This what a well-established, multidimensional gay community feels like and we are living for it! This is also where two of the biggest gay events in Berlin are held, LGBT Park Festival and Berlin Pride / Christopher Street Day, in July. The center of queer life here is undoubtedly in Schöneberg with quiet tree-lined streets, fabulous café terraces, raunchy gay pubs and an equal mix of burly leathermen and children riding bikes. You won’t find the glossy Drag-Race inspired performances of San Diego, Miami or Chicago here!īerlin has so many things to do it can be overwhelming, but for LGBT+ visitors some neighborhoods are particularly interesting.
Otherwise, there are plenty of gay clubs and bars in Schöneberg to get to know the locals in go to Betty F*** Bar’s for a very different form of drag show. If you’re feeling even braver than that, head over to the caverns of the KitKat club for scenes, you won’t ever see again. In the ‘Golden Twenties’ Weimar Republic, Schöneberg saw the establishment of the first gay village in the world, and it’s still the heart of Berlin’s gay scene, although gay culture is so widely accepted that you’ll find a gay scene everywhere.Įveryone will have heard of Berghain, with its strict door policy, dark rooms, and sexual permissiveness. There’s a long history of openness in Berlin, despite repression in Nazi-era Germany. A sensualist’s haven that smashes norms and set trends for gay subculture around the globe
Tel Aviv has its beaches, Palm Springs has its clothing optional resorts and New York has well, that city in a class all its own, but Berlin has kinky fetishes and morally-questionable debauchery on a scale that we didn’t even know was possible. Many monthly kink club nights take place, so watch out for those, too.Often called the Gayest City in Europe – though with hot competition from Barcelona, Madrid, and Amsterdam – we would almost go as far as claiming Berlin is the biggest gay travel destination on the planet. While the world-famous Hustaball event takes place the following month. Folsum Europe, held every September, celebrates leather and BDSM.
Just be prepared for what you might encounter! If you're looking for one of the top cruising Berlin venues, you've found it here.Īnd while many of Berlin’s gay saunas have recently closed, Der Boiler continues to pull in the crowds, making it one of Europe’s most-visited bathhouses.Įvents-wise, Berlin attracts kinksters from all over the world for a number of leading fetish gatherings. The Friday happy hour is always rammed – in more ways than one – but even if you just fancy a drink you can still pop along. Meanwhile in Friedrichshain, Lab.Oratory is the most famous and popular gay sex club in Berlin, which is found in the basement of Berghain. Berlin is packed with gay cruising bars and sex clubs, many of which, such as New Action and Mutschmann’s, can be found in the Schöneberg area. So whatever your fetish is, you’ll be able to find it here. When it comes to gay saunas and cruising bars, gay Berlin is Europe’s capital of kink! Berlin gay sex clubs are abound, and the city has a no-holds barred cruise and sex club scene.