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Straight-friendly gay hotel with modern facilities in the gay district of Berlin-Schöneberg, close to the gay cafes and bars. The Berlin branch of the Axel Hotels in Barcelona, Madrid and on Gran Canaria.
Gay hotel with 16 rooms in the gay area of Berlin-Schöneberg, next to the Connection club and the Prinzknecht bar.
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Fuggerstraße 33
Berlin 10777
U: Wittenbergplatz
Cafes
Important note: Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, many places are closed or opening hours may have changed.
Please check the websites and Facebook pages of the respective venues for the latest information.
Update 6 + 19 January 2021:
General lockdown until at least 14 February 2021.
Bars, restaurants, gyms, non-essential stores etc. have to stay closed.
Tourist overnight stays in hotels are temporarily not allowed.
Café Berio
Popular gay cafe in Berlin-Schöneberg, in summer with busy street terrace.
Popular for its variety and quality of coffees and for people-watching at the street terrace. Not a gay cafe but due to its location at Nollendorfplatz with many gay customers.
LGBT-friendly cafe-bar in the heart of Berlin-Kreuzberg.
In summer with big terrace and beer garden.
Cakes, salads, hearty dishes and more.
At night with concerts and other events.
Mixed, international clientele.
Important note: Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, many places are closed or opening hours may have changed.
Please check the websites and Facebook pages of the respective venues for the latest information.
Update 6 + 19 January 2021:
General lockdown until at least 14 February 2021.
Bars, restaurants, gyms, non-essential stores etc. have to stay closed.
Tourist overnight stays in hotels are temporarily not allowed.
Kurhaus Korsakow
Traditional dishes from Berlin and creative German cuisine.
Gay-friendly.
On Saturday and Sunday extensive breakfast buffet from 09:00 till 15:00.
Important note: Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, many places are closed or opening hours may have changed.
Please check the websites and Facebook pages of the respective venues for the latest information.
Update 6 + 19 January 2021:
General lockdown until at least 14 February 2021.
Bars, restaurants, gyms, non-essential stores etc. have to stay closed.
Tourist overnight stays in hotels are temporarily not allowed.
Bärenhöhle
Bear-friendly neighbourhood bar in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg.
Smoking bar.
Gay bar in Berlin-Kreuzberg/Neukölln. Smoking pub.
(If you ask people on the street for directions to this bar, be aware that ›Ficken‹ is the German word for ›to fuck‹.)
Gay bar in Schöneberg, in the 1990s famous for its darkroom in the basement.
Mainly young and middle-aged guys. Men only.
Sometimes with discriminatory door policy.
Important note: Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, many places are closed or opening hours may have changed.
Please check the websites and Facebook pages of the respective venues for the latest information.
Update 6 + 19 January 2021:
General lockdown until at least 14 February 2021.
Bars, restaurants, gyms, non-essential stores etc. have to stay closed.
Tourist overnight stays in hotels are temporarily not allowed.
Berghain & Panorama Bar
Large gay-friendly club in a former heating plant in East Berlin.
Non-mainstream, sophisticated DJs. Techno, Hard House, Minimal.
Mixed clientele.
Saturday night with long queue and very selective door – be prepared to wait 1–2 hours in the queue and then get sent away when you finally reach the entrance. Admission: 18 €
Gay and lesbian sociocultural centre, located in a former brewery.
Friday and Saturday night parties with different styles of music – check the SchwuZ website for its current program.
Important note: Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, many places are closed or opening hours may have changed.
Please check the websites and Facebook pages of the respective venues for the latest information.
Update 6 + 19 January 2021:
General lockdown until at least 14 February 2021.
Bars, restaurants, gyms, non-essential stores etc. have to stay closed.
Tourist overnight stays in hotels are temporarily not allowed.
Böse Buben
BDSM club, specialised in spanking. Check the Böse Buben website for their next events.
SM, fetish and special interests sex club in a former heating plant.
Check the lab.oratory website for current parties and their particular topics and dresscodes.
Access from Straße der Pariser Kommune; follow the street between the warehouses to the end, then turn left to the lab.oratory/Ostgut location. (It also houses the party Berghain & Panorama Bar, but they have different rooms and a separate entrance.)
Fetish-oriented bar in Schöneberg, since 1995.
With dark cruising area in the basement.
Sunday naked party 17:30 – 21:00 (entry till 18:30).
Smoking pub.
Gay bar in Schöneberg, in the 1990s famous for its darkroom in the basement.
Mainly young and middle-aged guys. Men only.
Sometimes with discriminatory door policy.
Important note: Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, many places are closed or opening hours may have changed.
Please check the websites and Facebook pages of the respective venues for the latest information.
Update 6 + 19 January 2021:
General lockdown until at least 14 February 2021.
Bars, restaurants, gyms, non-essential stores etc. have to stay closed.
Tourist overnight stays in hotels are temporarily not allowed.
City Men
Sex shop and cruising area with video cabins.
Rather mature clientele. Admission: 7-9 €
Important note: Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, many places are closed or opening hours may have changed.
Please check the websites and Facebook pages of the respective venues for the latest information.
Update 6 + 19 January 2021:
General lockdown until at least 14 February 2021.
Bars, restaurants, gyms, non-essential stores etc. have to stay closed.
Tourist overnight stays in hotels are temporarily not allowed.
Boiler
Big modern sauna in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Currently one of the best and most visited gay bathhouses in Europe.
Mixed ages.
Important note: Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, many places are closed or opening hours may have changed.
Please check the websites and Facebook pages of the respective venues for the latest information.
Update 6 + 19 January 2021:
General lockdown until at least 14 February 2021.
Bars, restaurants, gyms, non-essential stores etc. have to stay closed.
Tourist overnight stays in hotels are temporarily not allowed.
Gay and lesbian sociocultural centre, located in a former brewery.
Friday and Saturday night parties with different styles of music – check the SchwuZ website for its current program.
Open cafe and bar and information point of the Sonntags-Club e.V. (non-profit LGBTI counselling, communication and cultural centre at Prenzlauer Berg).
In summer with street terrace.
