Reeperbahn Hotels
The Reeperbahn, Hamburg’s infamous red light district, was where the city’s rope-makers once lived. Its two main streets – the Grosse and Kleine Freiheit (Big Freedom and Little Freedom) – are so-named not because of the live sex shows you see today, but because in medieval times craftsmen were free to practise their trade there. To a large extent, the surrounding district of St Pauli is still a working-class residential area, with the sex industry confined to the very small area of the Reeperbahn and short streets running off either side, especially those leading towards the port.