Sisyphos (alte Hundekuchenfabrik) in Berlin /yzra253dWz As long as you are not too wasted, you will probably get in. Two dance floors lay on a blend of house and dubstep music and the door isn't known to be overly strict. When you enter you have to pass through a long and narrow tunnel before you eventually emerge next to the first of three bars. “Pimp up your weekend starting with a sex party open for everyone, no special fetish required,” it says about the event “Friday fuck 2-4-1.”Īnother club in the industrial areas of Friedrichshain east Berlin, this is a relatively new addition to the Berlin clubbing scene which is said to even be popular with actual Berliners. On its website though, the club at least attempts to give the impression it is open to all. Located in the same building as Berghain, this gay sex club is perhaps the only location in Berlin where crazier stuff is known to go down then in its more famous neighbour's dark rooms. Once a symbol of Berlin cool, it is today known as a safer bet for tourists who have failed to get into one of the city’s more exclusive clubs. This legendary Berlin club can now been found in an enormous former power plant on Köpernicker Straße in central Berlin. When its precursor club Ufo closed its doors in 1990, the owners moved into the vaults of the Wertheim department store on Leipziger Straße in the former eastern half of the city, giving the club its new name (Tresor means vault in German). The granddaddy of Berlin techno clubs, Tresor’s origins stretch back to a time before the fall of the Berlin Wall. The doormen are also notoriously picky about who they let in. Located on the banks of the Spree river, this Berlin club is best enjoyed in the summer as it has a large outdoor area which includes the deck of a boat.
Originally known as Bar 25, it had risen to international attention by 2010 for the quality of its house DJs: it later became known as Kater Holzig and finally re-opened in 2014 under its current moniker. Like so many Berlin clubs “The Blue Tomcat” was born under another name. You don't stand much chance of getting in if you're not dressed head-to-foot in kinky leather, or alternatively in not very much at all. But be warned, the club often still has a strict dress code. Nowadays though, things are said to have quietened down a little, with guests coming as much for the music as for the loose morals. Be surprised if you don't see acts of an explicit nature taking place in more directions than your head can spin.ĭuring its heyday, guests were openly encouraged to get it on on the dance floor, and the city's conservative politicians tried to have the club closed for “inviting people to public intercourse”, a crime in Germany. Opened by a pornographic filmmaker in 1994, it is infamous for the eye-popping goings-on you are likely to see inside. This naughty nightclub is another Berlin institution. So you may need to prepare, like with this website.Īwesome guys! Made some good friends last night in BerlinĪ photo posted by Paul McNulty on at 6:57am PDT Homeland star Claire Danes has described it as “the best place on Earth.”īut don't take it too personally if you're knocked back at the door: it's perhaps more renowned for the experience of getting rejected by the bouncer than for the actual scene inside. The name is reference to its position near the boundary between the Kreuz berg and Friedrichs hain neighbourhoods.īerghain also literally means ‘mountain grove”, the serenity of which image couldn't be less fitting for the heavy techno which pounds patrons into the dust into the late hours of Monday morning.īerghain attracts some of the most famous names in house and techno music and is top of most people’s wishlist for a perfect Berlin weekend. Opened in 2004, it is based in a disused power plant in the Friedrichshain neighbourhood in the city's east.
When you go back to your home country, the first question most people will ask is almost certainly “have you been to Berghain yet?” This one really needs no introduction – Berghain is the most famous of all Berlin clubs.