Germany Guide
Hamburg
The Schanzenviertel
St Pauli segues north into the Schanzenviertel. A former working-class district that nurtured the city's alternative culture, the Schanze has evolved into the haunt of young media types and students, with a good spread of cheap eats, bars and boutiques and a hip, laid-back vibe; its varied bar-scene is the locals' choice over the rather tacky options off the Reeperbahn. From Neuer Pferdemarkt where Feldstrasse meets Budapester Strasse, the region fans out around its spine street, Schanzenstrasse, its core being the plaza where Schulterblatt meets Susannenstrasse. More interesting independent boutiques lie in the rapidly gentrifying streets just north of Feldstrasse U-Bahn station.