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Celia Topping

Evening beers at Alles Elbe in the neighbourhood of St Pauli.

Al fresco drinks at Hamburg Del Mar in St Pauli.

Facades lining a footpath close to Elbstrand beach, the stamping ground of locals in the summer.

The meat at Otto's Burger is cooked to taste with extravagant toppings.

Property of...is the place to pick up dapper-looking multi-compartment bags, snazzy belts and high-end guidebooks, and a flat white (it doubles as a coffee bar).

The colourful beer fermenting tanks at Überquell Brewery.

St Pauli Landungsbrücken buildings, the entrance to the Elbe Tunnel and the River Elbe.

Hamburg’s port, on the banks of the Elbe, welcomes the biggest ships on Earth via the North Sea and still funds many a luxurious lakeside house.

Old Arbat Street, a pedestrianised street famous throughout Russia for its theatres and Tsarist-era architecture.

A tourist boat on Moskva River. Moscow has altered almost beyond recognition in the past decade, and especially after the 2018 World Cup in the country, a great PR success.