The St. Pauli bunker in the city of Hamburg was built in just 300 days by 1,000 forced labourers in 1942.

The bunker on Feldstraße was one of two so-called flak towers, initially intended primarily for air defence. It was also propaganda of the Nazi regime. During the II World War, tens of thousands of Hamburgers found protection against Allied air raids. Meanwhile, the bunker St. Pauli has long been home to companies from the media, culture and creative industries, and will remain there after the hotel is built in the rooftop.

NH Hotel Group has won the tender to operate the hotel that will be built in the top of the building, which will have 136 rooms, a bar, a café and a restaurant.

One of the project’s most eye-catching features is the landscaping plans: a roof-top garden, in all likelihood one of a kind in Germany.

It is scheduled to open mid-2021.