Guidebook for Hamburg

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Guidebook for Hamburg

Food Scene

Very nice spot, an very down-to-earth inside.
Fleetschlösschen by Daniel Wischer
17 Brooktorkai
Very nice spot, an very down-to-earth inside.
Nice cafe.
40 locals recommend
Café Johanna
26 Venusberg
40 locals recommend
Nice cafe.
Best pizza in town? (Or at least the second...)
57 locals recommend
Slim Jim's
1-3 b. d. Schilleroper
57 locals recommend
Best pizza in town? (Or at least the second...)
very good cake.
64 locals recommend
Herr Max
12 Schulterblatt
64 locals recommend
very good cake.
Cheap and (most of the time) good burritos. sometimes friendly staff, sometimes a bit grumpy, but i like it anyhow.
55 locals recommend
KOMBÜSE
51 Bernhard-Nocht-Straße
55 locals recommend
Cheap and (most of the time) good burritos. sometimes friendly staff, sometimes a bit grumpy, but i like it anyhow.
Good fish sandwiches.
Sutsche
2 Övelgönne
Good fish sandwiches.
Take a coffee on the beach of Hamburg.
261 locals recommend
Strandperle
60 Övelgönne
261 locals recommend
Take a coffee on the beach of Hamburg.
Very good Flammkuchen (tarte flambée).
26 locals recommend
Jimmy Elsass
26 Schäferstraße
26 locals recommend
Very good Flammkuchen (tarte flambée).
Nice cafe, good (calm) atmosphere. You can also get something to eat. (cesar salad was good).
63 locals recommend
Cafe Gnosa
93 Lange Reihe
63 locals recommend
Nice cafe, good (calm) atmosphere. You can also get something to eat. (cesar salad was good).
Always having Schnitzel with Bratkartoffeln here... (cutlet with chip potatoes). Always loud here (beer and football on big tv screens if you know what i mean...)
50 locals recommend
Frau Möller
96 Lange Reihe
50 locals recommend
Always having Schnitzel with Bratkartoffeln here... (cutlet with chip potatoes). Always loud here (beer and football on big tv screens if you know what i mean...)
Indian food (imbiss). I always take no. 12 (vegetarian plate). 5€ and a small coke for 1€.
23 locals recommend
Badshah Restaurant
24 Bremer Reihe
23 locals recommend
Indian food (imbiss). I always take no. 12 (vegetarian plate). 5€ and a small coke for 1€.
Good indian food, great mango lassi.
Restaurant Balutschistan Altona
169 Bahrenfelder Str.
Good indian food, great mango lassi.
Great spot to have a cake or coffee. Very nice building in the speicherstadt. You also have a great view if you walk on the bridge behind the Wasserschloss. Here you have a perfect postcard view.
13 locals recommend
WASSERSCHLOSS Speicherstadt Teekontor
4 Dienerreihe
13 locals recommend
Great spot to have a cake or coffee. Very nice building in the speicherstadt. You also have a great view if you walk on the bridge behind the Wasserschloss. Here you have a perfect postcard view.
Not cheap, but good Pizza. Here since 35 years.
19 locals recommend
Mamma Mia
42 Barnerstraße
19 locals recommend
Not cheap, but good Pizza. Here since 35 years.
Very small. You can buy slices of pizza. For example with goat cheese and pear, but there are also more classical types. You also get italian peroni beer.
14 locals recommend
Via Vai Pizza Al Taglio
223 Bahrenfelder Str.
14 locals recommend
Very small. You can buy slices of pizza. For example with goat cheese and pear, but there are also more classical types. You also get italian peroni beer.
A mexican friend said, that this is the best mexican restaurant in Hamburg.
El Pikosito
23 Behnstraße
A mexican friend said, that this is the best mexican restaurant in Hamburg.
Nice cafe. Good atmosphere, and as far i can tell very kind staff.
47 locals recommend
Kaffee Stark
18 Wohlwillstraße
47 locals recommend
Nice cafe. Good atmosphere, and as far i can tell very kind staff.
Good asian restaurant.
16 locals recommend
Südostasien Bok
3 Schulterblatt
16 locals recommend
Good asian restaurant.
Very good falafel sandwiches. Last 3 times i had the halloumi sandwich here.
17 locals recommend
Falafelstern
111 Schanzenstraße
17 locals recommend
Very good falafel sandwiches. Last 3 times i had the halloumi sandwich here.
Very good pizza, but expensive.
22 locals recommend
Pizzeria Al Volo
211 Eppendorfer Weg
22 locals recommend
Very good pizza, but expensive.
Mö-Grill: Currywurst
213 locals recommend
Mönckebergstraße
Mönckebergstraße
213 locals recommend
Mö-Grill: Currywurst
Hungry? Here you get a fish sandwich. (Fischbeisl)
Große Elbstraße 131
Hungry? Here you get a fish sandwich. (Fischbeisl)
Unhurried place to eat and drink. Here since more than 35 years.
11 locals recommend
Blaue Blume
95 Harkortstraße
11 locals recommend
Unhurried place to eat and drink. Here since more than 35 years.
I like the food here. There is a plate with lots of vegetarian dips, think it's called "Vorspeisenteller" (starters plate), but i'm completely full after that. I also like the burger...
26 locals recommend
Das Peace
14 Karolinenstraße
26 locals recommend
I like the food here. There is a plate with lots of vegetarian dips, think it's called "Vorspeisenteller" (starters plate), but i'm completely full after that. I also like the burger...
If you love wine you shouldn't miss the oldest wine tavern in Hamburg.
18 locals recommend
Zur Traube
4 Karl-Theodor-Straße
18 locals recommend
If you love wine you shouldn't miss the oldest wine tavern in Hamburg.
Two euros gets you 20 minutes on one of three electric grills. You find a supermarket around the corner in brauerknechtgraben street.
Schaarsteinweg 22
22 Schaarsteinweg
Two euros gets you 20 minutes on one of three electric grills. You find a supermarket around the corner in brauerknechtgraben street.
Vietnamese food. Like it.
8 locals recommend
Cooko
211 Bahrenfelder Str.
8 locals recommend
Vietnamese food. Like it.
Asian Food (Vietnam, Thailand, China). Sushi and other stuff...
Wild Rice Restaurant
170 Bahrenfelder Str.
Asian Food (Vietnam, Thailand, China). Sushi and other stuff...

Shopping

Very nice comic book shop. (Also some other nice books)
Strips & Stories - Der Buchladen für Graphic Novels (Ab 9.3. März haben wir wieder - eingeschränkt - geöffnet)!
28 Wohlwillstraße
Very nice comic book shop. (Also some other nice books)
Nice little shop near harbor where you find nice hamburg books and other stuff.
Servus Hamburg GmbH
13 Rambachstraße
Nice little shop near harbor where you find nice hamburg books and other stuff.
Only Hamburg-stuff. Good for nice music/books/clothes/souvenirs.
Hanseplatte
32 Neuer Kamp
Only Hamburg-stuff. Good for nice music/books/clothes/souvenirs.
Nice books, posters and stuff.
6 locals recommend
Human Empire Shop
132 Schulterblatt
6 locals recommend
Nice books, posters and stuff.
You can see how candies are made by hand here.
14 locals recommend
Bonscheladen
12 Friedensallee
14 locals recommend
You can see how candies are made by hand here.
The Boutique Bizarre is the MacBook among sex shops - spacious, clean, white and good design. Never been there of course, just heard that...
Boutique Bizarre
35 Reeperbahn
The Boutique Bizarre is the MacBook among sex shops - spacious, clean, white and good design. Never been there of course, just heard that...

Everything Else

Very nice gallery, weird, special, good stuff (for free).
Freunde der Schlumper e.V.
30 Neuer Kamp
Very nice gallery, weird, special, good stuff (for free).
Nice little park that was a graveyard long time ago. Hidden an with it's own charm.
108 locals recommend
Wohlers Park (Norder cemetery)
2 Norderreihe
108 locals recommend
Nice little park that was a graveyard long time ago. Hidden an with it's own charm.
Very big museum (7 or 11? floors), where you can spend lots of hours and learn everything about boats, ships, harbors etc...
37 locals recommend
International Maritime Museum Hamburg
1 Koreastraße
37 locals recommend
Very big museum (7 or 11? floors), where you can spend lots of hours and learn everything about boats, ships, harbors etc...
Nice market on saturdays with lots of food and self made stuff and live music.
10 locals recommend
MARKTZEIT Altona
36 Barnerstraße
10 locals recommend
Nice market on saturdays with lots of food and self made stuff and live music.
at Eimsbüttel district city government offices you can get a free ride with an old paternoster lift up to the eleventh floor. District office employees are use to elevator tourists.
Grindelberg 62-66
62-66 Grindelberg
at Eimsbüttel district city government offices you can get a free ride with an old paternoster lift up to the eleventh floor. District office employees are use to elevator tourists.
Cafeteria 66 is actually the employee cafeteria for the Eimsbüttel district city government offices, but you can also have lunch here, and also a panoramic view from the 12th floor.
Grindelberg 66
66 Grindelberg
Cafeteria 66 is actually the employee cafeteria for the Eimsbüttel district city government offices, but you can also have lunch here, and also a panoramic view from the 12th floor.
Some say it's the best ice-cream in town. I don't know, but it's definitely good.
27 locals recommend
Eisliebe
2 b. d. Reitbahn
27 locals recommend
Some say it's the best ice-cream in town. I don't know, but it's definitely good.
Very good ice-cream.
15 locals recommend
Eis Schmidt
78 Schulterblatt
15 locals recommend
Very good ice-cream.

Sightseeing

View of the elbe river under fake palm trees.
102 locals recommend
Park Fiction
27 Pinnasberg
102 locals recommend
View of the elbe river under fake palm trees.
It's nice to take HVV (local public transport = cheap) ferry no. 62 and cruise down the elbe, past St. Pauli, the Fish Market and container terminals with final destination Elbstrand/Övelgönne.
327 locals recommend
Landungsbrücken
327 locals recommend
It's nice to take HVV (local public transport = cheap) ferry no. 62 and cruise down the elbe, past St. Pauli, the Fish Market and container terminals with final destination Elbstrand/Övelgönne.
You can have a look down to elbe and the harbor here, before walking to fish market (left) or Elbstrand/beach (right).
141 locals recommend
Altonaer Balkon
256 Große Elbstraße
141 locals recommend
You can have a look down to elbe and the harbor here, before walking to fish market (left) or Elbstrand/beach (right).
I'm not a big fan of churches, but you have a great view if you take the stairs or the lift. (5€ for adults)
334 locals recommend
St. Michael's Church
1 Engl. Planke
334 locals recommend
I'm not a big fan of churches, but you have a great view if you take the stairs or the lift. (5€ for adults)
Stadtpark is nice to have a walk, and from the roof of planetarium you have a very nice view. Going to the roof is free.
109 locals recommend
Planetarium Hamburg
1 Linnering
109 locals recommend
Stadtpark is nice to have a walk, and from the roof of planetarium you have a very nice view. Going to the roof is free.
There are plenty of spots where you can rent a boat. At Kübis they have fair prices i think. 10€/hour and 5 for the next 30 minutes (altogether - if you rent a boat for 2).
6 locals recommend
Kübis Bootshaus Küntzel
44 A Poßmoorweg
6 locals recommend
There are plenty of spots where you can rent a boat. At Kübis they have fair prices i think. 10€/hour and 5 for the next 30 minutes (altogether - if you rent a boat for 2).
If you are looking for a quite place. And it's very nice here at the little beach too.
36 locals recommend
Falkensteiner Ufer
Falkensteiner Ufer
36 locals recommend
If you are looking for a quite place. And it's very nice here at the little beach too.
Fancy street with lots of nice shops.
52 locals recommend
Marktstraße
Marktstraße
52 locals recommend
Fancy street with lots of nice shops.
Of course you shouldn't miss to walk the Schulterblatt when you are in Hamburg. Interesting shops, restaurants, bars ans the Rote Flora.
85 locals recommend
Schulterblatt
Schulterblatt
85 locals recommend
Of course you shouldn't miss to walk the Schulterblatt when you are in Hamburg. Interesting shops, restaurants, bars ans the Rote Flora.
Planten un blomen! And icecream.
641 locals recommend
Planten un Blomen
Marseiller Promenade
641 locals recommend
Planten un blomen! And icecream.
Paul-Nevermann-Platz 5 is the tallest building here. It's ugly in mintgreen from the outside. But inside you can take the elevator and have a nice view. (Building is open: in the daytime on weekdays)
Paul-Nevermann-Platz
Paul-Nevermann-Platz
Paul-Nevermann-Platz 5 is the tallest building here. It's ugly in mintgreen from the outside. But inside you can take the elevator and have a nice view. (Building is open: in the daytime on weekdays)
a big stairway that leads to Elbstrand and Cafe Strandperle. From here you could start a walk to Landungsbrücken for example: down the Elbstrand and always next to Elbe river. Nice route for a walk.
Himmelsleiter
Himmelsleiter
a big stairway that leads to Elbstrand and Cafe Strandperle. From here you could start a walk to Landungsbrücken for example: down the Elbstrand and always next to Elbe river. Nice route for a walk.
It's nice to walk the route between Elbstrand and fish market/Landungsbrücken. You can walk nright next to the elbe river all the way.
19 locals recommend
Dockland (Fischereihafen) station
9 Van-der-Smissen-Straße
19 locals recommend
It's nice to walk the route between Elbstrand and fish market/Landungsbrücken. You can walk nright next to the elbe river all the way.
It's nice to walk here, if you con't mind the joggers, and don't feel terrible unathletic.
40 locals recommend
Alsterpark
12C Brombeerweg
40 locals recommend
It's nice to walk here, if you con't mind the joggers, and don't feel terrible unathletic.
The old Elbtunnel is now over 100 years old. You can walk or ride or even drive here (very slowly) by car. On the other side you can enjoy a postcard view of Hamburg at the elbe river. (free)
280 locals recommend
St. Pauli Elbtunnel
Bei den Sankt Pauli-Landungsbrücken
280 locals recommend
The old Elbtunnel is now over 100 years old. You can walk or ride or even drive here (very slowly) by car. On the other side you can enjoy a postcard view of Hamburg at the elbe river. (free)
Postcard view of the Wasserschloss/Speicherstadt.
Poggenmühlen-Brücke
Postcard view of the Wasserschloss/Speicherstadt.

Drinks & Nightlife

Nice bar at Alma-Wartenberg-Platz, a small square in Altona with some other bars and restaurants. Nice place to be and have a drink.
125 locals recommend
Aurel
157 Bahrenfelder Str.
125 locals recommend
Nice bar at Alma-Wartenberg-Platz, a small square in Altona with some other bars and restaurants. Nice place to be and have a drink.
Beer and Wine (and german food) since 1848.
NAGEL Restaurant und Kneipe
57 Kirchenallee
Beer and Wine (and german food) since 1848.
A bar, or a club? Admission free.
23 locals recommend
73
73 Schulterblatt
23 locals recommend
A bar, or a club? Admission free.
Cocktail Bar.
11 locals recommend
Blaues Barhaus
55 Große Brunnenstraße
11 locals recommend
Cocktail Bar.
If you like cocktails, you will find a good range here.
21 locals recommend
3 Freunde
66 Clemens-Schultz-Straße
21 locals recommend
If you like cocktails, you will find a good range here.
The other nice bar at Alma-Wartenberg-Platz.
40 locals recommend
Familien-Eck
2-4 Friedensallee
40 locals recommend
The other nice bar at Alma-Wartenberg-Platz.
My favourite Club directly at Fish Market. Get the first fish sandwich on early sunday morning at 4/5 am. Hidden in a little cellar room behind the dance floor they show silent movies.
34 locals recommend
Golem
14 Große Elbstraße
34 locals recommend
My favourite Club directly at Fish Market. Get the first fish sandwich on early sunday morning at 4/5 am. Hidden in a little cellar room behind the dance floor they show silent movies.
Club with two floors. Somehow dirty, but good.
22 locals recommend
Hafenklang
84 Große Elbstraße
22 locals recommend
Club with two floors. Somehow dirty, but good.
Very dirty club. Often been here. I like it, but i don't know why. Very small, very smelly smoker club. Try this out if you don't mind stinking like hell the next day.
61 locals recommend
Golden Pudel Club
27 St. Pauli Fischmarkt
61 locals recommend
Very dirty club. Often been here. I like it, but i don't know why. Very small, very smelly smoker club. Try this out if you don't mind stinking like hell the next day.

Arts & Culture

Theater
35 locals recommend
Thalia in der Gaußstraße
190 Gaußstraße
35 locals recommend
Theater
Theater
57 locals recommend
Thalia Theater
Alstertor
57 locals recommend
Theater
Theater
49 locals recommend
Deutsches SchauSpielHaus Hamburg
39 Kirchenallee
49 locals recommend
Theater
Small cinema.
132 locals recommend
Zeise Kinos
7-9 Friedensallee
132 locals recommend
Small cinema.
Very very small independent cinema.
7 locals recommend
B-Movie
5 Brigittenstraße
7 locals recommend
Very very small independent cinema.
Cinema
35 locals recommend
Studio - Cinema
93-95 Bernstorffstraße
35 locals recommend
Cinema
Cinema. Shows many films in original version with German subtitles (OmU)
121 locals recommend
Abaton Kino
3 Allende-Platz
121 locals recommend
Cinema. Shows many films in original version with German subtitles (OmU)
Cinema
11 locals recommend
Passage Kino Hamburg
17 Mönckebergstraße
11 locals recommend
Cinema
Shows current English-language films in original version (OV)
58 locals recommend
Savoy Filmtheatre
54 Steindamm
58 locals recommend
Shows current English-language films in original version (OV)