This weekend I went to Hamburg, the city I thought before I would like most in Germany. The close sea and the style of the people fascinated me before – they are not that flashy in their looks as in Munich, but aware what they own. Nevertheless I have not visited the city too often – three or four times the city itself, a lot more the harbour because of my parent’s business when I was young. So I was excited to explore the city deeper, especially beside the so famous Reeperbahn, which somehow is so charecteristic for the city itself, but completely destroys its modern image which it tries to convey, for e.g. in the new to build up “harbour city” – much more modern than London’s dockland.

Some recommendations: First the very stylish café Hadley’s in the district Rotherbaum (Station Schlump) – a former emergency room – and second the Restaurant NIL in St. Pauli on the Neuer Pferdemarkt – very delicious food and innovative ideas about cooking.