Not as cool as Berlin or Munich

Hamburg is a very big port city with very big, busy docklands. It's also a very businessy city with a big corporate sector which means lots of the people are quite well off and there's lots of expensive clothes shops and restaurants. The nightlife for young people is mostly in St. Pauli or around the Reeperbahn. I thought this area was seedy and dangerous. I was disappointed that there wasn't a bohemian area with any cafe society like Berlin or Munich. Also, arty stuff (cinemas, galleries) is thin on the ground. Overall I found the local people were tourist friendly, but Berlin and Munich are much better for artsy stuff, for chilling in cool cafes and bars and for going out at night.

8 April 2007 | A Yahoo! User

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Would love to live there

I loved the scenery specially the Alster in the city centre, the people - everyone is so friendly and when you are sitting on the Binnen Alster enjoying a Laugenbrotchen enjoying the fabulously decorated boats sitting on the canal selling wine and beer people come and talk to you, the shops - the mixture of designer and highstreet shops is great and their location is excellent, prices are excellent compared to Britain, the Rathaus is the most spectacular building in the city centre, the markets are amazing especially at Christmas time - have a Gluhwein or two to warm you up, there are plenty of bars and many quirky ones like the Waschbar in Altona and the most amazing cocktail bar: Blaues Barhaus - try a Raspberry Daisy or a White Russian. Need i go on. I lived there for 6 months and didn't want to come back. No bad points especially since I can now get a cheap flight from Prestwick Airport!

Great for: History/Culture, Theatre/Music, Nightlife

Last Visit: december 2004

7 January 2006 | A Yahoo! User

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