburg. St. Pauli contains a world-famous red-light district around the iconic ...
The name Reeperbahn means ropewalk, which is a place where ropes are made (Low German: Reep = rope, the standard German word is Seil; Bahn = track). Until the 1620s Hamburg's ropewalks had been located in the Neustadt (New Town) quarter of the inner city close to the Elbe, which then became a densely built up area.
As of 2007, until its closure in 2013, the Safari was the only live sex theatre left in Germany. [2] The popular table dance club Dollhouse now takes the place of the Salambo . In 1975, the German rock band Randy Pie used two views of Grosse Freiheit for their album Kitsch : the front cover is a picture of the street at night, while the back ...
A Nazi wartime anti-aircraft tower, built by forced labor in 1942, has been turned into a leisure complex, hotel and spectacular urban oasis.
The architect's intent for the catacombs remain unknown, however, as they, and the whole interior of the monument, are no longer accessible for safety reasons. In the 1970s, a soldier who had served in the British army during the occupation in Germany discovered a tunnel beneath the Bismarck memorial which led to a Nazi hideout while in Hamburg.
Old Elbe Tunnel or St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel (German: Alter Elbtunnel colloquially or St. Pauli Elbtunnel officially), which opened in 1911, is a pedestrian and vehicle tunnel in Hamburg. The 426 m (1,398 ft) long tunnel was a technical sensation; 24 m (80 ft) beneath the surface, two 6 m (20 ft) diameter tubes connect central Hamburg with the ...
The revamp has given the bunker a different look, paving the way for what Bunker St. Pauli calls “an unforgettable experience.” ...
Map showing the Heiligengeistfeld Former Flakturm IV on Heiligengeistfeld. Heiligengeistfeld (German: "Holy Ghost Field") is an area of Hamburg in the St. Pauli quarter. The Hamburger Dom funfair has been held there since 1893. [1] When the area is not used for exhibitions, circuses or the Dom it is a car park.