Barmbek is a very down to earth neighborhood with a long tradition as a working-class neighborhood. The district consists of Barmbek Nord and Barmbek Süd. The architecture is functional, it is dominated by red brick buildings from the 50s and 60s.
Main street is the Hamburg street with the shopping mall in Hamburger Straße in the Mundsburg.
The traditional inhabitants are proud of their traditions as a working class neighborhood. Here everything is real and nothing is overdone. Barmbek is a quiet, safe neighborhood.
In Wiesendamm the Museum der Arbeit shows it´s exhibitions in a former production building of the New York Hamburger Gummiwaren Compagnie.
The affordable rents now also attract students and young people.