Just the short response when asked about it ‘if we were to build Lab.Oratory again, we would have installed better drainage’. Tales of what goes on are many, and they neither get confirmed nor denied by the Berghain’s owners/founders. ![]() It is hardcore and not for the faint-hearted. Lab.Oratory:īerghain’s original purpose is found in the male-only club in the basement of the building. Listen: Best sets from Panorama Bar on Soundcloud. And sound so clear and crisp that you could have a conversation, even a disjointed one, without your words getting lost in the ether. With the likes of Tale Of Us and Adriatique, who play regularly, you’ll always be treated to cutting edge unreleased music. Which looks like a butcher’s shop set from a Saw movie where the antagonist would likely operate. More house and melodic house DJ sets get played from the booth. Venture up the stairwells (which are the world’s most interesting) and discover the Panorama Bar. Listen: Best techno sets from Berghain on SoundCloud. It has been the launch platform for many a DJ into the techno limelight. Techno sets that start here on Saturday night can run until Monday afternoon. Its ceiling is 18 meters high, and the void in between itself and sweat dripping revellers below is filled with one of the world’s most powerful sound systems. Marcell Detman, Ken Block, Steffi and Tama Sumo are all residents and regularly play the cavernous main room. Although the club’s darkrooms are used, you’ll likely see fornication in the bathrooms and even the queue for the ice cream bar (well, you need to cool down somehow!) The Main Room: Today it is open to all genders, and it is commonplace to see open engagements of sexual acts. A hallmark that is firmly in place today in Berghain. This was a space for the male-only fetish scene in Berlin in the early ’90s, where patrons who entered did so without fear of judgement. Before Berghain started in 2004, the ownership ran a club night known as Ostgut. The InsideĪny first-timers need to remember just how the debaucherous nature of Berghain was formed. But if you are dressed like a preppy frat boy, then you aren’t getting in. The simple fact is no one has the foggiest idea of what works. And you might find yourself feeling silly when Sven wears all white at the door, which he has been known to do!. While it’s the most common recommendation around, dressing like a goth when you aren’t is not what wins you the lottery or not. Read: GQ Interview with Sven Marquardt The Berghain Dress Code If you don’t know why then be sure to check out the article below. He makes the final decision on your hope of entry into the building.Ī single question will likely come your way ‘wie viele’? Answering with ‘zwei, bitte’ or ‘einz, bitte’, is magnitudes better than saying ‘two, please’ or ‘one, please’. Sporting barbed wire facial tattoos, a bullnose piercing, a grey-haired man bun, and big square framed hipster glasses. Sven Marquardtįor those unfamiliar, Sven Marquardt is the gatekeeper. But not before they let you stand for hours in the freezing cold to wait your turn for an up-close rejection. So anything that shows you’re blatantly a tourist or there for the wrong reasons, word will make way up to the doors, and you will be turned away. Spotters who stand in the queue to filter the potential patrons. Spotters In The LineĪlthough not confirmed, it’s highly likely the vetting process begins well before you ever stand in front of the doorman. The most famous doorman in the world must pass his verdict on whether or not you ‘get it’ or not. A subdued feeling of excitement begins to wash over as you come into view of the entrance.īut before being granted access to explore the wonders that await inside Berghain. Doing that would mean inevitable rejection at the door. Nobody complains about the cold or the lengthy wait. The queue of revellers in front of an ominous-looking former East German power station is long and eerily quiet.Įver so slowly, the line begins to creep along as the bass-heavy kick drum from Berghain’s sound system thuds into earshot through the still winter air. Imagine standing outside on a bitterly cold early November morning in East Berlin. This is written as a first-hand account, having been lucky enough to crack a winning lottery ticket and enter the hallowed halls of the techno institution. ![]() Google is littered with articles that break down everything from what to wear to correctly answering the bouncer’s questions (more on that later). With such an exclusive aura surrounding Berghain, the questions on many people’s lips are, how do you get inside Berghain? And once inside, what is it like? It is well-known for being hard to gain entry into. Known for its strict door policy that turns away everyone from celebrities and tourists to regulars. Berghain in Berlin is easily the most notorious underground nightclub in the world today.
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