Dear reader,
We haven’t seen each other for a long time, right? Fortunately, there will soon be an opportunity to change this: On Monday, December 1, we will record the 100th episode of our podcast – not in the studio as usual, but live in front of an audience and, if you want, with you too.
In the Bucerius Art Forum we want to look back at the most important events and decisions in Hamburg this year: from the general elections to decisions about the future, from the crisis regarding Hamburg Ballet to debates about new opera, from Olympic plans to the revival of HSV. Recent developments at the port will not go unnoticed, nor will we be able to ignore the topic of crime, and who knows what else will happen in the week leading up to the recording. Guests in this special episode: all colleagues from the ZEIT department in Hamburg.
We’d love to see you there – tickets to the podcast recording are available here, event starts at 7pm.
Until then – have a great weekend!
Sincerely, Florian Zinnecker
WHAT’S IMPORTANT TODAY
That
elevated train
need more government subsidies. Deputy head of the CDU parliamentary group Richard Seelmaecker stated that the cost coverage rate fell from 90.1 percent in 2019 to 65.8 percent in 2024. 390 million euros should be allocated from Hamburg’s budget next year. The recent purchase of a total of 420 e-buses for 320.5 million euros was expensive, and revenues from individual sales plummeted due to Deutschlandticket.
Father from within Hamburg’s father who died in Istanbul demanding a thorough investigation into the deaths of his son, daughter-in-law and two children. He will fight as long as he can, “whether my life is enough or not,” said Yilmaz Böcek. The father, mother, five-year-old son and three-year-old daughter were there on November 9 Istanbul traveling and then dying possibly from chemical poisoning.
That
Hamburg Green Vegetables
has decided on an action plan after the referendum to tighten climate targets. The state committee, described as a small party conference, unanimously approved the council’s key proposals. Among other things, the transition to energy-efficient heating and renovation of existing buildings must be accelerated.
In short
• After years of planning, Athletic Clinic officially opened at Hamburger Volkspark with a focus on sports injuries. Neighboring Bundesliga football team Hamburger SV, among others, hopes for better treatment options for its players. • After brutal Attack with iron bars Police have arrested the suspect in Hamburg after the pair in Gelsenkirchen. The three men are aged 23, 28 and 29 years • Der Wedding date June 26, 2026
popular among couples in Hamburg. Many couples have made reservations for this special date at the registry office
FROM HAMBURG EDITION
The bioreactor bubbles comfortably
830 species of algae live in the genetics laboratory at the University of Hamburg – a collection that is unique in the world. Without algae, humanity cannot survive. Now volunteers are supposed to help breed them. ZEIT: Hamburg editor Oskar Piegsa has written up how it works; read an excerpt from the article here.
Algae is a nuisance. It’s the oily film in an aquarium, the green carpet in an upside-down pool, the slimy growth of a beach vacation. However, these things are also one of the reasons why humans can live on earth. It is estimated that algae makes up less than one percent of global biomass, but produces around 40 percent of the oxygen in the atmosphere. Without algae, this would be no fun for us. Then should we be more grateful to them? Or: at least a little interested in them?
These are the questions behind this Lab for tomorrowa new exhibition and hands-on project from the University Museum that aims to offer hands-on basic research in the natural sciences. This is expressly aimed at people who do not have a scientific background. Antje Nagel is the director of a small museum in the main building of the University of Hamburg, located diagonally across from the Dammtor train station. At the same time, he was the main contact for the university’s scientific collections and was therefore one of the few people who had an overview of what was kept and researched in the institutes, archives and laboratories in Hamburg. “A lot of people don’t know what’s here!” said Antje Nagel.
And this brings us back to the algae: of the more than three million objects in 33 university collections, the vast majority are inanimate. These include rocks and minerals, historical Bibles, world maps and calculating machines. But there are also live collections. Such as around 830 species of microalgae that are maintained in the institute building in the botanical garden at Klein Flottbek.
What’s interesting “Lab for tomorrow“
can study as a practical laboratory, Read more in full version at zeit.de. You can sign up for algae workshops at the University Museum starting in November.
SENTENCE
“Stress can set the body’s alarm system so high that it goes off even when something completely harmless is about to happen. Like riding a bus.”
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illnesses, but there is a cure. That Therapy demands a lot from everyone involved, wrote ZEIT editor Stefanie Kara.
MAHLZEIT – Gastronomic review
Renowned chef Philipp Troppenhagen recently said that he wants to “turn resistance into enjoyment.” He stopped near the fasting clinic center at Lake Constance. Now he is back in Hamburg – in a position that is no less surprising. That In us
am Klosterstern belongs to the Beisser butcher shop next door and was previously known as a friendly and somewhat curious steakhouse. However, Troppenhagen has been a chef for a few days now, and he has added three- to six-course fine dining menus to the menu.
The issue here is clearly not denial. The beef tartar contains a lot of caviar. And so it went – with vanilla ice cream for the veal sweetbreads and truffle shavings for the onsen eggs to the main course, which (this is Entre Nous humor) was based on the appetizer. An elegant dish with slices of meat cooked sous-vide and a skillful variety of pumpkin.
Does this mean Harvestehude has a new top restaurant? Not yet. On the one hand, this is due to the ornamentation not being able to keep up: the wine accompaniment seems improvised, even more so the explanation of some dishes (What kind of truffle is that? “The normal one.”). And on the other hand, because truffles, caviar, etc. It’s good, but not as strong as the expectations it raises.
The fact that the former Four Seasons Hotel kitchen director forgets nothing is best demonstrated by the butcher’s serious meal with the finest Helgoland lobster in a spicy bisque. It’s great that Troppenhagen now makes fun a pleasure rather than doing without it.
Michael Allmaier
In us
Eppendorfer Baum 4, Harvestehude ·
Tel. 479785
HERE’S WHAT YOU GET
The Marion Dönhoff Prize for international understanding and reconciliation will be awarded at the Schauspielhaus on November 30. This year’s winners were the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the EinDollarBrille association. V. The ICRC was awarded for its extraordinary services as the guardian of international humanitarian law. EinDollarBrille eV association V. enables visually impaired people to live a life of self-determination. Journalist and “Tagesschau” spokesperson Julia-Niharika Sen will moderate the event. Afterwards, all guests were invited to a champagne reception.
We are giving away 10x two tickets to the Marion Gräfin Dönhoff Prize award ceremony on November 30th. at 11 a.m. at the Schauspielhaus. Register by Monday, November 24, 12 noon. under this link. The winner will then be notified directly.
MY CITY
HAMBURGER SCHNACK
On Thursday: At noon in the window of my office in the center of Harburg, a group of kindergarteners walked towards the Rathausplatz with a loud chatter. Suddenly the little children shouted in unison: “Christmas market! Christmas market!” Oh yes, it opens today. Lütten may have invented the children’s railway.
Heard by Charlotte Heidtmann
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