Sascha Bartz has been the night officer in Hamburg St. Pauli since 2024. His tasks: Resolving conflicts and mediating between residents, partygoers and tradespeople. The pilot project is already proving successful and can be a model for other cities.

Laura Ebeling shows why destination management (DM) is the joint task of place marketing and destination marketing - and gives five concrete recommendations for action for integrated destination management.

Julia Staron is an expert on the night-time economy and a neighborhood manager in Hamburg. In this article, she takes a look at the opportunities and challenges of the night-time economy - and uses examples to show how cities can avoid conflicts and mediate between stakeholder groups

How does urban development work when budgets are empty? Are cooperations such as BIDs a solution for the city of the future? Neighborhood manager and strategy expert Julia Staron gives a clear answer to these questions - and reports on two best practices from Hamburg: the Neuer Wall BID and the Reeperbahn+ BID.

What role do brands play in shaping public spaces? A growing one, says Sophie May, and shows the potential of brand urbanism using an example from Vienna. The trend is bringing a breath of fresh air to urban development.

How can cities be designed in such a way that they are accessible to everyone - including people with dementia? Dominik Lorenz reports on approaches to inclusive urban planning and presents an example from NRW: the dementia-friendly Fliedner village in Mühlheim.

The "Queer Lighthouse" in St. Pauli is an innovative urban development project that takes queer realities into account. It combines alternative forms of housing, social meeting spaces and sustainable architecture to create an inclusive, intergenerational neighborhood.

Heilbronn is creating small forest oases in the city with its climatic forests to combat heat islands and climate change.

The Tacheles KunstKaufLADEN in Hanau displays works of art and offers a space to exchange ideas and spend time with artists away from commerce. An interview with Daniel Freimuth from Hanau Marketing GmbH.