There is a catch, however.
Culture Senator Carsten Brosda tells Backstage Classical that some of the new money mwill go on a hip-hop academy and on supporting music clubs down the Reeperbahn, where the brothels are in recession. ‘Full live clubs on the Reeperbahn (pictured) are the best advertisement for Hamburg,’
says Brosda.
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