Bunker at Feldstrasse A building between memorial, hotel and creative music hotspot
Live clubs, concert venues, rehearsal rooms and urban gardening: the giant concrete block on Heiligengeistfeld, also known as the Media Bunker, breathes history and is shaping Hamburg’s cultural cityscape.
With a height of 40 metres, the grey flak tower at Feldstrasse can hardly be overlooked. Built during the Second World War as an air-raid shelter, the indestructible building today fits into Hamburg’s cityscape in a variety of ways. This is where, after the war, the Axel-Springer publishing house opened its first editorial office, and in the following years, more and more creative minds from various sectors followed suit, thus shaping the building’s future in a new way. Today, the rooftop terrace hosts electro parties in summer – with a breathtaking view over the city. A few floors further below, clubs such as Uebel & Gefährlich and Terrace Hill organise colourful parties and live concerts behind the thick concrete walls. And at the Resonanzraum venue, the rehearsal room of Ensemble Resonanz, lovers of classical music can enjoy demanding compositions with an experimental twist. The building also accommodates Just Music, Hamburg’s largest shop for musical instruments and music supplies, which extends over two floors. The Hamburg School of Music also uses the premises for rehearsals and tuition.
The building has become known as the Media Bunker because it is home to a number of media companies and advertising agencies as well as the studios of a media school.
Following extensive construction work, what is probably Hamburg's most spectacular building and urban development project will offer a number of real highlights from June 2024: A public roof garden that is probably unique in the whole of Europe, a fantastic panoramic view over the city and a planted "mountain path" that winds upwards around the outside of the bunker. In addition to a memorial to the victims of the Second World War, rooms for neighbourhood culture, exhibition spaces and a hall for sporting and cultural events are being created in and on top of the old anti-aircraft bunker. New hotel and catering facilities will also open here in June: In addition to the REVERB by Hard Rock Hotel with 134 rooms and suites, there are also gastronomic highlights such as the Constant Grind as a coffee shop with panoramic views, the Karo & Paul as a three-storey bar with live music, the La Sala restaurant and the Green Beanie on the roof garden with a changing gastronomic offer.
