Only in Hamburg by Duncan J.D. Smith

5 Contents Contents Introduction 8 City Centre, North of the Elbe: Hamburg-Mitte (inc. Altstadt, HafenCity, Hamm, Neustadt, Neuwerk, St. Georg, St. Pauli) 1 The Mystery of the Hammaburg 11 2 Controversy at the Afrika House 14 3 The Red Brick King 17 4 Sheltering from the ColdWar 19 5 Bunkerworld 21 6 The Last of theWorkers’ Canteens 23 7 Speicherstadt Revisited 25 8 Of Carpets and Spices 28 9 The Floating Church 31 10 On the Banks of the Nikolaifleet 33 11 All Aboard! 36 12 A Forgotten Pneumatic Postal System 39 13 Some Not So Innocent Addresses 41 14 A Little Piece of Venice 43 15 Peace in a Japanese Garden 46 16 The Old Alleyways of Neustadt 48 17 TheWorld’s Oldest Terrace Houses 50 18 Food Fit for a Sailor 52 19 A Street for Scandinavians 55 20 The ForgottenWalls of Hamburg 57 21 An Important Institute for Tropical Medicine 61 22 Hamburg’s Favourite Hidden Place 64 23 Along the Sinful Mile 67 24 Harry’s Hamburger Hafenbasar 69 25 In John Lennon’s Doorway 71 26 Across the Sea to Neuwerk 74 City Centre, South of the Elbe: Hamburg-Mitte (inc. Finkenwerder, Kleiner Grasbrook, Rothenburgsort, Steinwerder, Veddel, Wilhelmsburg) 27 A Cemetery for Submarines 77 28 Strolling on the Island of Finches 79 29 The Greatest of Shipbuilders 82