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• LGBTQ+ BERL – THE CY’S BT GAY BARS, CLUBS AND SNAS
• GAY GERMANY TRAVEL GUI
• QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL
• THE 10 BEST GERMANY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS GERMANY
• THE BT LGBT BARS COLOGNE, GERMANY © LUDOVIC BERTRON / WIKICOMMONS | © LUDOVIC BERTRON / WIKICOMMONS EVELYN SMALLWOOD 20 MAY 2020 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT THE FUN-LOVG CULTURE COLOGNE WEL WH ARMS WI OPEN ANYONE WHO IS ABLE TO BUY A KöLSCH, WHICH PROBABLY GO SOME WAY TO EXPLAG WHY THE LGBT MUNY OM ALL OVER GERMANY AND BEYOND E HERE FOR A GREAT NIGHT OUT. THE GAY SCENE TOWN HAS TWO CENTR: THE YOUNG AND TRENDI GO TO ALL THE BARS AND CLUBS AROUND RUDOLFPLTAZ-SCHAAFENSTRASSE AND THE OLR, LEATHER-SCENE GUYS HANG OUT THE HMARKT-MATHIASSTRASSE THE ALTSTADT. WHAT FOLLOWS IS OUR PICKS FOR THE BT OF THE BT. VIEW ALL TRIPS EX-CORNER BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT THIS ZY BAR IS THE MOTHER OF ALL GAY BARS COLOGNE, THE SENSE THAT IS WHERE ALL THE PRETTY YOUNG THGS DRK AND FLIRT WELL TO THE WEE SMALL HOURS. THERE IS A HAPPY HOUR EVERY NIGHT TO GET THE PARTY STARTED. FOOD AND MIC AS YOU WOULD EXPECT WH THE OCSNAL JECTN OF SCHLAGER – A SPECIAL SORT OF CHEY GERMAN FOLK POP. EXILE ON THE CORNER BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT EXILE IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE BIG PLAYERS ON SCHAAFENSTRAßE TRIFECTA. THE NEAT AND NON-KSCH DéR, ROTATG DJS AND IENDLY BARTENRS KEEP THE VIBE CHILL AND STRS-EE AT EXILE BUT DON’T MAKE THE MISTAKE OF THKG THAT MEANS ’S A BUNCH OF OLD GUYS WHO DON’T KNOW HOW TO HAVE FUN. THERE IS AT LEAST 1 BIG PARTY A MONTH TO KEEP THGS HOPPG. STATN 2B BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT IF CISG IS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE EVENG, THEN STATN 2B IS THE PLACE TO BE. MORE THAN 400 SQUARE METERS (4300 SQUARE FEET) OVER TWO FLOORS WILL PROVI PLENTY OF OPPORTUNY TO SS OUT THE SUATN. UPSTAIRS THERE’S A BAR, DANCE FLOOR AND STAGE. DOWNSTAIRS, A PLAY AREA WH BS, A MAZE, SLGS, A DARK ROOM AND GLORY HOL AWAS THOSE UP FOR FURTHER ADVENTURE. CHECK THE WEEKLY SEX PARTY PROGRAM TO SEE WHAT’S ON. MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP IRON COCKTAIL LOUNGE BAR, COCKTAIL BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © PIXABAY ONE OF THE CY’S FEW BARS GEARED TOWARDS WOMEN AND THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE THEM. THE BAR WAS RENOVATED A FEW YEARS AGO AND IS NOW A SUPER CHILL CKTAIL BAR SERVG TERTG DRKS. THOUGH MEN ARE ALLOWED TO JO THEIR FEMALE IENDS FOR A DRK, ’S A MAJORY LBIAN CROWD. KATTEWKEL BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT LADI THAT LOVE LADI THAT LOVE TO CHILL TY, NEIGHBOURHOOD BARS WILL FD KATTEWKEL UP-AND-G EIGELSTE TO BE JT WHAT THE DOCTOR ORRED. THERE’S REGULAR BGO NIGHTS AND DRAG SHOWS BUT THE MA VIBE IS QUEER GEMüTLICHKE. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. RUHRPOTT BAR, PUB, CONTEMPORARY SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © SEO SNGWON / PIXABAY THIS FE AND CKTAIL BAR IS PRETTY NEW ON THE COLOGNE GAY SCENE, BUT HAS QUICKLY TABLISHED SELF AS A PLACE TO GO WH GREAT FOOD AND FANTASTIC CKTAILS. IT’S THE PERFECT SPOT IF YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY TALK TO AND EVEN HEAR THE PEOPLE YOU ME WH. THERE’S NO DANCE FLOOR. MUMU BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT IF YOU’RE LS THAN 25 AND LIKE TO DANCE TIL YOU DROP, HEAD TO MUMU. IT’S ONE OF THE CRAZIER GAY BARS COLOGNE, BUT THEN AGA, KIDS THE DAYS… WH REGULAR KARAOKE NIGHTS, DRAG PARTI AND A MD-BOGGLG NUMBER OF OTHER THEMED EVENGS AND DANCE PARTI, THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHG WORTH SEEG AT MUMU. AT THE VEY LEAST, MAKE SURE YOU TAKE A TRIP TO THE BATHROOM. 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?
• THE ULTIMATE GAY GERMANY ERARY: 2 WEEKS CLUDG GAY ATRIA
• 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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LGBTQ+ BERL – THE CY’S BT GAY BARS, CLUBS AND SNAS

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. 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. 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.

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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. 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.

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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.

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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. 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.

THE BT LGBT BARS COLOGNE, GERMANY © LUDOVIC BERTRON / WIKICOMMONS | © LUDOVIC BERTRON / WIKICOMMONS EVELYN SMALLWOOD 20 MAY 2020 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT THE FUN-LOVG CULTURE COLOGNE WEL WH ARMS WI OPEN ANYONE WHO IS ABLE TO BUY A KöLSCH, WHICH PROBABLY GO SOME WAY TO EXPLAG WHY THE LGBT MUNY OM ALL OVER GERMANY AND BEYOND E HERE FOR A GREAT NIGHT OUT. THE GAY SCENE TOWN HAS TWO CENTR: THE YOUNG AND TRENDI GO TO ALL THE BARS AND CLUBS AROUND RUDOLFPLTAZ-SCHAAFENSTRASSE AND THE OLR, LEATHER-SCENE GUYS HANG OUT THE HMARKT-MATHIASSTRASSE THE ALTSTADT. WHAT FOLLOWS IS OUR PICKS FOR THE BT OF THE BT. VIEW ALL TRIPS EX-CORNER BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT THIS ZY BAR IS THE MOTHER OF ALL GAY BARS COLOGNE, THE SENSE THAT IS WHERE ALL THE PRETTY YOUNG THGS DRK AND FLIRT WELL TO THE WEE SMALL HOURS. THERE IS A HAPPY HOUR EVERY NIGHT TO GET THE PARTY STARTED. FOOD AND MIC AS YOU WOULD EXPECT WH THE OCSNAL JECTN OF SCHLAGER – A SPECIAL SORT OF CHEY GERMAN FOLK POP. EXILE ON THE CORNER BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT EXILE IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE BIG PLAYERS ON SCHAAFENSTRAßE TRIFECTA. THE NEAT AND NON-KSCH DéR, ROTATG DJS AND IENDLY BARTENRS KEEP THE VIBE CHILL AND STRS-EE AT EXILE BUT DON’T MAKE THE MISTAKE OF THKG THAT MEANS ’S A BUNCH OF OLD GUYS WHO DON’T KNOW HOW TO HAVE FUN. THERE IS AT LEAST 1 BIG PARTY A MONTH TO KEEP THGS HOPPG. STATN 2B BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT IF CISG IS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE EVENG, THEN STATN 2B IS THE PLACE TO BE. MORE THAN 400 SQUARE METERS (4300 SQUARE FEET) OVER TWO FLOORS WILL PROVI PLENTY OF OPPORTUNY TO SS OUT THE SUATN. UPSTAIRS THERE’S A BAR, DANCE FLOOR AND STAGE. DOWNSTAIRS, A PLAY AREA WH BS, A MAZE, SLGS, A DARK ROOM AND GLORY HOL AWAS THOSE UP FOR FURTHER ADVENTURE. CHECK THE WEEKLY SEX PARTY PROGRAM TO SEE WHAT’S ON. MAJESTIC TURKEY TRAVEL OM THE BAZAARS OF ISTANBUL TO THE BETIFUL BEACH OF ANTALYA. VIEW TRIP IRON COCKTAIL LOUNGE BAR, COCKTAIL BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © PIXABAY ONE OF THE CY’S FEW BARS GEARED TOWARDS WOMEN AND THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE THEM. THE BAR WAS RENOVATED A FEW YEARS AGO AND IS NOW A SUPER CHILL CKTAIL BAR SERVG TERTG DRKS. THOUGH MEN ARE ALLOWED TO JO THEIR FEMALE IENDS FOR A DRK, ’S A MAJORY LBIAN CROWD. KATTEWKEL BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT LADI THAT LOVE LADI THAT LOVE TO CHILL TY, NEIGHBOURHOOD BARS WILL FD KATTEWKEL UP-AND-G EIGELSTE TO BE JT WHAT THE DOCTOR ORRED. THERE’S REGULAR BGO NIGHTS AND DRAG SHOWS BUT THE MA VIBE IS QUEER GEMüTLICHKE. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. RUHRPOTT BAR, PUB, CONTEMPORARY SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © SEO SNGWON / PIXABAY THIS FE AND CKTAIL BAR IS PRETTY NEW ON THE COLOGNE GAY SCENE, BUT HAS QUICKLY TABLISHED SELF AS A PLACE TO GO WH GREAT FOOD AND FANTASTIC CKTAILS. IT’S THE PERFECT SPOT IF YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY TALK TO AND EVEN HEAR THE PEOPLE YOU ME WH. THERE’S NO DANCE FLOOR. MUMU BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT IF YOU’RE LS THAN 25 AND LIKE TO DANCE TIL YOU DROP, HEAD TO MUMU. IT’S ONE OF THE CRAZIER GAY BARS COLOGNE, BUT THEN AGA, KIDS THE DAYS… WH REGULAR KARAOKE NIGHTS, DRAG PARTI AND A MD-BOGGLG NUMBER OF OTHER THEMED EVENGS AND DANCE PARTI, THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHG WORTH SEEG AT MUMU. AT THE VEY LEAST, MAKE SURE YOU TAKE A TRIP TO THE BATHROOM. 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?

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. 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.

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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”. 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.

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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.

14 GAY-IENDLY CI THAT LGBT TRAVELLERS LOVE

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.

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

43 plac sorted by traveler favorGay Bars • SpasFriedrichsha-Krzberg (Borough)Gay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissShowg rults 1-30 of 43What travelers are saygI thk Der Boiler is one of the bt snas Europe. The gay scene town has two centr: the young and trendi go to all the bars and clubs around Rudolfpltaz-Schaafenstrasse and the olr, leather-scene guys hang out the Hmarkt-Mathiasstrasse the Altstadt. Ex-Corner Bar, German This zy bar is the mother of all gay bars Cologne, the sense that is where all the pretty young thgs drk and flirt well to the wee small hours.

Ruhrpott Bar, Pub, Contemporary © Seo Sngwon / Pixabay This fe and cktail bar is pretty new on the Cologne gay scene, but has quickly tablished self as a place to go wh great food and fantastic cktails. It’s one of the crazier gay bars Cologne, but then aga, kids the days… Wh regular karaoke nights, drag parti and a md-bogglg number of other themed evengs and dance parti, there’s always somethg worth seeg at Mumu.

BERL'S GAY NEIGHBOURHOODS

But actually, the first public LGBTQ+ rights prott took place Germany, over a century earlier, 1867—one year before the term ‘homosexualy’ was ed, German! The Nazis ma more severe and imprisoned 10, 000 gay men (and some lbians, although they were not vered by Paragraph 175) ncentratn mps, where they were marked wh the pk triangle—and a majory died. But there is plenty to see today to remember the highs and lows of German LGBTQ+ history, om the Monument to Homosexuals Persecuted unr Natnal Socialism and the Schwul Mm (Gay Mm), both Berl, to the Dtsche Eiche bar and bathhoe Munich, where Freddie Mercury hung out the 1970s.

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Germany ranks among the top gay-iendly vatn statns acrdg to the Spartac Gay Travel Inx 2018 due to the gay-iendly environment the major ci like Berl, Hamburg, and Cologne. Photo: Marc ZimmerGay GermanyThe pnacle for many Euro-trippg gay travellers, Germany is renowned for fiercely progrsive attus and laws that allow everyone to live any way they choose.

In Germany, you n fd some of the bt gay venu anywhere the world, wh lendars packed full of annual events such as Gay Pri sprgtime and other niche LGBTQ ftivals throughout the Berl and Cologne, the gay scene is particularly stand out, profferg broad muni of rabow-flag-flyg lols where ternatnals are warmly weled.