some info on hamburg:
bars/restaurants:
-dschungel in sternschanze is great for cheap drinks, you'll get a white russian for 2,80? or a cuba libre for 3,80?. nice people there and decent music that ranges from 60s rock to contemporary indie rock
-hong kong hotel eingang on hamburger berg. IF you go to reeperbahn you have to make sure to get real drunk beforehand. you should do this with about 5-6 mexikaner there. the place is super fucked up with tasteless music and equally annoying people. just make sure to get your shots and head out again. you will get a nice buzz going for about 3? and you'll be ready to hit the kiez.
-one of my favorites is comet, located in erichstr near the kiez. there's nothing really special about it except that it plays a lot of music i like and it's just really nice there. modest prices, good crowd.
-kaffee stark in the wohlwillstr is a nice cafe with a smokers room
-there's this portuguese place on the opposide side of the street from rote flora in sternschanze that has great breakfast and coffee, i always forget the name
-if you like to eat some traditional south-german food, check out hatari in schanzenstr. they make the best k?sesp?tzle i ever had. it's pricey, but the big plates and the taste make up for it.
sightseeing:
-most woman love planten&blomen. it's a park that stretches from dammtor station to st pauli. it's nice, for the girls. in summer the roller rink located in there is major skate spot with some selfmade obstacles.
-the harbour of course. the classic thing to do on a saturday night is to get wasted until fischmarkt starts and then sober up with a breakfast of fresh fruits and fischbr?tchen. you should also buy a coffee from the crazy rasta.
-check out the g?ngeviertel, there is always interesting stuff going on there. it's basically some of the last old buildings in the neustadt that are occupied by artist collectives. there are concerts, vernissages, movie nights, ect...
areas:
-nice: altona/ottensen, the alster in the summer, the area surrounding university, st pauli(minus reeperbahn), the harbour, sternschanze on most weekdays, winterhude/stadtpark
-meh: sternschanze on some weekdays, jungfernstieg/that whole luxurious shopping vibe there, hafencity(empty...)
-sucks: eppendorf, st georg, sternschanze on weekends
skateshops:
-although they are all run by decent human beings, every skateshop here sucks, sorry.
that's all i can think of for now...