Originally Posted by
bluebird09
Opera? Just one. Ok, one point extra for the classic danse company and its coreographer. But otherwise, the inner town is so boring in the evening, it's just offices, no city life at all. I am happy that I do not have to life here. Oh my god how borig Hamburg is..
Just one, but what a brilliant company the Staatsoper is - since the ascendancy of Simone Young as both Intendatin and General Music Director, the Staatsoper has risen to new heights, capped by the Claus Guth "Ring". And things will get even better when the new Philharmonie opens in 2012.
But the Vier Jahreszeiten is great, indeed. It's like Maledives, you go there just for the hotel
I agree - one does not have to spend a fortune there, the InnerAlster-facing rooms for one person are perfectly sized and comfortably furnished. That its location is just a very short walk to the Staatsoper is just a bonus
When I'm in the mood for something modern, I like the SIDE design hotel, with its lighting installations by Robert Wilson.