St. Pauli Queertour - 100 Years of Pride on St. Pauli

For many decades, St. Pauli was Hamburg's unconventional outskirts - a harbour and entertainment district where people unwelcome within the city walls found their place. The LGBTQI+ community felt at home here too: in a neighbourhood where a merchant's daughter could dance with a sailor, same-sex couples on the dance floor raised no eyebrows.

This neighbourhood walk explores the persecution of the queer community during the era of Paragraph 175 - many of the biographies behind the Stolpersteine tell those stories. At the same time, the community found creative loopholes, built spaces for gathering, and pushed back against discrimination. Queer people have long been active in sex work, as bar owners and as artists, and have shaped St. Pauli in lasting ways. We'll visit queer nightlife spots from the past hundred years up to the present day, with a stop for a drink at Hamburg's oldest gay bar.

Who better to show you the neighbourhood than the people who actually live there? That's why all St. Pauli Kiez tours are led by local residents - because we all share one thing: a love for this district and its one-of-a-kind character.