CASAblanca – Centre for HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Altona

CASAblanca – Centrum für HIV und sexuell übertragbare Infektionen in Altona

Public sexual health clinic · Hamburg, Germany

LGBTQ+ friendly

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Can I go now?

Walk in — no appointment needed

Published by Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Sozialbehörde)· 19 Sep 2026

Preferably phone +49 40 42837-4104 for an appointment; otherwise come during the open sessions.

Can a visitor use it?

Check with the clinic before you go — No restriction on who may use the centre is stated, and services are anonymous; visitors are not mentioned.

What will it cost?

Free for everyone, including visitors

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About

The City of Hamburg's own HIV and STI centre is anonymous, confidential and free of charge, counsels in English and several other languages, and has open sessions four days a week.

Also serves: Gay, bi & other men who have sex with men

Published by Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Sozialbehörde)· 19 Sep 2026

Why you might feel comfortable here

Anonymous testing available — Yes

Max-Brauer-Allee 152, 22765 Hamburg

Follow the address rather than the map pin.

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Opening hours

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Monday	11:30–15:30
Tuesday	08:00–12:00
Wednesday	13:30–17:30
Thursday	11:30–15:30
Friday	Closed
Saturday	Closed
Sunday	Closed

Hours might differ on public holidays. Open sessions. A separate evening session for men who have sex with men runs at Hein & Fiete in St. Georg on Tuesdays and Thursdays 16:00-20:00.

When this clinic is closed, the listed emergency option in Hamburg is Asklepios Klinik St. Georg – Central Emergency Department. For a possible HIV exposure, don’t wait for opening hours: see the urgent page.

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Services

HIV lab test — Yes

Blood draw; result in days; picks up recent infection sooner than rapid tests.

The centre says the last risk should be six weeks back for a conclusive HIV test.

Full STI check — Yes

Chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis (usually with HIV) in one visit.

Blood, urine and smear tests; which ones you get is decided in the counselling.

Booking, access & languages

PhoneWalk in

Preferably phone +49 40 42837-4104 for an appointment; otherwise come during the open sessions.

Walk-in — Yes

No appointment needed (check the hours).

You can come to the open sessions without an appointment, but the centre prefers that you book by phone.

No appointment required

You can come without booking (check the hours).

No account needed to book

You can book without registering.

Appointments are made by phone only.

Anonymous option — Yes

You don’t have to give your name.

Languages: German, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Thai, Dutch, Danish — The German page lists English, French, Thai, Russian, Danish, Dutch, Portuguese and Turkish as also available.

Interpreter available — Yes

Fixed interpreter sessions: Spanish Mon and Thu 12:00-15:00; Romanian Tue 10:00-12:00 (not in school holidays) and Thu 12:00-14:00; Bulgarian Wed 14:00-16:00.

Cost

Service	Who	Cost
All services	Everyone	Free The centre says its services (counselling, tests, examination and treatment where needed, vaccinations) are anonymous, confidential and free of charge.

Prices are shown in the local currency as stated by the source on the date shown. “Consultation” is often charged separately from tests.

Germany: good to know

What visitors pay. The City of Hamburg's centre CASAblanca says its counselling and tests are anonymous, confidential and free of charge, with counselling in English. The same free, anonymous testing runs on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the gay checkpoint Hein & Fiete in St. Georg for men who have sex with men.
Published by Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Sozialbehörde)· 19 Sep 2026
PEP in this country. Hein & Fiete names two places for PEP in Hamburg: Asklepios Klinik St. Georg (emergency department, and the ifi institute in Haus L by day) and the medical emergency department of the University Medical Center Eppendorf (UKE, Haus O10). It says to start ideally within 2 hours and at the latest within 24 hours, possibly up to 48 hours. Deutsche Aidshilfe's PEP map lists the same two hospitals.
Community-endorsed Hein & Fiete (Prävention e.V.)· 19 Sep 2026

Emergency number: 112

Sources & last checked

Last checked 22 Sep 2026.

e1 · Published by Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Sozialbehörde) · 22 Sep 2026 · www.hamburg.de — English page: counselling, blood, urine and smear tests, medical examination and treatment if necessary, vaccinations (hepatitis A/B, flu, mpox), anonymous, confidential and free, open session times, English counselling.
e2 · Published by Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Sozialbehörde) · 19 Sep 2026 · www.hamburg.de — German page: open sessions, booking by phone preferred, examination and treatment in justified cases, advice for people with clear symptoms, languages and interpreter sessions, on-site session with the gay checkpoint Hein & Fiete for men who have sex with men.

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