Bernsteinbar, St. Pauli, Hamburg

I think superchristine sums it up really. It is a great place for mid-30’s single smokers who like to grind! It’s not a great place (esp. upstairs) if you don’t smoke, because you won’t be able to enter without breathing equipment, and I don’t even mind smoking! On a par with mutter there.

On the plus side, it does have a nice BBQ and beer garden out back, and it’s a bit off the beaten track, still, I don’t really go here anymore.

This place was weird.

But then again…anything is weird after drinking 1.5 bottles of wine before going out with your friends. Was there on a Saturday night and it was completely crowded and kind of sweaty. Someone grabbed my butt a couple of times, one other guy tried to put my coat on his girlfriend he was so wasted and in the background…God awful euro-trance-house-crap that was pretty relentless. This was the upstairs.

Moving onto the downstairs…ta da! We are now in the mid-30’s zone complete with German style rap/grind/singalong antics. I don’t know about you, but watching Berta and Hans get it on in their tight Euro jeans does something sad to your soul.

Oh yes, another Pilsner bitte.

Cool bar in between St. Pauli and the Schanze. They sell Pilsner Urquell pretty cheap and have a cool open mic night, which is what I was there for.

The only drawback with this place is that it’s a little bit isolated.