Gay Berl: Bt Gay Bars, Drag Shows, Clubs, Mms, and Events

Contents:

• BERL'S GAY NEIGHBOURHOODS
• QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL
• BERL CY GUI: WORLD-CLASS GAY CULTURE
• LGBTQ+ BERL – THE CY’S BT GAY BARS, CLUBS AND SNAS
• THE BT LGBTQ-FRIENDLY HOTELS BERL QUIRKY AND QUEER, SO/ BERL DAS STUE IS ONE OF BERL'S BT HOTELS FOR LGBTQ VISORS | COURTY OF SO/ BERL DAS STUE / LRA HAMPSON 25 MARCH 2021 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT KNOWN FOR S LIBERAL ATTU AND VIBRANT NIGHTLIFE, BERL IS ONE OF EUROPE’S MOST LGBTQ-IENDLY CI. BETTER YET, A LOT OF THE HOTELS HERE HAVE BEEN SIGNED WH THE QUEER MUNY MD – AND YOU N BOOK YOUR STAY WH CULTURE TRIP. VIEW ALL TRIPS WHILE SCHöNEBERG’S NOLLENDORFPLATZ HAS TRADNALLY BEEN NSIRED THE CENTRE OF BERL’S GAY SCENE, OTHER LGBTQ-IENDLY HOTELS N BE FOUND NEARBY DISTRICTS AS WELL. WHETHER YOU ARE PLANNG TO ATTEND THE CY’S ANNUAL PRI FTIVAL, ALSO KNOWN AS CHRISTOPHER STREET DAY, DULGE A ROMANTIC GETAWAY OR PARTY ALL NIGHT LONG, BERL HAS LGBTQ-IENDLY ACMODATN OPTNS TO SU EVERY BUDGET. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP GREECE THAILAND TURKEY CROATIA ECUADOR EGYPT JAPAN INDIA ICELAND BALI SOUTH AI MOROC SPA MEXI H10 BERL KU'DAMM CHA HOTEL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF H10 BERL KU'DAMM / JT STEPS OM THE KURFüRSTENDAMM SHOPPG STREET, H10 BERL KU’DAMM IS 15 MUT OM THE LGBTQ BARS AND CLUBS OF THE SCHöNEBERG AREA. BEHD S BRICK FAçA, ROOMS ARE MORN AND LIGHT-FILLED, WH LARGE WDOWS OVERLOOKG THE CY’S ROOFTOPS. IF YOU’RE AFTER A B MORE SPACE, OPT FOR THE DUPLEX LOFT SPREAD ACROSS TWO FLOORS WH S OWN KCHETE. WHEN YOU WANT TO MGLE, THERE’S A CHIC LOBBY BAR AND AN OUTDOOR TERRACE TO WHILE AWAY BALMY SUMMER EVENGS. HOTEL LMANN’S CHA HOTEL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF HOTEL LMANN’S BERL / NTLED THE HEART OF SCHöNEBERG, JT A 15-MUTE WALK OM THE MA CLTER OF LGBTQ BARS AND CLUBS, HOTEL LMANN’S IS A SMART OPTN FOR YOUR NEXT TRIP TO BERL. AFTER CHECKG , THE FIRST THG YOU’LL WANT TO DO IS SK TO YOUR ROOM’S ETANDG TUB BEFORE HEADG STRAIGHT TO THE ROOFTOP TERRACE TO TAKE THE STELLAR VIEWS OVER THE CY – SOME ROOMS E WH PRIVATE BALNI TOO, SO YOU N TOAST TO THE TRIP OM THE FORT OF YOUR OWN ROOM. SO/ BERL DAS STUE LUXURY SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF SO/ BERL DAS STUE / SO/ BERL DAS STUE IS ONE OF THOSE HOTELS THAT IS A STATN SELF. WHEN YOU’RE NOT DG ON A NE-URSE TASTG MENU AT THE MICHEL-STAR C BY PA PéREZ, OR WORKG THROUGH PENT-UP KNOTS AT THE SANNE KFMANN SPA, OR EVEN HAVG A PERSONAL TRAG SSN THE NEARBY TIERGARTEN PARK, ’S BT TO TAKE THE BETY OF THE TERRS OM THE FORT OF YOUR -ROOM EP SOAKG TUB. WHEN PARCHED, SIMPLY HEAD TO THE HOTEL’S STYLISH STUE BAR FOR AN ECLECTIC MIX OF CKTAILS. MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP HOTEL ZOO BERL INPENNT HOTEL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF HOTEL ZOO / EXPEDIA BILLED AS A “HOTEL FOR DIVIDUALISTS”, HOTEL ZOO BERL HAS BEEN A STALWART OF THE LGBTQ SCENE SCE S OPENG MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO. DPE S AGE, THE HOTEL IS SLEEK AND SEXY – ROOMS HAVE FLOOR-TO-CEILG MIRRORS, EP BATHTUBS AND DRAMATIC DARK MAHOGANY FLOORS OFFSET BY LARGE GS. IT REALLY IS A SIGN LOVER’S OASIS. AS ’S PLONKED DIRECTLY ON KURFüRSTENDAMM, WHEN YOU’RE NOT PESG THE SHOPS, BOOK A TABLE AT THE OLD-WORLD GRACE RTRANT – ’S THE PLACE TO SEE AND BE SEEN. GENERATOR BERL MTE HOSTEL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF GENERATOR BERL MTE / EXPEDIA WH THE OPTN TO CHOOSE OM PRIVATE ROOMS OR MIXED OR SGLE-SEX DORM ROOMS, GENERATOR BERL MTE IS THE IAL SPOT FOR SOLO AND GROUPS OF LGBTQ TRAVELLERS LOOKG TO MEET LIKEMD GUTS. MGLG IS BT DONE AT THE HOTEL’S BAR BOX, WH A PT OF BEER HAND. WHEN YOU WANT TO EXPLORE THE SURROUNDG AREA, THE BERL WALL, BRANNBURG GATE AND THE REICHSTAG DOME ARE ALL A SHORT WALK AWAY, AS ARE THE BUZZY CLUBS AND BARS BERL IS FAMED FOR. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. TWO HOTEL BERL BY AXEL CHA HOTEL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF TWO HOTEL BERL BY AXEL / SET A QUIET RINTIAL AREA OF SCHöNEBERG, JT A 20-MUTE WALK OM THE LGBTQ BARS, TWO HOTEL BERL BY AXEL MAK EASY TO GET AROUND WH THE GUNTZELSTRASSE U-BAHN JT STEPS OM THE ONT DOOR. THE ADULTS-ONLY HOTEL IS SIGN-LED, WH LEATHER AND GOLD-CLAD ACCENTS. IT’S ALSO HOME TO A WELL-EQUIPPED GYM, AND THERE’S A SNA, JACUZZI AND TREATMENT ROOMS FOR WHEN YOU WANT TO TLY UNWD. THE STAFF HERE ARE EXPERTS BERL’S LGBTQ SCENE, SO JT ASK THEM WHERE TO GO. HOTEL ART NOUVE BOUTIQUE HOTEL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF HOTEL ART NOUVE / WH JT 21 DIVIDUALLY SIGNED ROOMS CKED OUT FARROW & BALL HU, WH STUC CEILGS AND PEPPERED WH ANTIQU, HOTEL ART NOUVE MORE THAN LIV UP TO S NAME. WHEN YOU’RE NOT MARVELLG AT THE TERRS, THE SUN-DRENCHED ROOF TERRACE THAT OVERLOOKS BERL’S ROOFTOPS SERV UP INSTAGRAMMABLE VIEWS. TUCKED AWAY BEHD THE SHOPPG AREA KURFüRSTENDAMM, ’S JT A SHORT STROLL TO THE LGBTQ-IENDLY BARS OF SCHöNEBERG, TOO. ARTHOTEL CONNECTN HOTEL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF ARTHOTEL CONNECTN / SUATED A LATE-19TH-CENTURY ART NOUVE-STYLE HOE, ARTHOTEL CONNECTN IS AN TIMATE 18-ROOM BOUTIQUE HOTEL IAL FOR LGBTQ TRAVELLERS ON A BUDGET. ALTHOUGH ARTHOTEL CONNECTN IS LOTED A CHARMG, PEACEFUL PART OF SCHöNEBERG, IS STILL WH WALKG DISTANCE TO ALL THE GAY HOTSPOTS OF NOLLENDORFPLATZ. KNOWN AS THE GRAN-DAME OF LGBTQ BERL HOTELS, THE ARTHOTEL CONNECTN OFFERS ALL-DAY BREAKFAST FOR GUTS WHO TEND ON PARTYG UNTIL THE SUN RIS. AXEL HOTEL BERL HOTEL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF AXEL HOTEL BERL / LOTED RIGHT SCHöNEBERG, AXEL HOTEL OFFERS 87 ELEGANT ROOMS. THE HOTEL REMBL A HIGH-END NIGHTCLUB WH S BLACK, RED AND GOLD ACCENTS, AND IF GUTS WEREN’T ALREADY SCED BY S GLAMOUR, THERE’S ALSO A GYM, DRY AND WET SNAS, AND A ROOFTOP JACUZZI ON THE SIXTH FLOOR THAT OVERLOOKS THE CY. FOR THOSE NEW TO BERL, THE KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF MEMBERS ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THEIR TIPS ON THE CY’S GAY NIGHTLIFE AND ALL THE SENTIAL PARTI, EVENTS AND EXHIBNS. FOR GUTS WHO WANT TO STAY LOL, THE EVER-POPULAR BLOND COCKTAIL BAR – WH AN IMPRSIVE 80 CKTAILS ON THE MENU – IS JT A 10-MUTE WALK AWAY. TOM’S HOTEL HOTEL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF TOM’S HOTEL / LOTN, LOTN, LOTN! FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO BE AT THE HEART OF THE ACTN, TOM’S HOTEL IS PERFECTLY SUATED AT THE CENTRE OF THE BERL LGBTQ SCENE. DECKED OUT WH TIMBER FLOORS, NTEMPORARY ART AND SPLASH OF ORANGE, THE HOTEL’S TERR IS DITIVE OF THE AREA’S FUN, RELAXED VIBE. IN THE MORNGS, STROLL OVER TO ROMEO UND ROMEO Fé OR ENJOY BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL. WHEN THE SUN GO DOWN, GUTS N STUMBLE OVER TO TOM’S BAR (GO ON A MONDAY TO MAKE THE MOST OF TWO-FOR-ONE DRKS), DANCE TO THE BAR’S ROTATN OF QUEER DJS OR MAKE E OF THE DARK ROOM (WHERE ANYTHG GO). BE SURE TO ASK ABOUT THE SPECIAL PASS AVAILABLE TO GUTS, WHO ARE ENTLED TO DISUNTS TO MANY GAY SNAS, NIGHTCLUBS, SHOPS AND RTRANTS THE AREA. LILY CICHANOWICZ AND LISA N’PAISAN NTRIBUTED ADDNAL REPORTG TO THIS ARTICLE. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
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• GAY BERL: A GUI FOR LGBT TRAVELERS
• THE 10 BEST BERL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BERL
• HOW GAY CULTURE BLOSSOMED DURG THE ROARG TWENTI

BERL'S GAY NEIGHBOURHOODS

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. 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. 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.

QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL

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. 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.

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.

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. 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.

BERL CY GUI: WORLD-CLASS GAY CULTURE

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. 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.

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.

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

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. 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.

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. Rosa von Prnheim's film, It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society Which He Liv (1971) spir the gay scene to tablish new associatns. Homosexuelle Aktn Wtberl is found Berl 1971, om which the femist awakeng emerg 1975 wh the foundg of the Lbian Aktnszentm – along wh the lbian archive Spnbon as an iative for the disvery, and prervatn, of female love.

One year later, the transvte Charlotte von Mahlsdorf opens a venue for gays and lbians that will later bee legendary her mm dited to artefacts om the late 19th century.

THE BT LGBTQ-FRIENDLY HOTELS BERL QUIRKY AND QUEER, SO/ BERL DAS STUE IS ONE OF BERL'S BT HOTELS FOR LGBTQ VISORS | COURTY OF SO/ BERL DAS STUE / LRA HAMPSON 25 MARCH 2021 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT KNOWN FOR S LIBERAL ATTU AND VIBRANT NIGHTLIFE, BERL IS ONE OF EUROPE’S MOST LGBTQ-IENDLY CI. BETTER YET, A LOT OF THE HOTELS HERE HAVE BEEN SIGNED WH THE QUEER MUNY MD – AND YOU N BOOK YOUR STAY WH CULTURE TRIP. VIEW ALL TRIPS WHILE SCHöNEBERG’S NOLLENDORFPLATZ HAS TRADNALLY BEEN NSIRED THE CENTRE OF BERL’S GAY SCENE, OTHER LGBTQ-IENDLY HOTELS N BE FOUND NEARBY DISTRICTS AS WELL. WHETHER YOU ARE PLANNG TO ATTEND THE CY’S ANNUAL PRI FTIVAL, ALSO KNOWN AS CHRISTOPHER STREET DAY, DULGE A ROMANTIC GETAWAY OR PARTY ALL NIGHT LONG, BERL HAS LGBTQ-IENDLY ACMODATN OPTNS TO SU EVERY BUDGET. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP GREECE THAILAND TURKEY CROATIA ECUADOR EGYPT JAPAN INDIA ICELAND BALI SOUTH AI MOROC SPA MEXI H10 BERL KU'DAMM CHA HOTEL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF H10 BERL KU'DAMM / JT STEPS OM THE KURFüRSTENDAMM SHOPPG STREET, H10 BERL KU’DAMM IS 15 MUT OM THE LGBTQ BARS AND CLUBS OF THE SCHöNEBERG AREA. BEHD S BRICK FAçA, ROOMS ARE MORN AND LIGHT-FILLED, WH LARGE WDOWS OVERLOOKG THE CY’S ROOFTOPS. IF YOU’RE AFTER A B MORE SPACE, OPT FOR THE DUPLEX LOFT SPREAD ACROSS TWO FLOORS WH S OWN KCHETE. WHEN YOU WANT TO MGLE, THERE’S A CHIC LOBBY BAR AND AN OUTDOOR TERRACE TO WHILE AWAY BALMY SUMMER EVENGS. HOTEL LMANN’S CHA HOTEL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF HOTEL LMANN’S BERL / NTLED THE HEART OF SCHöNEBERG, JT A 15-MUTE WALK OM THE MA CLTER OF LGBTQ BARS AND CLUBS, HOTEL LMANN’S IS A SMART OPTN FOR YOUR NEXT TRIP TO BERL. AFTER CHECKG , THE FIRST THG YOU’LL WANT TO DO IS SK TO YOUR ROOM’S ETANDG TUB BEFORE HEADG STRAIGHT TO THE ROOFTOP TERRACE TO TAKE THE STELLAR VIEWS OVER THE CY – SOME ROOMS E WH PRIVATE BALNI TOO, SO YOU N TOAST TO THE TRIP OM THE FORT OF YOUR OWN ROOM. SO/ BERL DAS STUE LUXURY SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF SO/ BERL DAS STUE / SO/ BERL DAS STUE IS ONE OF THOSE HOTELS THAT IS A STATN SELF. WHEN YOU’RE NOT DG ON A NE-URSE TASTG MENU AT THE MICHEL-STAR C BY PA PéREZ, OR WORKG THROUGH PENT-UP KNOTS AT THE SANNE KFMANN SPA, OR EVEN HAVG A PERSONAL TRAG SSN THE NEARBY TIERGARTEN PARK, ’S BT TO TAKE THE BETY OF THE TERRS OM THE FORT OF YOUR -ROOM EP SOAKG TUB. WHEN PARCHED, SIMPLY HEAD TO THE HOTEL’S STYLISH STUE BAR FOR AN ECLECTIC MIX OF CKTAILS. MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP HOTEL ZOO BERL INPENNT HOTEL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF HOTEL ZOO / EXPEDIA BILLED AS A “HOTEL FOR DIVIDUALISTS”, HOTEL ZOO BERL HAS BEEN A STALWART OF THE LGBTQ SCENE SCE S OPENG MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO. DPE S AGE, THE HOTEL IS SLEEK AND SEXY – ROOMS HAVE FLOOR-TO-CEILG MIRRORS, EP BATHTUBS AND DRAMATIC DARK MAHOGANY FLOORS OFFSET BY LARGE GS. IT REALLY IS A SIGN LOVER’S OASIS. AS ’S PLONKED DIRECTLY ON KURFüRSTENDAMM, WHEN YOU’RE NOT PESG THE SHOPS, BOOK A TABLE AT THE OLD-WORLD GRACE RTRANT – ’S THE PLACE TO SEE AND BE SEEN. GENERATOR BERL MTE HOSTEL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF GENERATOR BERL MTE / EXPEDIA WH THE OPTN TO CHOOSE OM PRIVATE ROOMS OR MIXED OR SGLE-SEX DORM ROOMS, GENERATOR BERL MTE IS THE IAL SPOT FOR SOLO AND GROUPS OF LGBTQ TRAVELLERS LOOKG TO MEET LIKEMD GUTS. MGLG IS BT DONE AT THE HOTEL’S BAR BOX, WH A PT OF BEER HAND. WHEN YOU WANT TO EXPLORE THE SURROUNDG AREA, THE BERL WALL, BRANNBURG GATE AND THE REICHSTAG DOME ARE ALL A SHORT WALK AWAY, AS ARE THE BUZZY CLUBS AND BARS BERL IS FAMED FOR. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. TWO HOTEL BERL BY AXEL CHA HOTEL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF TWO HOTEL BERL BY AXEL / SET A QUIET RINTIAL AREA OF SCHöNEBERG, JT A 20-MUTE WALK OM THE LGBTQ BARS, TWO HOTEL BERL BY AXEL MAK EASY TO GET AROUND WH THE GUNTZELSTRASSE U-BAHN JT STEPS OM THE ONT DOOR. THE ADULTS-ONLY HOTEL IS SIGN-LED, WH LEATHER AND GOLD-CLAD ACCENTS. IT’S ALSO HOME TO A WELL-EQUIPPED GYM, AND THERE’S A SNA, JACUZZI AND TREATMENT ROOMS FOR WHEN YOU WANT TO TLY UNWD. THE STAFF HERE ARE EXPERTS BERL’S LGBTQ SCENE, SO JT ASK THEM WHERE TO GO. HOTEL ART NOUVE BOUTIQUE HOTEL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF HOTEL ART NOUVE / WH JT 21 DIVIDUALLY SIGNED ROOMS CKED OUT FARROW & BALL HU, WH STUC CEILGS AND PEPPERED WH ANTIQU, HOTEL ART NOUVE MORE THAN LIV UP TO S NAME. WHEN YOU’RE NOT MARVELLG AT THE TERRS, THE SUN-DRENCHED ROOF TERRACE THAT OVERLOOKS BERL’S ROOFTOPS SERV UP INSTAGRAMMABLE VIEWS. TUCKED AWAY BEHD THE SHOPPG AREA KURFüRSTENDAMM, ’S JT A SHORT STROLL TO THE LGBTQ-IENDLY BARS OF SCHöNEBERG, TOO. ARTHOTEL CONNECTN HOTEL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF ARTHOTEL CONNECTN / SUATED A LATE-19TH-CENTURY ART NOUVE-STYLE HOE, ARTHOTEL CONNECTN IS AN TIMATE 18-ROOM BOUTIQUE HOTEL IAL FOR LGBTQ TRAVELLERS ON A BUDGET. ALTHOUGH ARTHOTEL CONNECTN IS LOTED A CHARMG, PEACEFUL PART OF SCHöNEBERG, IS STILL WH WALKG DISTANCE TO ALL THE GAY HOTSPOTS OF NOLLENDORFPLATZ. KNOWN AS THE GRAN-DAME OF LGBTQ BERL HOTELS, THE ARTHOTEL CONNECTN OFFERS ALL-DAY BREAKFAST FOR GUTS WHO TEND ON PARTYG UNTIL THE SUN RIS. AXEL HOTEL BERL HOTEL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF AXEL HOTEL BERL / LOTED RIGHT SCHöNEBERG, AXEL HOTEL OFFERS 87 ELEGANT ROOMS. THE HOTEL REMBL A HIGH-END NIGHTCLUB WH S BLACK, RED AND GOLD ACCENTS, AND IF GUTS WEREN’T ALREADY SCED BY S GLAMOUR, THERE’S ALSO A GYM, DRY AND WET SNAS, AND A ROOFTOP JACUZZI ON THE SIXTH FLOOR THAT OVERLOOKS THE CY. FOR THOSE NEW TO BERL, THE KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF MEMBERS ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THEIR TIPS ON THE CY’S GAY NIGHTLIFE AND ALL THE SENTIAL PARTI, EVENTS AND EXHIBNS. FOR GUTS WHO WANT TO STAY LOL, THE EVER-POPULAR BLOND COCKTAIL BAR – WH AN IMPRSIVE 80 CKTAILS ON THE MENU – IS JT A 10-MUTE WALK AWAY. TOM’S HOTEL HOTEL SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT COURTY OF TOM’S HOTEL / LOTN, LOTN, LOTN! FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO BE AT THE HEART OF THE ACTN, TOM’S HOTEL IS PERFECTLY SUATED AT THE CENTRE OF THE BERL LGBTQ SCENE. DECKED OUT WH TIMBER FLOORS, NTEMPORARY ART AND SPLASH OF ORANGE, THE HOTEL’S TERR IS DITIVE OF THE AREA’S FUN, RELAXED VIBE. IN THE MORNGS, STROLL OVER TO ROMEO UND ROMEO Fé OR ENJOY BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL. WHEN THE SUN GO DOWN, GUTS N STUMBLE OVER TO TOM’S BAR (GO ON A MONDAY TO MAKE THE MOST OF TWO-FOR-ONE DRKS), DANCE TO THE BAR’S ROTATN OF QUEER DJS OR MAKE E OF THE DARK ROOM (WHERE ANYTHG GO). BE SURE TO ASK ABOUT THE SPECIAL PASS AVAILABLE TO GUTS, WHO ARE ENTLED TO DISUNTS TO MANY GAY SNAS, NIGHTCLUBS, SHOPS AND RTRANTS THE AREA. LILY CICHANOWICZ AND LISA N’PAISAN NTRIBUTED ADDNAL REPORTG TO THIS ARTICLE. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

Choirs, sports associatns and hikg groups add diversy and vibrancy to the scene Aids-Hilfe is formed 1985, and benefs om wispread support and be a new actor the gay movement. In September 2017, a monument to the world's first gay and lbian emancipatn movement, which was iated by the gay and lbian associatn, is unveiled on Magn-Hirschfeld-Ufer, behd the Feral Chancellery. It is a symbol of the diversy of sexualy and genr, and a metaphor for a nfint, flourishg scene – a landspe that was first nceived of, put to the tt, and ma possible the 1920s – when Berl was a role mol for an ternatnal gay and lbian pal which all queer people uld fd a haven and refuge.

On 1 October 2017 – a Sunday – the first gay and lbian upl marry Germany, cludg Volker Beck, a polician for the Green party, who marri his spoe Berl-Krzberg after a long fight to be able to say “I do”.

GAY BERL: LGBTIQ+ GUI FOR BERL

It is said that there were more than 100 venu for homosexuals at that time, rangg om the famo Eldorado to the ladi dance hall Zur Manuela through to the large balls anised by var homosexual associatns. As early as 1897, Magn Hirschfeld found the Wissenschaftlich-Humanäre Komee (The Scientific-Humanarian Commtee) Berl, as the first ever gay and lbian human rights anisatn. From 1919, he ran the legendary Instut für Sexualwissenschaft (Instute for Sexual Science), which ma an important ntributn to the emancipatn of gays and lbians all over the world.

After the supprsn of the entire gay and lbian muny and subculture by the Nazis, wasn’t until 1971 that the homosexual scene revered aga – which is when the gay movement Homosexuelle Aktn Wtberl (Homosexual Actn Wt Berl) was found. The muny got a whole new lease of life wh the foundg of the Berler Lbenwoche (Berl Lbian Week) and the olst and largt gay and lbian cy magaze Siegsäule 1984.

Sce 1993, the gay/lbian cy ftival has been celebrated every year – is the largt of s kd worldwi and ensur to this day that Berl is home to the most diverse, vibrant and popular gay/lbian scen Europe.

THE BT GAY AND QUEER-IENDLY BARS AND CLUBS BERL

The days, up to 750, 000 people celebrate the CSD Berl the streets of the cy – no matter whether you are gay, lbian, bisexual, heterosexual, transgenr or another sexual orientatn. Berl’s gay neighborhood of Schöneberg was one of the world’s first, home the 1920s to legendary gay ins like Marlene Dietrich and Christopher Isherwood.

It serv both as a memorial to the homosexual victims of Natnal Socialism and as a lastg symbol agast excln, tolerance and animosy towards gays and lbians. The most famo LGBTQ monument Berl is the inic Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Unr Nazism (open sce 2008), a large reflective stone that plays a repeatg vio clip of men kissg men and women kissg women.

Other LGBTQ memorials Berl clu an AIDS memorial the Schöneberg neighborhood and a memorial plaque at the Nollendorf U-Bahn statn memoratg the persecutn of homosexuals Nazi Germany. While Berl’s Schöneberg neighborhood is the historic gayborhood, a lot of Berl’s bt bars are actually further east the Krzberg and Nkölln neighborhoods. However, Der Eigene was not wrten as a means of polil activism, and only a year later when Magn Hirschfeld, a German physician, creat the Scientific-Humanarian Commtee (as a subset of Berl’s Instute for the Science of Sexualy) did the muny start to actively lobby for the rights of gay, lbian and transgenr people.

GAY BERLIN

Durg the goln age of the 1920s and 30s, pre-Nazi Germany was credibly tolerant towards the LGBT+ muny allowg gay culture to thrive Berl, unlike anywhere else. The world’s first gayborhood, Schöneberg, prospered wh s many gay and lbian bars and nightclubs, as did gay artistic exprsn through films, mic, theatre and prt.

The whole area is effortlsly gay, wh palpable remnants of an old-world European sensibily, stag a range of both new and well-tablished gay bars, fés and shops. Pockets of lbian and gay spiratn n be found several quarters such as the gentrified Prenzler Berg, tourist hotspot Mte, and the alternative and partly dised Friedrichsha (all ex-East Berl).

Der Boiler, the largt gay sna the cy, is relatively new and has immediately bee very popular for s clean, ol and ntemporary terrs and maze-like cisg area.

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On a more ser note, if gay history is of tert, make sure you’ll get a chance to vis The Memorial to the Homosexuals Persecuted Unr Nazism, on the Ebertstraße, and the Schwul Mm on Lützowstraße, jt outsi the Schöneberg. As Berl is unofficially known as Europe’s gay pal, we would like to take the opportuny and give you a ltle overview of Berl’s most gay iendly districts (obvly no way is this a plete list).

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Schöneberg’s queer set up also mak a very ftg lotn for Berl’s Schwul Mm* (Gay Mm), which moved om Krzberg to Schöneberg’s Lützowstraße a uple of years ago. If you like to get a ltle b of readg on the topic of gay culture, their library nsists of more than 20, 000 volum verg all areas of scientific quiry om humani, social science, sexology, fe arts and popular science.

In this ntext is also worth mentng that the last uple of years they have ma a bigger effort to llect lerature on female homosexualy, queer femist theory and trans and ter experienc. This beg said, a uple of years ago SchwuZ, one of Berl’s favore gay clubs, moved om s old lotn Krzberg to s new and bigger one Nkölln (close to the subway statn Raths Nkölln).

Germany’s trend-settg (and polil) pal has played such a cril role the global LGBT movement that the cy is nsired to be the center of gay culture Europe and, historilly, the world. A Schwul Mm exhib on the history of homosexualy put perfectly when regnized Berl as “a laboratory of queer cultur and nonnformist approach to life.

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Durg the electn, Mayor Wowrere beat his opponents to the punch by outg himself wh the now famo quote “Ich b schwul, und das ist ch gut so, ” which (wonrfully) translat to, “I am gay and that is jt fe. Tucked among the tre the east end of the verdant Tiergarten Park is a stark ncrete stcture memorializg gay men and women murred by the Nazi party. Established 1978 and ultimately moved to the Motzsraße—the “twalk” of Schöneberg—the bookstore stocks an imprsive selectn of gay and lbian fictn, along wh more amic works.

Bee you already are gog to spend the day disverg the gay-iendly and adorable Prenzler Berg neighborhood, you’ll want to stop at PraterGarten for a be and drk the sha of chtnut tre.