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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 19/06/2026 22:34:00

A former German cargo ship moored in Bristol's Floating Harbour, Thekla is one of the most distinctive music venues in Britain. The vessel was built in 1958 at Busum in Schleswig-Holstein for the Schepers family of Haren, one of the last riveted ships of its kind, and spent almost two decades as a coastal trader carrying cargoes, particularly Baltic timber, between northern and western European ports, its hold lined with durable Australian red jarrah wood. After running aground and lying abando...