The Star-Club was a music venue once located at Große Freiheit thirty-nine, a side street of the Reeperbahn. Opened on April thirteenth, nineteen sixty-two, by Manfred Weissleder and Horst Fascher, the club occupied a former cinema…
St. Pauli Club Evolution
This walk traces the evolution of St. Pauli’s legendary nightlife, connecting the historic venues that shaped Hamburg's music scene from 1960s rock 'n' roll to underground techno.
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1. Star-Club
2. Große Freiheit 36
The neon guitar sign over the entrance is the visual marker that identifies Große Freiheit thirty-six in the Saint Pauli district. While this venue now operates as a multi-level concert hall and nightclub, its basement contains the…
3. Molotow Music Club
The Molotow Music Club is a cultural fixture in the St. Pauli district, instantly recognizable by the pink half-timbered facade of its current home at Reeperbahn one hundred thirty-six. Since its founding in nineteen ninety, the club has…
4. Docks Club
The Docks music club stands on Spielbudenplatz, occupying a large, industrial building that began its life in nineteen hundred as a cinema. Known originally as Knopf’s Lichtspielhaus, it holds the title of Germany’s oldest permanent cinema…
5. Mojo Club
The Mojo Club is distinguished by two hydraulic panels set directly into the pavement at Reeperbahn One. During the day, these heavy doors remain closed and nearly invisible, but when night falls, they rise from the ground to reveal a…
6. Uebel & Gefährlich
The Uebel & Gefährlich occupies the fourth floor of a colossal, windowless concrete structure on Feldstrasse. This building, known as the Flakturm IV, was constructed between nineteen forty-two and nineteen forty-three as an anti-aircraft…