Christoph Hoffmann

Morning

I start my day with a jog from the HafenCity to the Fischmarkt and back. Then I treat myself with a full breakfast at the hotel restaurant heimat. Afterwards I borrow a bike at the reception and take a ride through the centre of Hamburg along the Alster and through the beautiful backstreets of Winterhude over to Eppendorf.

Noon

The following highlights are along this route: great shops at Neuer Wall and Grosse Bleichen with a detour past Thomas-i-Punkt on Mönckebergstrasse.

— Thomas-i-Punkt
Mönckebergstrasse 21, 20095 Hamburg
p +49 40 32 71 72
It’s always worth peaking in at the Bucerius Kunst Forum at Rathausmarkt.
— Bucerius Kunst Forum
Rathausmarkt 2, 20095 Hamburg
p +49 40 36 09 96
Afterwards I take a break at Café Bodo’s Bootssteg on the Outer Alster and enjoy gazing at the passing boats.
— Café Bodo’s Bootssteg
Harvestehuder Weg 1, 20148 Hamburg
p +49 40 41 03 525
After that my bike zigs and zags me through the elegant streets of Harvestehude or I park the bike and sail a few stations along the Alster. When the weather’s nice, I love a little shopping trip from Klosterstern along Eppendorfer Baum and its beautiful backstreets. From Eppendorf, there’s a bridge across to Winterhude.

Afternoon

Now it’s time to enjoy an espresso, have some ice cream and wander down Poelchaukamp and Mühlenkamp.

Evening

I either eat dinner at the hotel restaurant heimat or I treat myself visiting the Hafensauna with its harbour view and then catch dinner at Café Paris. Café Paris is a former butcher around the corner from Rathausmarkt and only a ten-minute walk from the hotel (the oysters, the steak-frites-salade or a freshly prepared- at-the-table tartar couldn’t be better in Paris).

— Café Paris
Rathausstrasse 4, 20095 Hamburg
p +49 40 32 52 77 77
Afterwards it’s time to go to the bar at the Bullerei in the Schanze. Especially Sunday evenings.
— Bullerei
Lagerstrasse 34b, 20357 Hamburg
p +49 40 33 44 21 10