Gay Cruise Bars & Fetish Parties in Berlin

Annual events: A traditional get-together of gay fetishists from Europe in Berlin is the Easter weekend (www.blf.de). Since 2004 there is also Folsom Europe in September, with lots of parties and the Leather and Fetish street fair.

Berlin also got quite a few cruising areas in some of the gay video stores and cinemas. They are listed on the Cinemas page.

Easter in Berlin
4 – 10 April 2012
www.blf.de
European Leather and Fetish Meeting, including German Mr. Leather contest.

Folsom Europe 2012
7 – 9 September 2012
www.folsom-europe.info
International leather & fetish weekend with street fair on Saturday afternoon and lots of parties from Friday till Sunday. By far the largest gay fetish event in Europe.

Video: Folsom Europe Berlin 2009 – street fair [open video] [close video]

Böse Buben
Sachsendamm 76-77 [S: Schöneberg, Südkreuz]
www.boese-buben-berlin.de
SM club, specialised in Spanking. Check their website for current agenda. Regular nights on Wednesday 16:00 – 24:00, Friday and Saturday 21:00 – 04:00

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Bull
Daily 24h nonstop
Kleiststraße 35 [U: Nollendorfplatz]
+49 (0)30-96085760
Very small 24 hours gay cruise bar.

CDL
Tue-Thu from 19:00; Fri-Sat from 21:00; Sun from 15:00
Hohenstaufenstraße 58 [U: Viktoria-Luise-Platz, Nollendorfplatz]
+49 (0)30-32667855; www.cdl-club.de
Gay cruise bar in Berlin-Schöneberg, mostly underwear/naked.
Minimum consumption: 9 €

Club-Culture-Houze
Mon from 19:00; Tue-Sun from 20:00
Görlitzer Straße 71 [U1: Görlitzer Bahnhof]
+49 (0)30-61709669; www.club-culture-houze.de
SM & Fetish club. Check their website for current agenda and men-only/mixed policy.

Cocks
Mon-Sat from 22:00; Sun from 20:00
Greifenhagener Straße 33 [S, U2: Schönhauser Allee]
+49 (0)152-29416510 (Mobile)
Gay cruise bar at Prenzlauer Berg. Dresscode mostly naked or underwear.
Minimum consumption: 6 €

Connection
Fri, Sat from 23:00
Fuggerstraße 33 [U: Wittenbergplatz, Nollendorfplatz; Night busses]
+49 (0)30-2181432; www.connection-berlin.de
Berlin’s gay standard disco of many years. Famous for its huge cruising labyrinth in the basement. Free entry for guests of the gay hotel Connection at the same address.

Darkroom
Mon-Sat from 22:00
Rodenbergstraße 23 [S, U2: Schönhauser Allee]
+49 (0)30-4449321; www.darkroom-berlin.de
Small gay bar with small backroom. At Prenzlauer Berg.

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›We wanted to visit this bar on a Thursday night, but it was empty. We asked the staff at the bar and entrance what time or day they would suggest us to come back again – but they ignored us and prefered to keep reading their magazines. Obviously, tourists like us asking ’stupid’ questions aren’t very welcome here...‹
- Dave, July 2008

Ficken 3000
Daily from 22:00
Urbanstraße 70 [U7, U8, Night bus N19: Hermannplatz]
+49 (0)30-69507335; www.ficken3000.com
Bar with darkroom in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Rather quiet.
(If you ask people on the street for directions to this club be aware that ›Ficken‹ is the German word for ›to fuck‹.)

Greifbar
Daily 22:00 – 06:00
Wichertstraße 10/Greifenhagener Straße [S, U2: Schönhauser Allee]
+49 (0)30-4440828; www.greifbar.com
Gay cruise bar with videos, backroom and booths.

Große Freiheit 114
Tue-Sun from 22:00; Mon closed
Boxhagener Straße 114 [U: Frankfurter Tor]
www.grosse-freiheit-114.de
Gay bar in the style of a seamen’s bar. Backrooms with cabins.

KitKatClub
Köpenicker Straße 76 (entrance Brückenstraße) [U: Heinrich-Heine-Straße]
www.kitkatclub.org
Gay-friendly. Legendary club for fetish parties. Strict dresscode: the bizarre the better.

lab.oratory

Thu from 21:00 (entry till 23:00); Fri, Sat from 22:00 (entry till 24:00); Sun from 16:00 (entry till 18:00)
Am Wriezener Bahnhof [U, S: Ostbahnhof]
www.lab-oratory.de
SM, Fetish and special interests sexclub in a former warehouse – check their website for current parties and their particular topics, dresscodes and door open hours.
Access from Straße der Pariser Kommune; follow the street between the warehouses till end, then turn left to the lab.oratory/Ostgut location. (It also houses the Berghain and Panorama Bar parties, but they have different rooms and a separate entrance.)

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Mutschmann’s
Wed from 23:00; Fri, Sat from 22:00
Martin-Luther-Straße 19 [U: Wittenbergplatz, Nollendorfplatz]
+49 (0)30-21919640; www.mutschmanns.de
Fetish cruising bar. Friday and Saturday with strict dresscode: leather, rubber, uniform.

New Action
Mon-Thu 22:00 – 05:00; Fri, Sat 22:00 – 07:00; Sun 17:00 – 05:00
Kleiststraße 35 [U: Nollendorfplatz; Night busses]
www.newactionberlin.de
Gay leather & fetish cruise bar. Check their website for dresscodes and agenda.

Reizbar
Daily from 21:00
Motzstraße 30 [U: Nollendorfplatz, Wittenbergplatz]
+49 (0)30-23637981
Gay cruising lounge bar in Berlin-Schöneberg.

Scheune
Daily 21:00 – 07:00; Fri, Sat till 09:00
Motzstraße 25 [U: Nollendorfplatz]
+49 (0)30-2138580; www.scheune-berlin.de
Gay cruise bar in Berlin-Schöneberg. Sunday Naked Party 17:30–21:00 (door till 18:30).

Stahlrohr 2.0
Mon-Thu 20:00 – 05:00; Fri, Sat 22:00 – 06:00; Sun 16:00 – 04:00
Paul-Robeson-Straße 50 [S, U2: Schönhauser Allee]
+49 (0)170-8037691 (Mobile); www.stahlrohr.info
Sexclub in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg. Check website for current dresscode agenda (topless, underwear or naked).

Tom’s Bar
Daily 22:00 – 06:00
Motzstraße 19 [U: Nollendorfplatz]
+49 (0)30-2134570; www.tomsbar.de
Gay cruise bar. In the 1990s famous for its darkroom in the cellar.
Nowadays with a sometimes restrictive and humiliating door policy.

Tramp’s
Open daily 24 hours
Eisenacher Straße 6 [U: Nollendorfplatz]
Leather, Jeans, Uniform & Bears Bar.

Triebwerk
Mon from 22:00; Tue-Wed from 20:00; Thu-Sat from 22:00; Sun from 16:00
Urbanstraße 64 [Hermannplatz: U7, U8, Bus M29, M41, Night bus N4, N8, N19, N40, N44]
+49 (0)30-69505203; www.triebwerkberlin.com
Dresscode: naked or underwear, Saturday only naked, Thursday no dresscode.
Entrance: free. Minimum consumption: 8 €