However, Hamburg's most famous district is probably not the city centre, but St. Pauli. Around the Reeperbahn, people party until the early hours of the morning at weekends and the good mood extends to the Schanzenviertel neighbourhood to the north with its young and trendy crowd. Although the red-light district still has its place in St. Pauli, it has long since ceased to occupy first place. Where the then unknown Beatles started their career in the early 1960s, today the Reeperbahn is home to the highest density of live clubs in Europe, with countless bars, restaurants, discos, variety theatres and musical theatres in between. The latter play a leading role in Hamburg's cultural programme, ranging from Disney's The Lion King and MJ - The Michael Jackson Musical to smaller, local productions. This program makes Hamburg the third largest musical venue in the world after New York and London. In total, Hamburg has more than 60 theatres, 100 music clubs, 60 museums and almost 30 cinemas.
