FIFA FEVER IN HAMBURG -2006!
by ericaj.
The purpose of the following Tips Lists is to aid those who will not have gotten tickets to the actual games taking place in Germany, but still want to feel part of the fun and comraderie because they might happen to be in the city of Hamburg. I will list venues and events for sportswatching and celebrations as I receive more information from Hamburg residents and businesses.
Thomas Reeds Irish Bar is...
by Jimmy_Smith
Thomas Reeds Irish Bar is where we went for our drink which has a friendly atmosphere and most of the bar staff are Irish.
It is very different from the UK and I found everybody friendly and helpful. Just about wear what you like.
Portuguese Food
by coccinella169 about Vasco da Gama
In Hamburg you`ll find a lot of Portuguese restaurants and bakeries - due to portugese immigration. This restaurant is located in Lange Reihe in a quarter called St. Georg - close to the main train station. I went to this restaurant already on the occasion of my first visit in 2005 and found it very nice. This time I unfortunately got disappointed.
First the positive things: The restaurant is still lovely, charming and seems to be authentically portuguese.
But: I tried the crab soup - which was nothing special, but somewhat ok as well as the mixed salad. I had ordered sole with crab sauce. I found it`s taste ok, but it was not exactely a dish I would get too excited about. But then - I found a short black hair in my food! The reaction of the waiter or owner or whatever he was, was that he looked at me and on my scarf, if it could be my hair! I had to tell him explicitely, that I have long brown hair and not short black ones, and that I found this hair under my fish on the plate and not upon it. At least he deleted the fish from the bill, though did not say any excuse, just that he told the guys in the kitchen about it.
Main courses are around EUR 15.
Reeperbahn
by lil_traveller
This street is so busy with all that has to do with sex. We were told that people at night have to walk on the other side of the street and what not because of the hookers and stuff. It's pretty neat to see tho because here in Canada we dont have one street dedicated to just sex and things of that sort.
Canal cruise
by PelLihi
We took a boat tour through the canals of the "Speicherstadt" (also an awesome visit) and along the harbor. You get to see how huge the "Speicherstadt" is. A few years ago the big ships used to also use these canals and pick-up and unload their cargo their. Nowadays the ships are too big and the "Speicherstadt" is mainly used by "carpet-sellers".
It's an impressive cruise. I, for my part, saw the biggest ships in my hole life.