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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 ...
At 58 meters tall - just a little taller than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, but with considerably more heft - the St. Pauli bunker in Hamburg, Germany, has dominated the city skyline for just over 80 ...
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.
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.” ...
– "St Pauli FC is the club of a particular city district, and it is to this that it owes its identity. This gives it a social and political responsibility in relation to the district and the people who live there." – "St Pauli FC aims to put across a certain feeling for life and symbolises sporting authenticity. This makes it possible for ...
Hafenstraße (German Hafen – harbour; Straße – street) is a common German abbreviation of St. Pauli-Hafenstraße, [1] a street in St. Pauli, a quarter of Hamburg, Germany. [citation needed] The Hafenstraße occupation began in 1981, when twelve buildings were squatted. [2]
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 ...