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Reeperbahn in November: "The heart of St. Pauli is no longer beating"
Photo: Daniel Bockwoldt / dpa
It is a Tuesday noon in early November when Susanne Leonhard unlocks her club again.
She steps through the back door of her office on Hamburg's Reeperbahn into the darkness of the dock.
She gropes for the light switch.
The air is cool and heavy in the room, you hardly smell the last party anymore.
"Well, isn't that getting a little brighter?" Mumbles Leonhard, everyone here just calls Leo.
The light shines pale in the direction of the stage, the bar stools and tables are still on the dance floor, which should ultimately curb any movement of the guests.
Leonhard switches off the spotlights again, then on again.
But nothing changes, it remains twilight.
"Well, it's all over here," says Leonhard.
Hardly anyone is hit as hard by the second shutdown as Leonhard and her colleagues from the event industry.
Since November 2nd, nobody has been allowed to drink a beer in a bar or bob to the music in a club, even if they are sitting on their bar stools and keeping their distance from others.
The dock is tight, officially ordered, just like all other pubs and clubs on the Reeperbahn.
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