Santa Pauli, Hamburg’s “hottest” Christmas market
The Reeperbahn is the central street of Hamburg’s nightlife and red-light district and home to a special Christmas market: Santa Pauli.
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Hamburg Winter Pride – Queer Xmas market
There is no Heavenue this year, so I visited the queer Christmas market Hamburg Winter Pride. One of the few markets still open after Christmas!
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Cafe by Dokuwa: Hamburg’s bento boxes
I love bento boxes, but last time I went to Marktstraße, the Cafe by Dokuwa was already closed. Time to return and get one of those bento boxes for a lunch on the go.
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Dockland Hamburg: Step by Step for a view
An office building that also serves as an observation deck – Dockland in Hamburg is more than that. The shape of the building is interesting…and then there are the 136 steps.
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Kini: Vegan Korean restaurant in Hamburg
Kini is a rare Korean-style vegan restaurant in Germany. It’s located in the (still?) hip Schanzenviertel district and offers plant-based variants of popular Korean dishes.
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Culture Flea Market in Hamburg Barmbek
It’s Spring, and Spring is flea market time. As Corona restrictions are gradually removed, a flea market visit almost feels like pre-Corona.
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Sticker Art – Urban art in Hamburg
If you live in an urban area, chances are that you’ve seen a wall of stickers – sticker art. This is a form of street art often with a political or societal message.
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Vinyl Shopping in Hamburg
There’s nothing cooler than collecting vinyl, so I went on a tour to three vinyl stores in Hamburg: Slam Records, Freiheit und Roosen and Minigroove.
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Boberger Dunes: Hamburg’s last shifting dunes
In the last two hundred years, the area that’s today part of Hamburg changed dramatically. During that process, almost all shifting dunes disappeared – except one strip of land.
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Let it Snow… in Hamburg!
Many people are dreaming of a white Christmas and this year (December 2021), northern Germany has been very lucky: It snowed in Hamburg!
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Museum of Work – A museum where YOU can work!
The Museum der Arbeit (Museum of Work) is one of Hamburg’s lesser-known museums. But if you look a bit closer, it’s got quite a few unique qualities.
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