Rathaus, churches and Reeperbahn

We had a nice long lie-in this morning and then had a lovely lunch at a Vietnamese Restaurant very close to our hotel. We followed it with some nice Coffee and cake.

Wandered to the Opera House to get some tickets for an evening performance but sadly there were only really expensive ones left so we decided not to buy them. We went back to Jungfernstieg and got a steam boat on the alster.

Next we visited St. Peter’s Church and then did the Rathaus tour (which was fascinating).

We decided to walk over to the Reeperbahn and stopped at the remains of St Nikolai Church. It was largely destroyed in World War II although it is possible to get a lift up most of the tower and get some good views across Hamburg.

We visited St Michaelis Church also Bismarck memorial.

We walked down to the Reeperbahn (reputedly one of the biggest red light districts in Europe! It was Harley day in Hamburg so the street was lined with hairy bikers and motocyclists cruising up and down the street on their very big and very noisy bikes!

We went back to hotel for a rest then had Dinner in St Georg, at an Italian restaurant called Casa Nostra.

A drink at the MV bar rounded the evening off nicely.