Planten un Blomen, it's a beautiful botanical garden in Hamburg, Mitte. Lot of spots where to sit and watching quietly the nature as well as a lot of path to walk. The Japanese garden is a place must to see as well as the Glass House of the tropical pants.

Museumscafé im Jenisch Haus: take a walk along the Elbe river, reach the Jenisch Park, at the middle of the green meadow you will see a white dice, that's the Jenisch House, stop by for a coffe or a tea and a slice of cake. Perfect place for a break with a sunny day even better with a rainy day. Close by there is the Ernst Barlach House, museum of the expressionist sculptor Ernst Barlach.

The Wohnkultur66 showroom is located in the historical slaughterhouse in Hamburg Schanzenviertel. It's a furniture store specialized in Scandinavian design. One of the few places in the world where you can find some ebautiful pieces of Ib Kofod-Larsen, one of my favorite design master

This is a pretty nice vinyl record store specialized in finding and trading rare vinyl and special CD Editions. I bought most of my minimal/house records there. But it's also fun browsing through huge collections of old soul/funk/hip hop records.

If you want to leave the city and breathe in some fresh air, just buy a "Schleswig Holstein Ticket" and go by train to Travemünde. A borough of Lübeck about 1,5 hours away from Hamburg and located next to the sea. It has been a seaside resort since 1802 and has still some architecture, signs and symbols from the 19th century to show.