Nightlife, festivals
The city is a center for nightlife and DJ-culture in Europe
Berlin has one of the most diverse and vibrant nightlife scenes in Europe. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 many buildings in Mitte, the former city center of East Berlin were renovated. Many had not been rebuilt since World War II. Illegally occupied by young people, they became a fertile ground for all sorts of underground and counter-culture gatherings. It is also home to many nightclubs, including Kunst Haus Tacheles, techno clubs Tresor, WMF, Ufo, E-Werk, the infamous Kitkatclub and Berghain. The Linientreu, near the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, has been well known since the 1990s for techno music. The LaBelle discotheque in Friedenau became famous as the location of the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing.
SO36 in Kreuzberg originally focused largely on punk music but today has become a popular venue for dances and parties of all kinds. SOUND, located from 1971 to 1988 in Tiergarten and today in Charlottenburg, gained notoriety in the late 1970s for its popularity with heroin users and other drug addicts as described in Christiane F.'s book Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo.
The Karneval der Kulturen, a multi-ethnic street parade celebrated every Pentecost weekend, and the Christopher Street Day, which is Central Europe's largest gay-lesbian pride event and is celebrated the last weekend of June, are openly supported by the city's government. Berlin is also well known for the techno carnival Love Parade and the cultural festival Berliner Festspiele, which include the jazz festival JazzFest Berlin.
Several technology and media art festivals and conferences are held in the city, including Transmediale and Chaos Communication Congress.
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Nightwalks
Berlin offers a wide range of possibilities to go out. Restaurants, Pubs and clubs of all kind and for every gusto invite you. Many places and streets are perfect night walks because one restaurant is here next to the other.
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Bars & Lounges
One pleasing way to start the evening is a visit in one of the many cocktail bars. Here, excellent bar keepers and superb cocktails create the perfect atmosphere for distinguished cocktail drinking. Especially the stylish lounges are presently very popular to enjoy a drink before or after hurling into the nightlife.
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Clubbing
Berlin's night life has an outstanding reputation. Every day new music trends are created in the clubs, but also the clubs itself are again and again new invented. As Berlin don't have a closing hour, the party in the clubs take all night long.
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Swing & Tango
Berlin is a paradise for lovers of the classic dance. Here in the European metropolis of tango you can enjoy your tango passion at various charming places, even outdoor in the summer. The Swing is also en vogue again - so you can put your hat on and dance, dance, dance.
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Live Music
Live and unplugged: the music plays in Berlin. Every kind of music is presented and everybody will find his favourite music style in the ample offer.
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Fun Bars and Single Parties
Berlin has many adventures to offer – let them happen in the lonely hearts parties and fun bars of the German singles' capital!
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The "Karneval der Kulturen" at Pentecost click to enlarge
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