This gate was originally a wooden screen installed by the Nazis in the 1930s to not let others see the forbidden sex trade.
This area is strictly bars and partying.
The Pink Palace — Sex House is one of the most popular, sexiest and largest brothels worldwide with an apartment building character located slap bang in the middle of the Reeperbahn.
The main strip of the Reeperbahn is generally safe and just requires the usual amount of caution you would practice in any other big city at night.