Davidwache St Pauli & Reeperbahn

South of the Reeperbahn stands the star of many a German crime film and TV show, the Davidwache. This brick police station, festooned with ornate ceramic tiles, is the base for 150 officers, who keep the lurid surrounds reasonably tame. Its presence here is a reminder that while St Pauli loves to thumb its nose at authority, it needs that authority to define itself…