Within view of the emerging Elbphilharmonie, the festival ‘Akkordeonist!’ is taking place at the Reeperbahn for an entire week, from 13th to 20th February 2010. It brings together everything that music makes you feel - while squeezing and pulling key and button accordions, bandoneóns, concertinas and more.
Everything that creeps and flies is now at Wandsbek Quarree - Hamburg’s largest mobile insect exhibition is opening its doors. From 8th to 20th February 2010, more than 1,000 living crawl, creep and flight creatures will be scrimmaging through the shopping centre.
In 300 AD, Valentine was bishop of the Italian city of Terni. According to the legend, he gave newlywed couples flowers from his garden, and the marriages that he performed were written in the stars. Maybe it’s worth summoning the stars on 14th February, Valentine’s Day - perhaps with the perfect gift. We’ve taken a look around and here are some tips that we’ve found:
Exclusive beauty treas-ures, perfume rarities and hard-to-find cult products - that's 'Sahling - best of beauty'. The company has not only been pres-ent in Germany's most exquisite shops for years, Sahling has ten of its own shops too. And the latest one has now opened in Hamburg's Hanse-Viertel shopping centre.
There are many renowned Spanish painters, but Picasso is probably the most famous. In Hamburg, a Spanish restaurant carries his name: ‘Picasso’, located in Rathausstraße 14.
Ten years ago, Kathrin and Peter Lühr opened Restaurant Fischmarkt. Located between the Michel church and Elbe River, the restaurant not only convinces guests with its excellent fish menu, it spoils them with reliability, the best service and culinary surprises.
Take a stroll through one of the city’s most popular districts, and when delicious smells waft your way, enjoy a small delight, or a tasting - and at the same time learn something about the history, culture and architecture of the area around you. eat-the-world offers all this for Hamburg’s Ottensen district. It’s a really tasty tour.
On 14th November 2009, Horst Janssen would have turned 80. Like the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, the Hamburger Kunsthalle is honouring this outstanding draughtsman with an exhibition: The Art of Friendship. Running till 11th April 2010, the exhibition focuses on Horst Janssen’s years-long friendship with two of his collectors.
‘Democratic design for everyone’ - its great success and the global proliferation of IKEA, probably the world’s most well-known furniture brand, is the focus of the next special exhibition at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (MKG) - and exhibition on the store’s design role-models.
