400 Years of Reeperbahn Tour

In 1626, the rope makers – the namesake of the Reeperbahn – settled on the Hamburger Berg – today's St. Pauli. 400 years later, the Reeperbahn is not only a world-renowned place of entertainment, subculture, and music history, but also a symbolic center of urban transformation and cultural diversity in Hamburg. The Reeperbahn is more than a place. It is a projection surface, a workplace, an entertainment mile, a conflict zone, a cultural engine – and for 400 years, a mirror of societal changes, a laboratory of innovations, and driven by the longing for freedom.