Gayszene berlin

Gay Guide Berlin

Berlin is certainly always worth a see. But it is also gaining in popularity as a place to stay amongst people from all around the world. Berlin is not only one of the least costly metropolitan cities, but also increasingly turning into Europe's gay capital! The elevated points of the local event calendar include an Easter meeting for "bears" and their friends, the Folsom Street Festival, the HustlaBall, and of course the many regular sex and fetish parties. Please see the event calendar at the end of this guidebook for details. The Berlin of today has grown from many villages and towns located around the residence of the former Prussian king. All its districts contain their own individual characteristics and centres as a consequence. This partly also applies to the lgbtq+ scene which is mainly distributed across the districts of Schöneberg and Prenzlauer Berg, and two alternative secondary neighbourhoods - left-leaning, uncommercial Kreuzberg, and immature, studenty Friedrichshain.


Berlin has earned its stripes as one of the great gay capitals of the world, with a huge LGBTQ+ community, one-of-a-kind queer bars and an attitude to life that encourages inhabitants to be whoever they please. Over time, this has lent itself to a ton of fantastic club nights, bars and saunas, and new venues are popping up all the time. 

Berlin is a city that is always moving forward, often at a lightning pace. Things move so quickly, it can be hard to keep up with. But we’ve got you covered. Our Berlin writer Nathan Ma knows this city like the back of his hand, and has handpicked the best LGBTQ+ spots all over the city for cocktails, dancing and a lot of queer pleasure. Here’s our picks of the best. 

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This reference was recently updated by Berlin-based writer Nathan Ma. At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who recognize their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see o

Gay Clubs, Parties and Events in Berlin

Upcoming Irregular Parties

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Harbour Party

Thursday, 24 July , from /

The official party after the annual boat parade CSD auf der Spree (Berlin Canal Pride). With two dance floors (Pop, House and Techno), food court and outdoor garden.
Tickets:  €

Facebook event page

@ OST Hafen Berlin Alt Stralau
Berlin

PiepShow Party

Friday, 25 July , from 

Monthly Techno party for queers and friends. This Friday with DJ Chris Bekker, Tim Hagemann and Juan Del Chambo, among others.
Dresscode: sporty, kinky, creative, not casual nor street clothes.

@ KitKatClub Köpenicker Straße 76/Brückenstraße
Berlin

Paradiso

Sunday, 27 July , from /

Pride Pool Party by Revolver. Among others, with guest DJ John Pacheco and a live operate by Ultra Naté.
Tickets: from 20 €

Facebook event page

@ Maaya RAW, Revaler Straße 99
Berlin

Regular Parties and Clubs

Berghain & Panorama Bar

Friday from /;Saturday from till Sunday night

Large gay-

Berlin Gay Travel Guide

Upcoming Events in Berlin

&#;  25 July

PiepShow Party: monthly Techno party for queers and friends. This Friday with DJ Chris Bekker, Tim Hagemann and Juan Del Chambo, among others.
Dresscode: sporty, kinky, creative, not casual nor street clothes.
From @ KitKatClub (Köpenicker Straße 76/Brückenstraße)

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About Berlin and its gay life

Berlin's origins go back more than years. In Berlin became the capital of the kingdom of Prussia and in of the German Empire. Although Prussia was dictated by a gay king from till (Fredrick II), Berlin's queer career started only hundred years later. In the s (the ›Golden Twenties‹) Berlin was seen as the city with the most lively and advanced gay subculture in Europe. That, of course, ended after  when Hitler and the Nazis were given control in Germany. (A memorial for gays persecuted by the Nazi regime was opened in Berlin in , long overdue after more than 60 years.

After the end of Earth War II in and with the start of the freezing war, Berlin had been divided into West Berlin (co