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Tourism and Culture
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Hamburg boasts 31 theatres, 6 music halls, 10 cabarets and 50 state and private museums. Of the 4,000 restaurants in Hamburg, 2,400 offer foreign cuisine.

 The banks of the Elbe and the Alster rivers are perfect for a stroll. The port sight-seeing trips are impressive and offer a special perspective on the panorama of Hamburg.

Right in the heart of the city, there is a large lake: theAlster. A boat tour on the Alster ends in the city centre, where one can shop or simply relax in a street café. Hamburg's modern busses and underground trains (S-Bahn) will take you anywhere fast and for a small fare.

The area around Hamburg is especially delightful. The fruit-growing area of the "Altes Land" with its old farmhouses is especially suited for excursions by bus or on bicycle. The historic old towns of Stade and Lüneburg can be reached in half an hour, and a trip to Lübeck or the beach on the Baltic Sea takes only one hour by car.

Reeperbahn
source:http://english.hamburg.de/museums-attractions-hamburg-en/294386/reeperbahn-hamburg-st-pauli-nightclub-english.html =Hamburg’s most popular street of St.Pauli is nightclub and red-light district as well = ''' Hamburg’s most popular street of St.Pauli is nightclub and red-light district as well. Besides red-light business you will also find many theatres, restaurants, music-clubs and discos. ''' =Location: To the west of downtown =  The most famous street of Hamburg got its name from the old german word reep which means an old heavy rope for a ship. During 1600 and 1880 the space north of today’s street Reeperbahn was used as a ropewalk for the production of ropes for the nearby harbour.

In the 18th century the street known as Reeperbahn today got its name.

 The northern side of the Reeperbahn was built first during the 1830’s. The opposite side wasn’t built until 30 years later especially with theatres and other venues.

In the 17th century the night clubs and places of entertainment were established. On the Spielbudenplatz, which still exists there were a lot of wooden boothes where people enjoyed refreshment, jugglers and acrobatics.

There were many theatres (e.g. “St. Pauli-theatre”), beer halls, ballhouses and musicpalaces which attracted the citizens of Hamburg more and more, but also sailors from the ships at Hamburg Harbour came to the Reeperbahn. The place was already very multicultural around 1900.

In the 1960’s the Reeperbahn with its “Große Freiheit” became the mecca of rockmusic. Everybody from the Beatles to the Searchers was performing in clubs like “Top Ten” or the “Starclub”. In the 1970’s and 1980’s brothels and strip clubs were seen almost everywhere at the Reeperbahn.

Today you also see many “normal” restaurants, music-clubs and theatres at the Reeperbahn like e.g. “Schmidt” or the “Operettenhaus”. Due to this change the citizens of Hamburg were also interested into the Reeperbahn again.

St. Michaelis Church
The Hamburg landmark is better known as the “Michel”. The Michel is one of the most important churches in the North of Germany and the most famous church in Hamburg. It was built between 1648-61 in the baroque architectural style. The Michel is the main church in the new town (Neustadt) of Hamburg. The others are St. Petri (1195), St. Nikolai (1195), St. Jacobi (1255) and St. Katherinen (1255).

Location: District Neustadt, south of Ludwig-Erhard-Straße.

The St. Michaelis Church as you can see it today is the third one in this location. The first one was built in the baroque style and was destroyed by a lightning strike. The second building was created in the form of a hall which was similar to a greek cross. Later a 132 m high tower was added (1777-85).

<p style="margin-top:0px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;">The second building was destroyed in 1906. The reason was a fire during construction work. The Michel was originally rebuilt from 1907 – 1912. From 1983 on St. Michaelis was renovated in a complex way. The new roof is covered with copper.

<p style="margin-top:0px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;">The impressive white golden inner of the church offers a seat to almost 3000 persons. There is a baroque offertory box (1763) and an altar (1912) which is about 20 m high. The spire offers a wonderful view over the harbour and downtown. You can reach the spire by stairs but there’s also an elevator.

The so called “small Michel” (kleiner Michel) was there before the St. Michaelis Church was built. The “small Michel” was pulled down in 1750. After the big church was destroyed by a lightning strike the small one was rebuilt quickly to offer the parish at least a bit of housing.

<p style="margin-top:0px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;">In 1807 the “small Michel” was offered to french troups for catholic services. It was impossible to find a catholic church in Hamburg (only in surrounding areas like Altona and St. Georg) because there was a fight between the protestants and the catholics.

<p style="margin-top:0px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;">In 1824 the city bought the “small Michel” and handed it out as a present to the french troops. The building was destroyed by bombs in 1943 and rebuilt after the war as a new building. It was named St. Ansgar. But the people in Hamburg still call the church “small Michel” (Kleiner Michel).

<p style="margin-top:0px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;">St. Michaelis is open daily from April to October from 9 A.M. to 8 P.M. and from November to March daily from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M.

<h2 style="margin-top:0px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;">City Hall source:http://english.hamburg.de/museums-attractions-hamburg-en/293996/city-hall-hamburg-attraction-english.html

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1em;font-size:12px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The City Hall is an impressive and eclectic building which was built in 1897. In the City Hall you can find the senate (State government) and the Hamburg Parliament. There are regular guided tours and exhibitions in the Rathausdiele of the City Hall.

<p style="margin-top:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Location: South of the Binnenalster

<p style="margin-top:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The current City Hall is the sixth one in Hamburg's history.

It took a while until the plans for a new building were made, which is why the Hamburg Parliament and the senate had to meet in other chambers for this period of time. Until 1885 it was impossible to reach a consensus on the submitted concepts.

<p style="margin-top:0px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;">Only when Martin Haller and six other architects founded the “Federation of the City Hall builders” in 1886 the planning was accelerated. 4000 wooden poles had to be put into in the Alster lake to be able to carry the weight of the 113 m wide, 70 m low and 112 m tall building.

<p style="margin-top:0px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;">After 11 years of construction the new City Hall could be consecrated in 1897. The back of the building was connected to the “Chamber of Commerce” and the “Stock Exchange”, which was built in 1841. Inbetween these buildings you will find a courtyard that reminds of a Piazza with its so called “Hygieia-fountain”. It is dedicated to the Greek goddess of health.

<p style="margin-top:0px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;">From the outside the City Hall is a building in the Neo-Renaissance style, but from the inside it is an eclectic mixture of different construction epoches. This is what makes the rooms appear huge.

<p style="margin-top:0px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;">Governmental funds and private aid money enabled a complex restoration of the City Hall from 1987 to 1997. From that time on there is a strict ban on smoking in the inside of the City Hall. The City Hall is open from 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. every day and there are diverse guided tours every day.

<p style="margin-top:0px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;">The big market-square in front of the City Hall is a constant venue for big events in Hamburg.

Ballinstadt
source:http://english.hamburg.de/museums-attractions-hamburg-en/nofl/1751740/ballinstadt.html

<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em;font-size:12px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(61,61,61);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For about five million European immigrants from 1850 to 1939 Hamburgwas the "Gateway to the world." Over the Port of Hamburg they left their homeland to head off to the New World in search for their luck. BallinStadt is dedicated to those emigrants.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1em;line-height:1.333333333333333em;">The History of BallinStadt

<p style="margin-top:0px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;">BallinStadt tells the story of five million people who left their homeland to live in Americabetween 1850 and 1934. Albert Ballin, the general director of HAPAG, built the emigrant halls between 1898 and 1901 for emigrants that were to be transported with boots of the shipping company. Sleeping and living quarters, dining rooms, baths, a church, a synagogue, a music pavilion and a room for medical examinations could be found in more that 30 buildings. In this small city the emigrants waited for their turn to cross of the ocean to start a new life.

<p style="margin-top:0px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;">Back to the roots

<p style="margin-top:0px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;">Those interested can access computers to be able to find out about the emigration history of their ancestors. The information in the computers comes from passenger lists from 1850 to 1934 and databases that contain US census lists.

<h2 style="margin-top:0px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;">Reeperbahn note: this is only to be used as a source. It was translated in Google Translate

source:http://www.hamburg.de/hamburger-reeperbahn/ =Reeperbahn= <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1em;font-size:12px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;color:rgb(100,100,100);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Andres Lehmann

<p style="font-size:12px;line-height:1.333333333333333em;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(61,61,61);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On the Reeperbahn rub shoulders restaurants, bars, theaters, discos and nightclubs.The street entertainment including branches is the first stop for every night.

<span class="bildunterschrift" style="font-size:1em;color:rgb(139,139,139);">When in Hamburg from "neighborhood" is used, then the Reeperbahn and outgoing roads meant by it. (Photo: Christopher Bellin, bildarchiv-hamburg.de)
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Who does not know the lyrics sung by Hans Albers: "On the Reeperbahn at half past midnight ..." The emphasis, however, is on at night. Who on the day of Hamburg "neighborhood" is found, rather a quiet mile out with a few shops. And wonders about possibly many closed doors. Yet when it gets dark, people live life in the St. Pauli: Bright lettering flashing everywhere in competition. The hottest clubs along the Reeperbahn and on Hamburg Mountain Open, Irish pubs - of course - Hans-Albers-Platz lure with live music. And bustling gentlemen in suits talking in front of their "stores" in the entertainment district just to the Lords of Creation: "So here guys, time to come in and do what!"
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The freedom I'll take me

in the Grosse Freiheit, which branches from the Reeperbahn, music history was made ​​here, the Beatles had their first appearances on German soil. At Club Indra, is after some modifications still rocked the British early 60s nightly. Even in the still existing Kaiserkeller and the Star Club, reminiscent of only a plaque, were playing the "Fab Four" at large. With to a record recreated Beatles Place the combo in the mouth to the Great Freedom was also a monument and located close to the "Beatlemania" dedicated an entire museum.Grand theater night clubs like the Dollhouse are also part of the neighborhood. Scantily clad ladies lounge on bars - so many 'troops a bachelor farewell can tell you a thing. It also comes before me, that sometimes two mutually supportive teenagers inquire babbling after another known street: "Excuse me, where do we find ? the Herbert Street "The Herbert street, near the Reeperbahn is used for prostitution: women sitting in shop windows and offer their services. The street is blocked off at both ends with barriers and access remains barred minors and women. Oops What to - but not touching - it's also in the panopticon on Spielbudenplatz. At the Wax Museum on three floors can be bowed among others before the king of rock'n'roll and the Pops. For many musical friends in Operettenhaus the curtain goes up, theater enthusiasts can be found in Schmidt's Tivolior St.Pauli Theater. one The idea of the Reeperbahn day is over until the morning hours.For as has Hans Albers but rhymed continued: "Whether Dun 'girl have or have none, you enjoying yourself, because that is found on the Reeperbahn at half . one " Additional points

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source: http://www.reeperbahn-hamburg.de/

<p style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px;">With a population of 1.8 million Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany. The Hanseatic city, each year reported around four million visitors and is one of the most popular cities in Germany.And in fact the city on the Elbe has to offer its visitors a lot. The town in the far north offers not only with its numerous attractions, but also for its great events such as the Alstervergnügen or the annual celebrations of the birthday harbor known.

<p style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px;">Moreover, Hamburg is the musical center of Germany, because here productions delight as "The Lion King" and "Tarzan" Every year countless music and show lovers. About the city to distribute about 60 theater and as many museums, so that art and culture lovers will get their costs. Culinary highlights in the field of fish and marine animals of all kinds, offering virtually all restaurants and hotels in the city. In Hamburg also hosts regular major exhibitions that attract participants from around the world to the Elbe. Hamburg can also be described as sports city, not only because of football is at home, but there will be a number of high profile sporting events.

<p style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px;">Hamburg is characterized mainly by the water, because both the Elbe and the Alster run through the city. At the water itself also plays a large part of everyday life from Hamburg, especially always is a busy port. In the harbor area just the new HafenCity district, the live, work and entertainment is created skillfully together to combine. In the city center is the Alster a large lake on the Inner Alster runs one of the most famous streets in Hamburg, Jungfernstieg. Also on the Alster and around the river beats the life, and it is the scene of many events.

<p style="color:rgb(221,221,221);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px;">Hamburg is divided into seven districts, overall it is divided into 105 districts.When people think of Hamburg, which is also on the Reeperbahn past, because the sinful mile is world famous. It is here that a large part of Hamburg's nightlife, and anyone who has not seen this area of ​​Hamburg did not even really know. In addition to numerous bars and night clubs, you will also nightclubs and many dining options.Hamburg is always worth an experience, because there is so much to see that a single weekend, hardly enough to explore the Hanseatic city.

Hamburg Motorcycle Days
For the 17th Time this year, found in Hamburgtake the motorcycle days.Meanwhile, one can speak of a cult show, because every year the number of visitors increase significantly. The more than 150 exhibitors with their result can be more than satisfied, as the buying interest in apparel, accessories and equipment continues to rise. The exhibitors will present except motorcycles and motorcycle accessories and other various services around the motorcycle. Consultants who provide security, as well as experts from the insurance industry are also available. Motorcycle shows an upward trend recorded in Germany and Hamburg is involved in this trend, especially since not only the visitors but also the number of exhibitors increased. In Germany there are numerous motorcycle annual fairs and exhibitions.Worth mentioning here are the cities of Dortmund, Berlin, Bonn, Münster Erfurt, Magdeburg, Potsdam, Göppingen and Stuttgart, to name just a few. And Hamburg, with the motorcycle days, started in 2011 in the International Motorcycle year. In January, all the major manufacturers from Asia, Europe and the United States were represented in Hamburg.

McCartney students live in BEATLEMANIA
The Beatles Experience BEATLEMANIA where everything revolves around the four mop tops of the famous British band gets, on March 12, 2011 special session. And Dominik Schirmer. That tells them straight away anything?Then they know more equal. The graduate of the "Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts" (short LIPA) is not only a lecturer at the solchigen but also singer, composer and pianist.He learned, among other things, McCartney, the craft of songwriting and was hired in 2008 as the first foreign and youngest lecturer in composition and songwriting at LIPA. In England Dominik Schirmer is already very well known, and if he is not just there on tour, he tried his popularity in Germany to increase the tip to a well-known musician. What would be more appropriate than in perhaps the largest exhibition in Germany Beatle perform? Since the BEATLEMANIA in May 2009 on the Reeperbahnwould open it attracts more new campaigns for (like s it be otherwise?) Beatles.

In the summer, called "launch Tours" are offered that lead to the significant for the Beatles places and at the moment there is a special exhibition called "POP meets POP", presents the work that the pop art icon Andy Warhol and photographs by Billy Name and Gerard Malanga. So now comes the Dominik Schirmer YEAH - Café at BEATLEMANIA and alongside his artistic talent and his catchy music something: music lovers can take part in a unique master class of the composer. While this is Dominik Schirmer offer an insight into his work at the prestigious LIPA and also give you a small taste of how readings can be at LIPA. So a real chance to meet a great musician and his work, which you should not miss!

Filmfest
=About the Film Festival=

source: http://www.filmfesthamburg.de/de/information/ Hamburg Film Festival is a festival for the audience. Every fall it inspires more than 40 000 movie fans in ten days to ten screens with about 140 national and international films and documentaries as a world premiere, or European premiere German premiere. In nine fixed and further, the program annually changing sections range from cinematically highbrow arthouse films enough to innovative mainstream cinema. Hamburg Film Festival presents the debut of young German and international filmmakers alongside films by great directors. Moreover, it brings special German TV filmmaking once on the big screen. Academy Award winners and nominees such as Clint Eastwood, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz and Julian Schnabel, dogma-founder Lars von Trier and German directors such as Wim Wenders, Fatih Akin, Andreas Dresen and Tom Tykwer represent the whole artistic diversity of the festival. As a platform for cultural exchange and dialogue, a large part of the films by the filmmakers presented personally in Hamburg. Numerous side events Filmfest Hamburg into an important meeting place for cinema lovers and film industry alike. From 27 September to 06 October 2012 celebrates its 20th Filmfest Hamburg Birthday in theaters Abaton CinemaxX Dammtor, Metropolis, Passage, Studio, 3001 and B-movie.

=Sections at Filmfest Hamburg= In the Jubilee Year 2012, the Hamburg Film Festival presents the following sections: Agenda 12 come from 22 countries, the 36 films in this section.They include a diverse range of social drama to comedy, from love story to political cinema. An exciting journey through the current world cinema.

Three colors green nuclear energy, renewable energy, electric car - in terms of environmental moves what. Since 2010, Hamburg Film Festival dedicates a special section this issue and provided with selected documentaries insights, where the fire is on the planet and what we can do about it. Northern Lights The section "Northern Lights" opens our eyes to films and documentaries from Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, which have a significant content or production technology related to Hamburg and / or Schleswig-Holstein. It presents films that where "Northern Lights" and the north a role and / or filmed in the north. Voilà! "Voilà!" presents films that are either from France or from countries that are in the broadest sense of French culture. Vitrina The showcase of current film productions of Spanish-and Portuguese-speaking countries shows a section of cinematic creativity in the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America. Asia Express In this new section is not indeed the whole continent measured cinematically, yet fascinating, fresh and unusual glances cast in various Asian film cultures: from Nepalese love stories of post-war drama from Sri Lanka to young Independent Cinema from China and Malaysia are popular notions of Asia movie enriched with some surprising facets. Euro Visually parley What the French? What amused the Greeks? Whereby the Swedes creeps most? This section presents the greatest public successes in different European countries. Quebec City Deluxe This series shows Filmfest Hamburg classic movie from an annually changing country. Quebec Deluxe presents ancient masterpieces and discoveries from the Canadian province of Quebec from the 60s until today.So far the following countries were represented at "Deluxe": Turkey, Austria, Finland, Belgium, Portugal, New Zealand, Argentina and Iceland. DANCE! Also since 2010, this section is a constant in the program of Filmfest Hamburg. But not "fixed" in the true sense. This is about the fusion, overlap, but also opposition from film and other art forms. 2010 the visual arts was the focus, 2011 was devoted to music and in 2012 it is DANCE! 16:9 Titled 16:9 - TV in the cinema German TV productions are presented as a world premiere. Thrillers, dramas and comedies highlight the broad spectrum of today's television. Michel Children and Youth Film Festival , the children's and youth section of the Hamburg Film Festival 2012 celebrates its tenth birthday and shows in cooperation with the Children's Film Festival LUCAS from Frankfurt German and international films and animated films.

<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;font-family:sans-serif;">Their lack of a full-time drummer posed a problem when the group's unofficial manager, Allan Williams, arranged a resident band booking for them in Hamburg, Germany, so in mid-August they auditioned and hired Pete Best. The band, now a five-piece, left four days later, contracted to club owner Bruno Koschmider for what would be a 3½-month residency.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewisohn201021.E2.80.9325_12-0" style="line-height:1em;">[12] Beatles' historian Mark Lewisohn wrote, "They pulled into Hamburg at dusk on 17 August, the time when the red-light area comes to life ... flashing neon lights screamed out the various entertainment on offer, while scantily clad women sat unabashed in shop windows waiting for business opportunities".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewisohn201022_13-0" style="line-height:1em;">[13]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;font-family:sans-serif;">Koschmider had converted a couple of strip clubs in the district into music venues, and he initially placed the group at the Indra Club. After closing the Indra due to noise complaints, he moved them to the Kaiserkeller in October.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewisohn201023_14-0" style="line-height:1em;">[14] When he learned they had been performing at the rival Top Ten Club in breach of their contract, he gave the band one month's termination notice,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewisohn201024.2C_33_15-0" style="line-height:1em;">[15] and reported the underage Harrison, who had obtained permission to stay in Hamburg by lying to the German authorities about his age.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGould200788_16-0" style="line-height:1em;">[16] The authorities arranged for Harrison's deportation in late November.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewisohn201024_17-0" style="line-height:1em;">[17] One week later, Koschmider had McCartney and Best arrested for arson after they set fire to a tapestry on the wall in their room; the authorities deported them.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewisohn201024.E2.80.9325_18-0" style="line-height:1em;">[18] Lennon returned to Liverpool in early December, while Sutcliffe remained in Hamburg through late February with his German fiancéeAstrid Kirchherr,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewisohn201025_19-0" style="line-height:1em;">[19] who took the first semi-professional photos of the band members.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpitz2005222.E2.80.93224_20-0" style="line-height:1em;">[20]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;font-family:sans-serif;">During the next two years, the group were resident for periods in Hamburg, where they used Preludin both recreationally and to maintain their energy through all-night performances.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMiles199766.E2.80.9367_21-0" style="line-height:1em;">[21] In 1961, during their second Hamburg engagement, Kirchherr cut Sutcliffe's hair in the "exi" (existentialist) style, later adopted by the other Beatles.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewisohn201032_22-0" style="line-height:1em;">[22] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMiles199776_23-0" style="line-height:1em;">[23] When Sutcliffe decided to leave the band early that year and resume his art studies in Germany, McCartney took up the bass.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGould200789.2C_94_24-0" style="line-height:1em;">[24] Producer Bert Kaempfert contracted what was now a four-piece group through June 1962, and he used them as Tony Sheridan's backing band on a series of recordings.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpitz2005249.E2.80.93251_25-0" style="line-height:1em;">[25] Credited to "Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers", the single "My Bonnie", recorded in June 1961 and released four months later, reached number 32 on the Musikmarkt chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEverett2001100_26-0" style="line-height:1em;">[26]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;font-family:sans-serif;">After completing their second Hamburg residency, the band enjoyed increasing popularity in Liverpool, particularly in Merseyside, with the growing Merseybeat movement. However, they were also growing tired of the monotony of numerous appearances at the same clubs night after night.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewisohn201033_27-0" style="line-height:1em;">[27] In November, during one of the group's frequent appearances at the Cavern Club, they encountered Brian Epstein, a local record store owner and music columnist.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMiles199784.E2.80.9387_28-0" style="line-height:1em;">[28] He later recalled, "I immediately liked what I heard. They were fresh, and they were honest, and they had what I thought was a sort of presence ... [a] star quality."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewisohn201034.E2.80.9335_29-0" style="line-height:1em;">[29] Epstein courted the band over the next couple of months, and they appointed him manager in January 1962.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMiles199784.E2.80.9388_30-0" style="line-height:1em;">[30] Throughout the winter and spring, he sought to free them from their contractual obligations to Bert Kaempfert Productions. After an early February audition, Decca Records rejected the band with the comment "Guitar groups are on the way out, Mr. Epstein".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Beatles200068_31-0" style="line-height:1em;">[31] He negotiated a one month-early release from their contract in exchange for one last recording session in Hamburg.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWinn200810_32-0" style="line-height:1em;">[32] Tragedy greeted them upon their return to Germany in April, when a distraught Kirchherr met them at the airport with news of Sutcliffe's death the previous day from what would later be determined a brain haemorrhage.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewisohn201056_33-0" style="line-height:1em;">[33] The following month, George Martin signed the group to EMI's Parlophone label.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewisohn201056_33-1" style="line-height:1em;">[33] Abbey Road Studios main entrance<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;font-family:sans-serif;">The Beatles' first recording session under Martin's direction took place at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London on 6 June 1962.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewisohn201059_34-0" style="line-height:1em;">[34] Martin immediately complained to Epstein about Best's poor drumming and suggested they use a session drummer in his stead.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESpitz2005318.2C_322_35-0" style="line-height:1em;">[35] The Beatles, already contemplating Best's dismissal,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMiles199849.E2.80.9350_36-0" style="line-height:1em;">[36] replaced him in mid-August with Ringo Starr, who left Rory Storm and the Hurricanes to join them.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewisohn201059_34-1" style="line-height:1em;">[34] A 4 September session at EMI yielded a recording of "Love Me Do" featuring Starr on drums, but a dissatisfied Martin hired drummer Andy White for the band's third session a week later, which produced recordings of "Love Me Do", "Please Please Me" and "P.S. I Love You".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewisohn201059_34-2" style="line-height:1em;">[34] Martin initially selected the Starr version of "Love Me Do" for the band's first single, though subsequent re-pressings featured the White version, with Starr on tambourine.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewisohn201059_34-3" style="line-height:1em;">[34] Released in early October, "Love Me Do" peaked at number seventeen on the Record Retailerchart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewisohn201059.E2.80.9360_37-0" style="line-height:1em;">[37] The Beatles' television début came later that month with a live performance on the regional news programme People and Places.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewisohn201081.2C_355_38-0" style="line-height:1em;">[38] A studio session in late November yielded another recording of "Please Please Me",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewisohn201062.2C_84_39-0" style="line-height:1em;">[39] of which Martin accurately predicted, "You've just made your first No.1."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarry2000a875_40-0" style="line-height:1em;">[40]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;font-family:sans-serif;">In December 1962, the band concluded their fifth and final Hamburg residency.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewisohn201062.2C_86_41-0" style="line-height:1em;">[41] By 1963, the Beatles had agreed that all four members would contribute vocals to their albums—including Starr, despite his restricted vocal range, to validate his standing in the group.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGould2007191_42-0" style="line-height:1em;">[42] Lennon and McCartney had established a songwriting partnership, and as the band's success grew, their dominant collaboration limited Harrison's opportunities as a lead vocalist.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarry2000a494_43-0" style="line-height:1em;">[43] Epstein, in an effort to maximize the Beatles' commercial potential, encouraged them to adopt a professional approach to performing.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGould2007128.2C_133.E2.80.93134_44-0" style="line-height:1em;">[44] Lennon recalled him saying, "Look, if you really want to get in these bigger places, you're going to have to change—stop eating on stage, stop swearing, stop smoking".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThe_Beatles200067_45-0" style="line-height:1em;">[45] Lennon said, "We used to dress how we liked, on and off stage. He'd tell us that jeans were not particularly smart and could we possibly manage to wear proper trousers, but he didn't want us suddenly looking square. He'd let us have our own sense of individuality"

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Deutsche Welle (German pronunciation: [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈvɛlə]) or DW isGermany's international broadcaster. The service is aimed at the overseas market. It broadcasts news and information on shortwave,Internet and satellite radio in 30 languages (DW (Radio)). It has a satellite television service (DW (TV)), that is available in four languages, and there is also an online news site. Deutsche Welle, which in English means "German Wave", is similar to international broadcasters such as the BBC World Service, France 24, Voice of America, Radio Canada International, Radio Free Europe andRadio France Internationale.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;">Deutsche Welle has broadcast regularly since 1953. Until 2003 it was based in Cologne, when it relocated to a new building, the "Schürmann-Bau", in Bonn's former government office area. The television broadcasts are produced in Berlin. Deutsche Welle's website is produced in both Berlin and Bonn. On February 6, 2012 Deutsche Welle underwent a significant rebranding.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="line-height:1em;">[1]