Recreating the 1920s Almost 100 Years Later
One of Hamburg's famous attractions is its historic warehouse district known as "Speicherstadt" (literally: warehouse city). I went to the area two times. The first time my Dutch friend Michiel brought me there on a blustery day; the second time I returned in sunnier weather, which was when I encountered the filming of a period costume drama on St. Annenufer. The day was 16 April, 2019, but I don't know the title of the film/ movie/ TV program being filmed.
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Speicherstadt is the largest warehouse district in the world where the red-brick warehouses were built on on oak-log pile foundations next to the Hamburg harbour and canals between 1883 and 1927. The district was created as a free-trade zone to transfer goods without paying customs. After the 1960s, vast technological changes in shipping and logistics diminished the area's importance in trade. From the 1980s onward, the old warehouses were converted into offices for media companies, advertising agencies, art studios, museums and galleries, restaurants and cafés, and a few retail shops. Speicherstadt is entirely surrounded by water, crisscrossed by canals and connected by numerous bridges. It is a confusing but interesting area to explore. (With some information from Wikipedia.)
Recreating the 1920s Almost 100 Years Later
One of Hamburg's famous attractions is its historic warehouse district known as "Speicherstadt" (literally: warehouse city). I went to the area two times. The first time my Dutch friend Michiel brought me there on a blustery day; the second time I returned in sunnier weather, which was when I encountered the filming of a period costume drama on St. Annenufer. The day was 16 April, 2019, but I don't know the title of the film/ movie/ TV program being filmed.
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Speicherstadt is the largest warehouse district in the world where the red-brick warehouses were built on on oak-log pile foundations next to the Hamburg harbour and canals between 1883 and 1927. The district was created as a free-trade zone to transfer goods without paying customs. After the 1960s, vast technological changes in shipping and logistics diminished the area's importance in trade. From the 1980s onward, the old warehouses were converted into offices for media companies, advertising agencies, art studios, museums and galleries, restaurants and cafés, and a few retail shops. Speicherstadt is entirely surrounded by water, crisscrossed by canals and connected by numerous bridges. It is a confusing but interesting area to explore. (With some information from Wikipedia.)