HAMBURGER BERG

PLACEText: Andrew Sinn, Daniel Goddemeyer

There are quite a lot of ways to spend an entertaining night on "Hamburger Berg". you can "dine" in the "Elbschloss Keller" (watercastle cellar), enjoy some personal atmosphere at "Susi & Peter" or check in the "Hong Kong Hotel". In case you plan on spending your honeymoon here, you can try to get yourself a room for a night, but you wil probably just be able to rent by hours, we guess. You’re travelling with your dogs and cats? No problem! Check out "Ute’s Place" right across the street, where your love(d) pets will be provided with some food.

Well, maybe your honeymoon is already over by now, because your plans didn’t quite work out the way you wanted to. Go and get some pain relief at the "sorrow breaker". In bad cases of sexual frustration you could try some interesting experiments at the "Gum Club" where the cops show up 5 times a day. We still wonder whether they join in or clear things up!

At "pop inn j.place" we have absolutely no clue at all what you can do here.

Our favourite bar is the "Knallermann" that is named after the "Ballermann 6", a very popular beach-club on the Spanishisland of Mallorca which seems to be more German than Spanish in the summertime. In the context of alcohol the terms "Knaller" and "Baller" both mean drinking till you pass out. Unfortunately this hot-spot location gets officially closed down every once in a while due to some unknown illegal occurances.

So we choose the good old "Blue Pete" (Version 4!) for a final beer. Being blue in german also means being drunken so you could ask for the "Drunken Pete" and people will show you the way with a smile on the face.

In case you feel the urge to get to know the honest Germany and have already been to the Schwarzwald, you now know where to spend your next holiday trip.

Text: Andrew Sinn, Daniel Goddemeyer
Photos: Andrew Sinn, Daniel Goddemeyer

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