Haifischbar
Große Elbstraße 128
22767 Hamburg
Nearest Stations:
Bus 111: Sandberg
S Königsstraße
with Victoria Trauttmansdorff and Theresita Colloredo / Elbphilharmonie PLUS
The Haifischbar is one of the last and probably the earthiest harbour pub to survive in the now hip district of Altona right by the Elbe. All manner of seafaring souvenirs, a jukebox with oldies and plenty of maritime flair ensure cult status. Tonight, though, it’s not old sailors spinning their yarns, but two women from Vienna whose songs and stories transform the harbour bar into a Viennese coffee house.
Actress Victoria Trauttmansdorff has been a member of the ensemble at Hamburg’s Thalia Theatre for over 30 years, but is still Viennese at heart. She and fellow actress Theresita Colloredo – another Vienna native who has settled in Hamburg – turn into two cheerful Viennese waiters here. Although they also serve the guests, they actually prefer to sing and take the audience on a stroll through Vienna with plenty of humour and accompanied by beautiful Schrammelmusik, Wienerlied and Austropop. They are accompanied by Icelandic accordionist Hrólfur Vagnsson, a fisherman’s son who is sure to feel right at home in the harbour pub.
This culinary-musical evening is the perfect prelude to the concert »Die Besten aus Wien« on 24 March, to which all-round artist and Viennese veteran André Heller has invited all the musical celebrities of his native city as part of his »Reflektor« festival.
Victoria Trauttmansdorff vocals
Theresita Colloredo vocals
Hrólfur Vagnsson accordion
Wiener Lieder, berühmte Schrammelmelodien, Austropop der 1970er und Hits aus der österreichischen Hitparade
Promoter: HamburgMusik / Haifischbar
Supported by Stiftung Elbphilharmonie
The Haifischbar has been located directly on the banks of the River Elbe in Altona, not far from the fish market, for many decades - now one of the last traditional harbour bars where sailors used to talk about their journeys and dock workers drank their after-work beers. The pub has retained its charm to this day: Oldies by Hans Albers play on the jukebox and maritime treasures from buoys and nets to parts of ships and stuffed sharks decorate the walls and ceiling. The NDR television show of the same name, which in the 60s and 70s invited celebrities from Hamburg and beyond to chat and listen to music in a studio modelled on the pub, certainly contributed to its cult status.
The bar is barrier-free accessible.
The bar does not have its own car park. Car parking spaces are available in the area around Grosse Elbstrasse.
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