MADNESS ON THE JETTIES

"Every Saturday we're drowning in chaos," says Roman, offering harbour tours. “We've never been able to complain about too few people, but since the Miniatur Wunderland, Hamburg Dungeon, musicals and the Elbphilharmonie have opened, the ponton is on fire and nerves are stewing between the tourists in the heat. In summer, the madness starts at 10.15am, and in the evening there can be 1,800 people on the bridge, who want to be distributed to six boats at the same time, because at 22.30 'the lights cruise' begins. And at the same time, hundreds of party-people are waiting for the vessels for the 'Hamburger Bordparty'." But even with good coordination and his permanent team of five technicians, the St. Pauli landing ponton cannot be expanded in terms of space. Chaos is the new now.