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Luxurious Hamburg Hamburg, 2014 (HHT) – Grand shopping boulevards, elegant arcades, and some of Germany’s best hotels are to be found in Hamburg. This Hanseatic city boasts not only elegant residential areas and town houses on the Elbe River, but also luxury at its best: abundant nature and green areas, time to savour culinary delights, and a relaxed attitude to life. While elegant Hanseatic style doesn’t have to be expensive, it certainly exudes a unique identity – just like the residents of Hamburg. Born-and-bred Hamburg residents stay away from pretentious sports cars, flashy luxury labels and public extravagance. All this might be considered as luxurious in other cities and countries – but not in Hamburg. Although the city has the highest density of millionaires, the city’s affluence only rarely shows through eye-catching status symbols. Instead, Hamburg residents prefer to rely on exclusive understatement. That said, Hamburg has of course its luxury boulevard: Neuer Wall, one of Europe’s leading shopping streets for luxury labels, with brands such as Jil Sander, Joop, Louis Vuitton, Armani, Bulgari, Cartier, Hermés and Alessi. However, it is the traditional, ownermanaged retail shops that make shopping in Hamburg a very special experience: stockists of international fashion such as Unger, the Petra Teufel boutique, Sönnichsen jewellers, or the branch of the Hamburg-based company Montblanc. Anglophiles will find what they are looking for at Ladage & Oelke, a family business that is in its third generation of management. Behind its Art Nouveau doors you will find selected British style garments for men and women. Noble and beautiful Owner-run specialist shops can also be found in the ABC quarter with its beautiful Art Nouveau facades and small town houses. Thanks to its fine boutiques, antiques shops and jewellers, this part of town is also known as the “Satin Quarter”. Here you can find around 40 specialist shops that are renowned for their personal approach, knowledgeable advice and excellent service. The name of the ABC quarter originates in the fact that in the old days, these houses were provided with letters rather than numbers. Another family-run business is the fashion retailer Omen at Gänsemarkt. This shop offers its own Omen collection designed by its owner. All items are produced in the company’s own sewing and knitting studio in Hamburg-Rothenburgsort. Many of the fabrics are sourced from highly specialised weaving mills in Japan, Belgium and Italy.

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For your very special shopping experience, it is also worthwhile venturing into one of Hamburg’s most exclusive urban districts. In Eppendorf, for instance, fourth-generation perfume merchant Martin Meister is running his Meister perfumery. Under voluptuous stucco and modern chandeliers, Martin Meister and his wife offer a choice of selected luxury scents, such as Kilian, Escentric Molecules or Bond No. 9. But here you can also find very special scents that are rarely found nowadays, among them Halston and Patou. Eppendorf is also the home of Uli Schneider’s showroom. The exclusive Pöseldorf district on the banks of the Inner Alster Lake is host to the Michelin-star restaurant Anna Sgroi, as well as various antiques shops and interior design showrooms. The inner city arcades – Hamburg’s retail gems Other cities have their shopping centres – Hamburg has its shopping arcades. Hamburg’s city centre boasts as many as 26 of these canopied retail havens. Some of these arcades enchant their guests with their special flair alone – take for instance the Alsterarkaden, established between 1844 and 1846, just shortly after the Great Fire of Hamburg. These arcades impress with their Venetian flair and their elegant lightness. Connecting the Alsterarkaden and Neuer Wall, the Mellin Passage is the smallest of Hamburg’s arcades. Its magnificent ceiling paintings are a touristic sight in itself. The Mellin Passage also displays selected treasures from the Royal Porcelain Manufactory. The newly renovated Kaufmannshaus is a typical Hamburg mercantile office building. Built in 1905, it is a fine example of magnificent Hanseatic Gründerzeit architecture. Today, the Kaufmannshaus trades in fashion, furniture, home accessories, as well as arts and lifestyle products from labels such as Acne, Strenesse, and Anamundi. The Galleria shopping arcade is home to 25 exclusive retail shops, among them an arts bookshop and a tobacco bar. This Art Deco-themed shopping arcade is characterised by marble, chrome and glass elements. On the Mönckebergstrasse, the Levantehaus provides a choice of 40 classy retail shops, among them the Hamburg branch of the famous Sylt-based Sansibar Store. This shop offers high-end fashion garments, including its Hansekind boutique with eco-friendly children’s clothes. The Hanse-Viertel in the heart of the city centre invites you to browse and shop across its 50 boutiques and specialist shops. Anything can be found here – from interior design to exclusive lingerie. The Hummerstand, offering lobster and champagne, is frequented by residents and guests alike. If you are on the look-out for an authentic Hamburg souvenir, you should visit Leysieffer’s for their homemade red fruit jelly dessert (Rote Grütze).

Tailor-made fashion The young fashion designers of the Karolinenviertel trade in selected tailor-made garments. Style icons such as Hamburg-born singer Jan Delay get their tailor-made outfits from the Herr von Eden branch on Marktstrasse 33 and at the designer’s studio at Grossneumarkt. Garments include fine suits made of new wool and cashmere in both traditional and quirky styles. Unique tailor-made fashion can also be found at Mifalda on Glashüttenstrasse 4, offering the Natascha Hoffmann Hoffmann Solo label and the Solveigh Keikavoussi Fräulein Elbe label. Just around the corner, you will find the showroom of designer Anna 2/4

Fuchs, with elegant, feminine fashion based on the style of the 1940s. In the Ottensen district, master shoemaker Thomas Keil produces exclusive custom-made and ready-towear shoes – the colour and model of which can be decided on by the customer. Manufacturers In a time when every other person seems to have a Louis Vuitton label dangling from their arm, Hamburg’s manufacturer are experiencing a true renaissance. The arts and crafts house Koppel 66 is home to Stefan Fink Schreibgeräte, manufacturer of finest fountain pens. Stefan Fink is renowned for his high-precision quality work, especially in Japan. In his Hamburg studio, Stefan Fink manufactures sensuous fountain pens made of rosewood, Jacaranda and bog oak, with 18 carat gold nibs. All of his pieces are characterised by a puristic elegance, and some of the pens take up to five years to complete. Koppel 66 is home to 20 other arts and crafts manufacturers, among them master shoemaker Annabelle Stephan. All of the workshops at Koppel 66 are open to the public. Located in the Eppendorf district, the Hentschel Uhrenmanufaktur produces around 200 watches per year. The clockworks are refined by hand and are renowned for their minimalistic design. The actual value of the clockworks may not at first be apparent – however, if you pay a visit to Andreas Hentschel’s Chronometermuseum Hamburg, located just beside his workshop, you will get an insight into the value of time.

Exquisite fare and delicacies from Hamburg Local specialties and delicacies are always a nice gift to take with you. Top-quality spices, and specialty coffees and teas can of course be found in the Speicherstadt warehouse district. Where once large sacks of pepper, coffee beans and precious leaves were stored, today, the gourmet store Speicher & Consorten has opened a new outlet – with 13 products from Hamburg manufacturers in stock. It goes without saying that the highest product quality, the best raw materials and traditional manufacturing methods and craftsmanship are a matter of course in Hamburg. In the immediate vicinity, the owner-managed tea shop with more than 250 hand-picked varieties is waiting in the Wasserschloss Speicherstadt. Here, tea merchant Holger Sturm puts into practice what he has learned in the Hamburg tea wholesale trade and on the tea plantations of Darjeeling in India. Today, Hamburg boats three branches of the modern Hamburg delicatessen Mutterland. Food lovers can discover rare regional delicacies in the branches in the district of St Georg, on the Poststrasse and in Eppendorf. Discover homemade sauces, chutneys, salsas or jellies from ANNIs, as well as locally produced slow food jams and tasty honey, fine chocolates and fruit brandies produced with passion by master distillers from the surrounding region. Daily fresh food and home cooking are also available here for immediate consumption.

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Some of the local brands such as Senf Pauli, Kakao Kontor or the vinegar and oil traders Flaschenweise can also be found on the Isemarkt. This noble weekly market is held every Tuesday and Friday alongside the magnificent Art Nouveau buildings spanning a kilometre between Eppendorf and Harvestehude. As many as 200 traders offer the finest fresh fruit, vegetables and specialties from Hamburg and its surroundings. So if you would like to try some home-smoked Hamburg bacon, this is definitely the place to go.

Beauty & Wellness A pampering treatment will certainly relieve your stress after an extensive shopping tour. In addition to spa facilities, which each five-star hotel in Hamburg boasts, several external spas offer massages and wellness treatments with first-class products. These include the Cocon Day Spa on Rothenbaumchaussee 76 or the Dove Spa in the atrium of the Unileverhaus. Situated in the HafenCity Hamburg district, the Dove Spa has set out to compete with the three-storey Nivea Haus on Jungfernstieg.

Going out in style Gourmets who like a maritime port atmosphere will find it on Grosse Elbstrasse. Here, along a two kilometre length of street, hip restaurants like the famous Fischereihafenrestaurant, Au Quai, La Vela, Lutter & Wegner, Marseille and Henssler & Henssler are lined up. Those who feel romantic and nostalgic can visit the linden-lined terrace of Louis C. Jacob. Besides being one of the best places to experience the parade of tall ships during the port festival, the Louis C. Jacob also serves as a bar and bistro location where tapas and other culinary delights can be enjoyed. In the Seven Seas on the Süllberg, the double-Michelinstarred chef Karlheinz Hauser serves delicacies from the seven seas in sophisticated surroundings. Situated on the 9th floor of the Royal Méridien hotel, the Le Ciel Bar offers the best view over the Alster Lake. Just a stone’s throw away, the Ciu’ cocktail bar on the Inner Alster Lake sports Germany’s longest bar counter. At sunset, the 20 up Skyline Bar at the Empire Riverside Hotel on Davidstrasse offers you the luxury of sipping a cocktail at a height of 90 metres above the port. The brand new restaurant and bar Clouds on the 23rd floor of the “Tanzende Türme” tower buildings on the Reeperbahn is located 105 metres above the level of the Elbe. You cannot dine any higher than that in Hamburg.

Golf, vintage cars, equestrian sports and tennis Golfers around the Hanseatic City of Hamburg are spoiled for choice. Hamburg is called the golfing capital for a good reason, with more than 20,000 members as well as boasting Germany’s only golf lounge and driving range within a five minute drive from the city centre. The oldest club is the noble Falkenstein golf club, founded in 1906. It is regularly ranked as one of the three most beautiful courses in Germany. Due to its proximity to the city, the Golf 4/4

& Country Club Treudelberg with the attached Steigenberger hotel is popular among holidaymakers and business travellers alike. Vintage car fans will get their money’s worth at the Hamburg Stadtpark Revival Festival in September. Racers and sports cars have been coming here since the 1930s. Rare luxury cars are to be bought at E. Thiesen Automobile Raritäten in the Rotherbaum quarter – here you can find classics like the Porsche 356 or the Mercedes 280 SL convertible, one of the finest vintage cars in the world. The derby track in Hamburg-Horn has a long tradition: the first horse race was held there on 27 July 1855. Race meetings are held every May in Klein Flottbek for the jumping and dressage derby – high celebrity odds are guaranteed. The Hamburger Polo Club is also located in Klein Flottbek. Taking place each July, the ATP tournament is celebrated as a spectacular tennis event under the direction of Michael Stich. On the premises in Rotherbaum, some of the world’s greatest tennis stars can be seen swinging their rackets.

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