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Betahaus Hamburg

Slightly hidden away in the beautiful district of St. Pauli, you will find the betahaus Hamburg. The space opened in July of 2010, right next to the “Schilleroper”, and it is the second betahaus that was built after the Berlin prototype.

The glazed façade lets you watch the industrious coworkers even before you walk in. After you take a few steps inside, you will find yourself in the midst of the café. It is considerably smaller than the Berlin version, offering desks for only 42 coworkers. On the other hand, it is exactly the small size of the space that makes it so cozy and familial. Everyone knows everyone. “We even know how they take their coffee,” said the girls behind the bar.

The Hamburg version of betahaus started off with two separate rooms: one being the “silent room”, the other one the “communication area”. After a while they realized that this separation was not as ideal as previously planned, so they reorganized the layout. The former “silent room” now harbors the fixed team-desks. On the other side, partitioned by a giant bookshelf, is the “communication area”, which offers flex-desks, and allows members to pick their chosen spot every day.

A very interesting feature found at betahaus is the protonet. According to their website it’s world’s simplest server, making the data and idea exchange super safe and smooth. For an even more personal exchange, betahaus offers a meeting room for up to 12 people.

Since demand for office space is steadily increasing, the operators are thinking about moving. Bigger is what they want, but they are staying in St. Pauli, that’s for sure.

Places

In the very center of Hamburg, close to city hall, you can visit the latest addition to Hamburg’s coworking scene: Places. They opened their doors in November 2012, and make Eames fans drool over the awesomeness of their interior design. The founders are furniture dealers by profession and collaborate closely with Vitra. At first glance you feel like you just walked into a Vitra showroom: Eames and lounge chairs are all around, and the Bouroullec-brothers’ Algues envelop the open space. Coffee is served at Café Ray and private screenings take place at the in-house cinema Club Charles.

If you want your privacy, but don’t want to rent a private office, you can just go for the workbox. For privacy: draw the curtain, for communication: open it. Between all the nice furniture, you will spot the Eames House Birds everywhere, watching you work. They are very cute, but we do not recommend watching Hitchcock’s “The birds” before coming here…

Places is a little pricy compared to the average coworking space, and thus appeals to a different target group, than for example, betahaus. It definitely looks fancy in there and the nice and friendly staff is the cherry on top of the cake.

Lilienhof

Lilienhof is also situated right on the center of Hamburg. The space is a crossover between coworking spaces and a business center. Following the winding, yet well-signposted hallways, you finally reach the entrance on the first floor. As soon as you walk in you will notice that this is not your average flannel and skinny jeans kind of coworking space. People here wear blouses, suits and ties and address you formally as you come in.

A lot of white and subtle greens pull the space together, and there are fresh lilies on the tables to compliment the name. There are mainly established small companies and self-employed people who choose to work at Lilienhof. You will find all types of coaches, lawyers, consultants and even psychologists amongst the members. Yet, there is not much open space coworking happening at Lilienhof, and the demand for that is virtually non-existent. The members want their own private offices and meeting rooms, explained office the manager, Kristin Michelson. They do have one thing in common with the betahaus though: demand is getting bigger than supply. Thus, they are expanding in-house, and adding a new floor with more office space and more meeting rooms.

As you can see, Hamburg does have more to offer than fish sandwiches and cinnamon deliciousness. The harbor may be beautiful, but if you spend too much time there the seagulls will shit on your head.

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