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The Speicherstadt in Hamburg, Germany is the largest warehouse district in the world where the buildings stand on timber-pile foundations, oak logs, in this particular case. It is located in the port of Hamburg—within the HafenCity quarter—and was built from 1883 to 1927

30,000-capacity soccer stadium & home of FC St Pauli, with behind-the-scenes tours, plus club shop.

Pirates threatened the Hanseatic League in the Middle Ages At the end of the 14th century, a large number of pirates in the Baltic and North Seas were mischievous and attacked the richly loaded ships of the Hanseatic League, the so-called cogs. They had their sights set on the ships of wealthy Hamburg merchants. They were primarily concerned with prey, not combat, so those who did not resist were mostly thrown overboard. The most feared Freibeuterbande sailed under the red flag: The Likedeeler