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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 21/06/2026 00:44:00

The name means ropewalk, a reminder that ropes for sailing ships were once made along this stretch of Hamburg. Today the Reeperbahn is the heart of the city's nightlife in the St. Pauli district and its best-known red-light street, nicknamed the sinful mile. Rope makers settled here in 1626, when the trade was moved out beyond the city walls onto the country road towards Altona. For most of the 17th and 18th centuries this was a working ropewalk rather than a place of entertainment. As the nea...