Round table

Three shops, one street, and what comes next

The bike workshop, the bookshop and the café on Hafenstraße on rents, late openings and the new tram stop.

CNClara Neumann: The tram stop opens in spring. Good news for you?

Karim Haddad

For me, yes. People who come by tram bring their bike less, so I will see fewer flat tires and more services. That sounds strange, but the services are where I earn.

Lena Brandt

For the bookshop it is the best news in years. A stop means people wait, and people who wait look into windows.

Tom Krüger

I am more careful. A café lives on people who stay. A tram stop brings people who are in a hurry.

CNClara Neumann: Should the shops on the street open later on Thursdays?

Lena Brandt

I already do, until eight. Thursday evening is my best evening now.

Tom Krüger

Then I would stay open too. If the street is lit, people come.