HAMBURG—This harbor city's Reeperbahn area is famous for helping to give the Beatles their start and infamous as the heart of the city's red-light district.

The Reeperbahn's "Beatles Square" is part of a broader attempt by Hamburg to revive a red-light district that has been in a state of gradual decline for three decades.

Concern about violence in Hamburg's infamous red light district, the Reeperbahn, has been growing for years. Now a new weapons ban has gone into effect as part of a plan to clean up the area.

Known for its tacky sex shops, strip joints, bordellos and casinos, the Reeperbahn in Hamburg's St Pauli area is one of the oldest and most famous red-light districts of the world.

German police shot a man armed with a pickaxe and a Molotov cocktail near Hamburg's Reeperbahn, the heavily touristed street in the heart of the port city's red light district. The man was hit in ...

Critics blame Hamburg property developers such as Andreas Fraatz, the grandson of the former red light district "King", Willy Bartels, for the Reeperbahn's demise.

The Café Lehmitz was a gathering place for the vagabonds of Hamburg’s red light district, the Reeperbahn.

Whether you’re interested in the city’s culinary scene, its outdoor offerings or its cultural attractions, there’s plenty to ...

Big Brother in the hood: In an effort to reduce crime around the Reeperbahn, Germany's biggest red-light district, the city of Hamburg wants to install security cameras in the middle of sin city ...