As a model for the design of the town hall market was the St. Mark's Square in Venice, which also opens to the water. The plan of the ensemble with an open staircase and the design of the Little Alster, Alster Arcades, Lock Bridge, Town Hall and other buildings was designed in 1842.

The Jungfernstieg (from Low German Stieg for "Steig") in Hamburg is a street on the southern bank of the Inner Alster in downtown Hamburg. It runs from the Reesendammbrücke to the Gänsemarkt. Here it is a matter of seeing and being seen.

Deichstraße is a street in the city center of Hamburg and has the last remaining ensemble of old Hamburg town houses in the city. Therefore, it has historical value and has an important tourist importance. With the Cremon's storage group preserved on the other side of the Nikolaifleet, a relic of old Hamburg has been preserved.

The main evangelical church of St. Michaelis (popularly: Michel) is the most famous church building in Hamburg and is considered the most important baroque church in northern Germany. The sacral building with its striking architecture, which is visible from afar, has long been the symbol of the Hanseatic city for shipping on the Elbe.

Traditionally, the small business was and is strongly represented in this quarter, especially the gastronomy. The presence of numerous "harbor pubs" gave today's Portuguese Quarter the name "The Coast" in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 2000s, there was a significant increase in the number of catering establishments, so that in 2011 there were around 40 cafés and restaurants.

The St. Pauli Landungsbrücken are a large landing stage for passenger ships on the northern edge of the port of Hamburg. The jetties are located in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg between Niederhafen and St. Pauli Fischmarkt on the Elbe.

The St. Pauli-Elbtunnel, opened in 1911 - also known as the Alter Elbtunnel in contrast to the New Elbe Tunnel, which has existed since 1975 - passes under the Norderelbe with a length of 426.5 meters and connects the northern harbor edge at the St. Pauli landing bridges (north entrance with two tunnel tubes) ) with the Elbe island Steinwerder (south entrance). It is used as a public traffic route by pedestrians and cyclists as well as to a limited extent by motor vehicles. It was considered a technical sensation when it opened, has been a listed building since 2003 and was awarded the title Historic Landmark of Engineering in Germany by the Federal Chamber of Engineers and the Hamburg Chamber of Engineers on September 7, 2011.

World-famous red light district with bars, pubs, clubs, strip clubs, brothels, etc.

Park Fiction has been an artistic and socio-political project in Hamburg since the mid-1990s.