Moin is enough for a first message.

Hamburg thaws after dark

Hamburg locals are known for being reserved. Nobody talks on the train, at the bar it is the weather at most, and it can take a while for a “Moin” to turn into a real conversation. In the evening, though, the city looks completely different.

In the Schanze people are out on the street early in the evening with a drink from the corner kiosk, which here is called Cornern. Later many head to the Kiez in St. Pauli, the pubs of Ottensen or the Elbe beach. Whoever lasts long enough ends up at the fish market in Altona on Sunday morning.

YesTonite takes care of the hardest part for you: the first word. You see who else is out tonight, and a Moin is enough to open the chat.

Friday and Saturday are the big nights. On the Kiez things rarely get going before eleven, and when the weather is miserable the pubs are fuller than the streets.

Hamburg’s nightlife areas

• St. Pauli und ReeperbahnThe Kiez: clubs, bars and live music, packed to the rafters at weekends.
• SternschanzeAround Schulterblatt: bars, terraces and Cornern until late.
• OttensenPubs and restaurants in small streets around Spritzenplatz.
• St. GeorgLange Reihe with its cafés and bars, open-minded and colourful.
• ÖvelgönneA beach on the Elbe with a view of the container ships, full until sunset in summer.