Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Reeperbahn

Hamburg is the second largest city by population in Germany and the second smallest German state by area. "Hammaburg" was the name of a castle, that Charlemagne commissioned here between the River Alster and the River Elbe. In 1189 Frederick I (aka "Barbarossa") granted Hamburg freedom from customs duties for ships sailing the Elbe from Hamburg to the North Sea. So the the second largest port in Europe developed here - and just near to the harbour the "Reeperbahn", where once ropes (reep = rope) were produced. Today the area is a centre of Hamburg's nightlife and as well a red-light district. "Tanzende Tuerme" ("Dancing Towers", aka "Tango Towers") are two high rising buildings at the adress "Reeperbahn Nr. 1". The disputed buildings were completed in 2012. The buildings house offices, a restaurant, a rooftop bar, a hotel and - in the basement - the "Mojo Club". When the photo was taken, the towers were still under contruction. It was taken from the roof of the old Endo-Klinik, when the cafeteria up there was under renovation. Meanwhile the cafeteria is moved to groundfloor of the new building - and this pov is "out of reach".

Hamburg is the second largest city by population in Germany and the second smallest German state by area. "Hammaburg" was the name of a castle, that Charlemagne commissioned here between the River Alster and the River Elbe. In 1189 Frederick I (aka "Barbarossa") granted Hamburg freedom from customs duties for ships sailing the Elbe from Hamburg to the North Sea. So the the second largest port in Europe developed here - and just near to the harbour the "Reeperbahn", where once ropes (reep = rope) were produced. Today the area is a centre of Hamburg's nightlife and as well a red-light district. "Gruenspan", situated in Grosse Freiheit, next to the Reeperbahn, is a music club, founded in 1968. In the early 70s, "Gruenspan" was a place to be, similar to "Paradiso" in Amsterdam. www.gruenspan.de/ Indra, the music club to the left, is the place, where the Beatles performed on 18 August 1960, just a day after they had arrived from Liverpool. At that time a hen it was a five-piece band with Pete Best was on drums and Stu Sutcliffe on bass. Sutcliffe left the Beatles, enrolled in the Hamburg College of Art, but died in Hamburg from an aneurysma on 10 April 1962. indraclub64.de/

Hamburg is the second largest city by population in Germany and the second smallest German state by area. "Hammaburg" was the name of a castle, that Charlemagne commissioned here between the River Alster and the River Elbe. In 1189 Frederick I (aka "Barbarossa") granted Hamburg freedom from customs duties for ships sailing the Elbe from Hamburg to the North Sea. So the the second largest port in Europe developed here - and just near to the harbour the "Reeperbahn", where once ropes (reep = rope) were produced. Today the area is a centre of Hamburg's nightlife and as well a red-light district. Between 1960 and 1962 the (still unknown) Beatles played in several clubs around the Reeperbahn. Their first recording was done in the "Star Club". John Lennon is quoted: "I might have been born in Liverpool – but I grew up in Hamburg".

Corner Holstenstrasse and Reeperbahn as seen from the roof of the Endo-Clinic in 2004. Since about 2010 all the buildings to the right (upto the redone) are demolished - to give room for the extension of the clinic.

Backstreet of the "Reeperbahn". Early morning.

I had seen "Caravan Palace" in Nice during the "Nice Jazz Festival" in summer 2015. In February 2016 I was lucky and had the chance to see them again in Hamburg, where they rocked the audience in the "Mojo Club".