I’ve visited Hamburg–fun times. It’s not quite like Portland, but it is a port, and I didn’t know about the music scene. Regardless, it is interesting that Germans who’ve never been to Portland think so highly/know so much about the music scene of our city. Is it because Portland is the most European of any American city?
This Hamburger/Hamburgian? has this to say:
HAMBURG – Hamburg is like Portland. And although I’ve never been to Oregon before, this coherence is a fact that I’m pretty sure of. At least when it comes to the local music scene…read more about our Hamburg connection
Perhaps, it is because all the “cool Seattle rock stars” are moving to Portland?
