'Dry' Story

 It's an odd story to tell.

If you ever go up to Hamburg....you tend to notice two 'key' train stations....the main Hauptbahnhof on the eastern side of town, and the Altona station on the western part of town. There are unique features, and negative stories to tell over each.

For several years....folks around the Altona station have complained...not  so much drugs (you can find the drug-center over at the main station of town)....mostly heavy consumption of alcohol.

This past summer....the regional authorities decided to make the Altona station 'dry' (NO BOOZE).

This order started in early November.

Nowhere within the station can you booze-up.  If you bought a bottle, and attempted  to drink....some policeman would come up to encourage you to leave, or face consequences.

So....if you follow the trend....folks 'moved'. The heavy booze crowd went to other quarters of the city, or over to the main station (the hauptbahnhof).

This mostly the action of the railway folks? Yeah....I get the impression they (and their  customers) were fed up with the appearance of full-up boozing.

The odds that by summer of 2026...the main station goes to 'dry'? I'd give it a 50-50 possibility.

Over the years, I've been to Hamburg a couple of times, and would readily agree....there's simply a fair number of locals heavily boozing-up.  It doesn't matter where you go in the city, or age groups.

The one thing you notice after a while....heavy boozers (men or women)....need nearby toilet facilities (free) or they urinate in public. 

This....more of a story of people fed up with heavy boozing in public?  Yeah, that's mostly how I see this trend developing.