However, there are still some gay cruising bars and sex clubs in this pretty and yuppie Berlin neighborhood. The “days of glory” of Prenzlauer Berg’s gay scene are gone. For some action, go behind the Spanienkämpfer-Denkmal (the memorial for the victims of the Spanish Civil War), on Friedenstrasse. Outdoorsy types will find Volkspark Friedrichshain‘s cruising area quite interesting. Grosse Freiheit 114 is a gay pub, with a darkroom, and caters to a more mature crowd (40-50 year-old men). As we already said here at Awesome Berlin, if you can only have one gay experience in Berlin, start by the very popular – and crowded – Friday Fuck 2-4-1, with two drinks for the price of one all night long! Lab.oratory is certainly the Berliner hotspot. Find it on the southwestern quarter of the park, next to the Columbiadamm. The Hasenheide park (Rabbit warren, got it?) also offers a FKK area, with some action behind the bushes. Photo from Der Boiler’s Website.įicken 3000 is a legendary bar/sex club, with some “hipster parties”, like the Italian inspired Coito on Fridays or Icky on Sundays. ** Steam Works, in Schöneberg, is currently closed, due to a fire earlier this year. It is located in front of Görlitzer park and is a very open-minded sex club that hosts some thematic gays parties. But it might be worth every second, if you play your cards right!Īnother Kreuzberg cruising option is Club Culture Houze. Der Boiler is very clean and slightly pricey: a single entry costs 21 euros and it’s valid for 24 hours.
If you are looking to live that cliché in a “men only” environment, Der Boiler is probably your best bet. It looks like a gay spa. If we think about German clichés, the “passion for sauna” should certainly be featured among the top 10. Get into the bars and clubs! Prinzknecht, Hafen and Woof are some of the other more tame options.Ī little off, on the south side of the district, Böse Buben is a sex club famous for its BDSM parties. If you are just walking along the streets, you are probably not going to see much action. When the night falls things tend to get quite busy. Also, almost all of the bars have darkrooms on their basement.įrom the street level (and especially during the day), this area almost looks boring and somewhat lifeless. There are quite a few authentic sex clubs, like CDL, New Action, Mutschmann’s, Connection Club, The Jaxx, Tom’s Bar, Scheune and many, many others. The surrounding areas of Nollendorfplatz, particularly along Motzstrasse and Fuggerstrasse, form the historical and old-school gay area of the German capital. Explore these last two “off the beaten path” areas at your own risk! Of course, you can also try “pulling a George-Michael” in one of the toilets, in the less cruisy big section of the park, towards the Brandenburg Gate.
Juni and the other one, on the other side of the avenue, behind the Hansaviertel’s modernist buildings. There are also two – let’s say, “dirtier” – areas: one around the small lake towards the Strasse des 17.
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The main cruising area is called Tuntenwiese, or “faggot meadow”, on the south side of the Victory Column and on the west side of the Hofjäggerallee, full of FKK (the German naturism) enthusiasts in the summer. The eponymous park in the heart of the city is one of the biggest green areas of Berlin and since the Weimar Republic, with its libertarian 1920s, it’s been a space for gay cruising. To help you navigate through them, we selected Berlin’s most interesting gay cruising spots, divided by neighborhoods: There is a plethora of Berlin gay cruising spots: both outdoors and indoors.