Jacobikirchhof, / Ecke Steinstr.
20095 Hamburg
In Hamburg's beautiful city with its busy shopping streets, malls and squares around the Inner Alster there are numerous interesting film locations. Between Gänsemarkt and Mönckebergstraße the business life thrives and presents itself in various shades - from traditionally hanseatic to extravagant.
The Chilehaus, a masterpiece of expressionism is streamlined like a ship. The 10-storey building rises above the Kontorhausviertel, the traditional location of the shipping companies´ offices and has a footprint of 5,000 square metres. Made of brown and purple brick and interspersed by arcades, this gigantic and impressive piece of architecture of which the top storeys are tiered, is decorated with interesting decorative tiles. The architect, Fritz Höger, built the Chilehaus between 1922 and 1924 for the shipowner, Henry B. Sloman. UNESCO World Heritage Site.
On Oct.5th 2006 the Europa Passage did open their doors. It is located between Mönckebergstraße and Ballindamm. Hadi Teherani, an architect from Hamburg, created the passage. Therefore, some historical buildings have been cut down under protest to realize the plan of the Europa Passage. Today 16 billion people visit it for going shopping and eating every year.
