Hamburg's old town quarter between the Alster and the Michel: the Old Commercial Room has cooked Labskaus opposite St Michaelis since 1795, with the Englische Planke and Krayenkamp tavern row running south.
Order The seven- or nine-course tasting; the langoustine course is the signature.
Christoph Rueffer's three-Michelin-star Haerlin at the Fairmont Vier Jahreszeiten in Hamburg cooks classical Hanseatic and modern French on the Alster.
Order The Original Hamburger Labskaus with fried egg, herring, beetroot and gherkin.
Old Commercial Room opposite the Michel in Hamburg has cooked Hanseatic harbour food since 1795 and is the city's canonical Labskaus address.
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Order Filter coffee, single-origin espresso
Public Coffee Roasters on Wexstrasse in Hamburg's Neustadt is the third-wave roaster's original cafe, pouring filter and espresso behind a sage-green.
Order Franzbroetchen with chocolate and cinnamon
Dat Backhus on Neuer Steinweg in Hamburg's Neustadt is one of the Hamburg chain's central branches, with cinnamon, chocolate and pumpkin-seed Franzbroetchen.
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The Weinbar at the three-star Haerlin restaurant in the Fairmont Vier Jahreszeiten in Hamburg pours German and Burgundy fine wines with the kitchen's small.
Order The Wagyu Kobe currywurst with Maharaja sauce.
Edelcurry on Grosse Bleichen in Hamburg's Neustadt runs a currywurst restaurant with eight house sauces, from mild Jaipur to ultra-hot King Chili Killer.
Grossneumarkt in Hamburg's Neustadt runs a Wednesday and Saturday market on the historic square, with regional produce, cheese and fish from north German.
La Cocina Kochschule in Hamburg Neustadt runs classes across Thai, sushi, Spanish tapas, fish, steak and vegetarian cuisines from a Ludwig-Erhard studio.
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Laeiszhalle on Johannes-Brahms-Platz in Hamburg's Neustadt is the city's classical music hall since 1908, with a Grosse Saal seating 2000 for symphony and chamber concerts.
