In which quarter house in Hamburg?

For your stay in Germany, finding accommodation will not be difficult. Here are the neighborhoods to sleep in Hamburg!

Second largest city in Germany after Berlin and first port of the country, Hamburg is a city located in the north of Germany, near the mouth of the Elbe. The metropolis has 1.78 million inhabitants – 3.5 million in the urban area – spread over 755 km2. Economic, industrial, commercial, cultural, artistic and tourist city, Hamburg attracts many visitors for its festive atmosphere, its culture, the richness of its history, and also its economic prosperity – which also attracts expatriates, investors and multinational companies from all over the world.

The offer of accommodation in the Hanseatic city is abundant and you will have no trouble renting an apartment where to book a night to sleep in the neighborhood of your choice. The city is subdivided into seven arrondissements – Mitte, Altona, Eimsbüttel, the North, Wandsbek, Bergedorf and Harburg – in which many neighbourhoods with all different atmospheres: downtown, Schanzenviertel, Neustadt, Winterhude, Speicherstadt, Saint Pauli, Eimsbüttel, Neustadttel

Altstadt, old town

Altstadt represents the oldest district in Hamburg, located on the Alster Lake docks. You will find everything you need: historic monuments such as medieval churches and dove houses, bars – to engulf a good pint – and fish and seafood restaurants, great shopping shops, especially along shopping streets Mönckebergstraße and Spitalerstraße. Don't miss taking a look at St. Petri and St. Jacobi churches. Admire the city centre view from the lake, with the majestic bell towers and zinc blankets reminding us that we are in a northern city. Further south, don't miss the warehouse area, named Speicherstadt. A good place to sleep, very central. However, hotels are expensive and few.

St Pauli, Reeperbahn

It is the festive district of Hamburg, the rue de la soif (rue Saint-Michel) in Rennes, version of northern Germany. In the past, it was a malfame neighbourhood, where the popular classes came to nest at night – drugs, prostitution, violence and debauchery. St Pauli is known to be the red quarter, it is now a trendy neighborhood where young bobos and hipsters come from in an emblematic street: the Reeperbahn. It is also a “rock n’ roll” place where there are many bars in pop, rock, metal concerts, etc. There are few hotels, so the solution of the accommodation at home remains the best.

Harvestehude, Rotherbaum

Located north of the city centre, it is the most frequented area in the city. It houses many parks and rents are much lower than in the Mitte district. If you choose this neighborhood to stay in Hamburg, you’ll be a bit excited, but it’s the price to pay to find less rents. There are different atmospheres in this area: at the same time a middle-class family atmosphere that comes to look for the tranquillity of the city centre’s tumults, and at the same time many live guests near Lake Alster, places of life with bars, cafés and restaurants. Are you still looking for a quarter to sleep in Hamburg?

Altona and Ottensen

These are two quarters in one: the center of the festival in Hamburg. If you’re looking to meet people or party, you’ve found your garden in Eden, this is where you have to take your accommodation to sleep. As was said: staying in Hamburg is not difficult and these areas are very frequent. On this west side of Lake Alster, you will find hotels, hostels – backpacker hostel - apartments in the living room... Not too far from the city centre in a festive area, lively close to everything!

Main photo credit: Flickr – Carsten Frenzl