Meeting point: Hallerstraße subway station (exit Turmweg)

Where once stood a large velodrome, and why was ice skating once hugely popular? Who was allowed to row and who wasn't, and who knows where each famous club was rooted in the district? What highs and lows does an athlete experience on the blue line during a marathon, and what happened to sports clubs during the Nazi era? On our tour through Rotherbaum and Harvestehude, your gaze will wander from the beginnings of sport in Hamburg to the mass events of the present day.