Oberhafenkantine, German restaurant in HafenCity, Hamburg
Oberhafenkantine is a restaurant housed in a narrow brick structure featuring pointed arch windows located in HafenCity. The building leans noticeably due to uneven ground settling beneath its foundations.
Hermann Sparr founded this coffee house in 1925 to serve dock workers. After closing in 1997, it reopened and now stands as a record of a crucial period in port history.
This place is one of Hamburg's last remaining coffee houses where port workers once bought simple meals and warm drinks. Such establishments still shape how people remember and understand the harbor's working past.
The restaurant operates Tuesday through Saturday until 10:00 PM and Sundays until 5:30 PM, accessible via Steinstraße station. The narrow, tilted layout requires attention when moving through the space.
The building's foundation has settled unevenly over decades, causing drinks to slant noticeably in their glasses. This detail turns every visit into a physical experience of the structure's history.
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