It is impossible to walk through Berlin without finding a pub, a bar, a theatre, a cinema or a disco, where people meet to spend their leisure time and evenings. Live is buzzing in every single quarter of this fantastic capital. Because of the variety of spots it is a Sisyphean task to name them all. We decided to divide our nightlife section by districts, and even then it is a hard piece of work to give you quite a good overview.
Summarized western Berlin has four focal points for pubs and bars: Savignyplatz in Charlottenburg is for conspicuous goodtimers, Kreuzberg drinkers normally include political activists and punks, the area around Nollendorfplatz (northwestern part of Schöneberg) and Winterfeldtplatz is the territory of sped-out all-nighters and the pushing-on-forty crew. Central Schoneberg bars are on the whole more mixed and more relaxed.
In the eastern part of the city there is also a number of real cosy and even exciting new cafes and bars. Check out both Berlin Mitte and Friedrichshain Section. In Prenzlauer Berg quarter you will find a lot of nice pubs in and around Knaackstrasse. And alst but not least the area around Oranienburger Strasse, where you also will find the "Tacheless" is paved with nice cafes and pubs.
To find out what's on when, buy one of the listings magazines tip, Zitty or Prinz.
Gay and Lesbian Berlin
There is a lot to discover: Have a beer in the world famous backroom bar "Tom's Bar", visit an exibition in the unique "Gay Museum" ("Schwules Museum"), enjoy a nice cocktail in the fancy "Schall & Rauch", flirt in the lesbian café "Begine" or party an endless night in the Kreuzberger Oranienstrasse - Berlin is certainly one of the most fascinating citys for gays and lesbians in Europe.
The worldwide gay movement began here 1898 when scientist Magnus Hirschfeld published first about the "third sex". This is said to be the starting point of modern homosexual emanzipitation. Today visitors get to know an exiting city that is still growing together ten years after re-unification. You can find a wide variety of cafés, bars, restaurants, clubs, parties and a lot of gay and lesbian culture in the booming Berlin scene. With the TEDDY, world's most important gay and lesbian film award, the easter summit for leather and fetish lovers, the gigantic gay and lesbian street fair in june and the capital gay pride "christopher street day" end of june there a many reasons for gays and lesbians to visit berlin during the whole year. Check out also Berlins gay and lesbian city magazine "SIEGESSÄULE".
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