If you like colour, passion, noise and friendly people try to get a ticket for a game at the Millerntor.
Age, race, sex and fashion sense matters not one bit. There are families, skinheads, anarchists, hippies, punks and office workers all there having an enjoyable time, win, lose or draw.
The vast quantities of beer consumed in the local bars pre-game only serves to make people more amicable. This is not a club to come to if you think going to a football match is all about you displaying your macho aggression.
A ticket for the terrace costs about 12 euros. As the Reeperbahn is just round the corner, why not pull yourself away from the strip clubs for a couple of hours, and let St Pauli fans show you a good time.
Millerntor Stadion, Budapester Str, U-Bahn stop St Pauli (line U3).
And look out for St. Pauli away games as well, if you aren't in Hamburg. They regularly pull in between 5-10,000 supporters (often outnumbering home fans), since Pauli has a huge fan base outside of Hamburg. At the moment, they only play in the north of Germany (i.e. down as far as the Ruhr valley) since they`re floundering in the third division. Just a quick note to say that Pauli are now floundering - albeit only two games in - at the bottom of Bundesliga 2 so play all over Germany at least for the 2008/09 season.
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