THE 10 BEST Germany Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023)

Contents:

• THE 10 BEST GERMANY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS GERMANY
• QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL
• THE 10 BEST BERL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BERL
• COLOGNE GAY PRI (CSD)
• GAY PRI BERL (CSD BERL)
• GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME
• GAY PARTI AND EVENTS BERL
• LGBTQ+ BERL – THE CY’S BT GAY BARS, CLUBS AND SNAS
• STANFORD SCHOLAR EXPLOR THE HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS GERMANY

THE 10 BEST GERMANY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS GERMANY

42 plac sorted by traveler favorGay Bars • SpasFriedrichsha-Krzberg (Borough)Gay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissShowg rults 1-30 of 42What travelers are saygI thk Der Boiler is one of the bt snas Europe. Tripadvisor performs checks on was our first bar vised when we arrived Frankfurt as is part of the gay scene the cy. TopletetopleteFiltersDateCategoryFormatPriceLanguageCurrencyMost popular matchGaylight All Night:A Pri Dance PartySat, Aug 12 • 8:30 PM The Lol Bar and OffsalGaylight All Night:A Pri Dance PartySat, Aug 12 • 8:30 PM The Lol Bar and OffsalNOT ANOTHER GAY DANCE PARTYSat, Aug 5 • 10:30 PM RivoliNOT ANOTHER GAY DANCE PARTYSat, Aug 5 • 10:30 PM RivoliBig Gay Dance PartyFri, Sep 29 • 9:00 PM Väsen Brewg CompanyBig Gay Dance PartyFri, Sep 29 • 9:00 PM Väsen Brewg CompanyPROUD for queers and iends im ZIMMER MannheimFri, Aug 4 • 11:00 PM Das Zimmer MannheimPROUD for queers and iends im ZIMMER MannheimFri, Aug 4 • 11:00 PM Das Zimmer Mannheim29.

The German pal has been nsired a gay hotspot sce the early 1900s, and Berl’s LGBT nightlife ntu to partner Natalie and I recently spent almost a week Berl. From pulsatg techno clubs and kky fetish bars, to trendy cktail venu and steamy sex clubs, the Berl gay scene has somethg for everybody.

Ultimately, ’s a cy where LGBT travellers n experience the te meang of this article, I’ll be sharg the bt of Berl’s gay nightlife. From the origal ‘gaybourhood’ of Schoneberg to the urban streets of Krzberg, I’ll be diggg up the bt gay bars, nightclubs and parti.

QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL

? @ourtasteforlifeBerl’s origal ‘gaybourhood’It’s no secret that Berl is a cy steeped history and s LGBT scene is certaly no different. As I already poted out, Berl has been at the centre of LGBT culture sce the early 1900s, when the cy was the unofficial gay pal of see, Berl has been a cy of ‘firsts’ on the road to LGBT equaly. In the 1920s, Berl beme the first cy the world to have a gay district, and Schoneberg went on to host the first-ever gay monstratn recent years, several other gay districts have popped up around the cy and sprkl of the gay scene n be found everywhere.

Whereas other gay clubs Berl have a reputatn of beg pretent, Schwuz is anythg but, providg nothg but a safe and welg space for all.

THE 10 BEST BERL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BERL

From what we n tell, the club is mostly equented by young gay men lookg to have a good time, however you will fd your fair share of lbians and alli pendg on the night.

Neighbourhood: Friedrichsha-KrzbergOpeng hours: Friday & Saturday: 10pm – range: $$? @antoejulienThe bt gay bars Berl1. The CovenAnother low-key gay bar central Berl, the Coven is makg que a name for self as a chic cktail venue and LGBT meetg place.

Neighbourhood: MteOpeng hours: Sun-Thu: 8 pm – 2 am, Fri & Sat: 9 pm – 3 amPrice range: $$$The bt gay parti Berl1. But you are sure to see thgs that you’ll unlikely ever experience aga a nightclub members of the LGBT muny do go to the standard nights at K Kat, the exclive gay men only night lled Revolver Party is on once a month. While might seem that a lot of Berl’s gay nightlife is centred around the boys, there’s plenty of fun to be had for as well.

COLOGNE GAY PRI (CSD)

Chantal’s Hoe of Shame @ Suici CircOne of the most popular gay parti Berl, Chantal’s Hoe of Shame is a cult favoure among gays and straights alike. Neighbourhood: FriedrichshaOpeng hours: Every Thursday: 11 pm – early HoursPrice range: $$? @antoejulienGay-iendly hostels BerlLGBT travellers needn’t worry about experiencg any discrimatn when bookg hostels Berl. Berler Bed & Breakfast – Loted the gay district of Schoneberg, Berler Bed & Breakfast is an ial choice if you want to be at the heart of all the gay actn.

Follow their journey on their blog or readg: ⬇️? Where to stay Berl: a neighbourhood gui? The bt hostels Berl? 15 gay-iendly ci that LGBT travellers love. Disver prent-day Berl as one of the most open and tolerant ci the world – the gay, lbian and queer scene is flourishg the German pal. Startg wh the first gay fetish parti at Bergha, many Berl clubs and bars now celebrate queer, loud & proud, such as SchwuZ, Berl's largt LGBTQ+ club.

GAY PRI BERL (CSD BERL)

You n also fd tips & ntacts for gays, lbians, bi-, trans- and tersexuals as well as anizatns that support the queer muny our practil . Berl liv and breath diversy every rpect: we have gathered practil rmatn, tips and pots of ntact for gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and tersexual people. In Schöneberg fli the flag: In 1996, Schöneberg was the first borough to officially fly the rabow flag at the town hall for the CSD gay pri para, and has done so ever sce.

Right back to the 1920s, the district has been a hotspot of the gay scene and is a mag and twalk for queer Berlers and tourists. Wh the Lbian and Gay Street Ftival summer and Folsom Europe for leather and fetish fans September, Nollendorfplatz is a very special place to vis. Sce 1986, the "Mann-O-Meter" - Berl's gay checkpot - wh s fé and rmatn area has provid rmatn about what mov the scene and offers unplited help.

Sce 1982, there has been a memorative plaque at the Nollendorfplatz unrground statn where the Rosa Wkel memorat the persecutn and murr of homosexuals the Third Reich. This cema maly shows gay and lbian films, and has been a bean for queer cema the rabow neighbourhood sce 1995. Learn about how Berl beme a hotspot for gays and lbians over the urse of the 20th century, and how s scene attracted people om all over the world – and ntu to do so today.

GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME

One of the first gay venu Berl, notor for equent raids by the police, had already been open Jägerstrasse sce 1885. By 1910 there are twice as parks such as Tiergarten, public baths and a range of railway statns tradnally provid plac for many homosexual men to meet. Another homosexual associatn is found wh an exclive Unn for Male Culture, which lled self the Communy of the Unique.

GAY PARTI AND EVENTS BERL

Its founr, the publisher and anarchist Adolf Brand, acknowledg the existence of a distct homoerotic cultural history extendg om Ancient Greece through to the prent.

The -owner of the rtrant, Alma Dalbelli, ntu nng the bs as the Como om 1905 on: was Berl's very first gay we bar. A number of lbian women, cludg Johanna Elberskirchen and Toni Schwabe, take a pro-active stance and fight to bee actively volved the gay movement, argug favour of havg their say Magn Hirschfeld's Scientific-Humanarian Commtee. The gay and lbian movement rapidly gas pace wh the Friendship Associatns and their lol branch all over Germany, which are found om 1919 on.

Magaz for gays and lbians are available at public ksks and the venu: they clu Die Frndschaft (Friendship), the Blätter für Menschenrecht (Magaze for Human Rights), Die Frnd (The Girliends), Frenliebe (Women's Love), and Das drte Gchlecht (The Third Sex) for transvt and transsexuals. The Scientific-Humanarian Commtee had been filg petns sce 1897 llg on the Reichstag to abolish the special law agast homosexual men.

LGBTQ+ BERL – THE CY’S BT GAY BARS, CLUBS AND SNAS

In 1922, the gay and lbian' associatns briefly une to form an actn group to ensure their voic are heard durg an upg crimal jtice reform. This means that the Berl Police Headquarters at Alexanrplatz remas a credible threat of force spe s policy of tolerance towards the gay and lbian scene.

There are now around 80 venu for gays and lbians Berl: beer-soaked div and distilleri, bourgeois rtrants, we bars and clubho, dance halls and dance palac, ballrooms and smopolan night-time bars.

Numero hotels and gut ho, bety and hairdrsg salons, tailors and photo studs, doctors and lawyers private practice, librari, cigarette and shoe shops, and even a r rental pany, a travel agency and a distributor for potency pills advertise gay and lbian magaz. At the end of the 1920s, the Brish thor Christopher Isherwood arriv Berl to sample the pleasur of s liberal gay nightlife. The owners of the all-night bar for lbians, Mai & Igel, are also affected by the forced closur, while the rnival stume balls for gays and lbians held at the In n Zelten amement strip Berl's Tiergarten, which were also hugely popular among heterosexuals, are banned wh immediate effect.

STANFORD SCHOLAR EXPLOR THE HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS GERMANY

Risg om the ash and fyg the post-war stery, gays and lbians re-emerge, holdg their first balls aga the midst of the bble of the stroyed cy om 1946 onwards.

A Berl-based group om the Scientific-Humanarian Commtee was found 1949 to rume the efforts ma by the first gay and lbian movement.

Many men once aga bee the victim of state prosecutn unr the law agast homosexuals, a Nazi law that remas on the books and has sce been tightened. When the Berl Wall is built 1961, the divid cy of Berl los s leadg role, and s appeal, as the cy of eedom for gays and lbians for a to e. As so-lled Rosa Radikale (pk radils), they revent homosexualy, unrstandg as a polil and anti-palistic promise of liberatn.