Berlin Nightlife

This is one of the main areas. Don't be surprised to see prostitutes standing right next to you while you're having your first drink, because you will get used to it :) It's vibrant and it's got loads of different pubs and restaurants to offer. One of them is Silberfisch which is open till 8 am, but there's loads of them so you won't be dissapointed.

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This relaxed place serves as a soup outlet in daytime and transforms to a crazy Berliner style bar at night time.
Every weekend there is live music or DJ's supplying ambient music to the guests, that sit in several more or less seperate rooms or outside the place.

Open mon-fri: 12 to open end sat & sun: 17 to open end.

Dress Code: No Dresscode

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The third night several of us from our tour went on a mission to do our own pub crawl and find better bars than we were taken to on our paid pub crawl. We succeeded in finding some in the Schöneberg area. We found 2 bars which were good. Slumberland is located at Goltzstrasse 24. When you are inside you feel like you are at a beach in the Caribbean. The walls are painted pink and paste colors and there is roots reggae music playing. To top it off the floors are covered in sand. It was a pretty laid back nice bar for us to sit and talk. After leaving, another bar caught our eye since it was all red inside. This bar was the nachbar located on Maaßenstraße 12. We at first did not want to go in since it seemed like it was going to be expensive. However, our curiosity got to us and we decided to go in to have a drink. It was a pretty cool bar with the walls and furniture red in color. There are tv screens making announcements. In the back, there is a closet size room with a disco ball. We wondered what that room was for. We joked that maybe there was a hidden room or club there somewhere. Anyway, we had 2 more drinks talked and then headed back since we had an early morning. All in all it was a pretty nice night. We found a website for the nachbar
at www.nachbar-berlin.com/
There are many other places to try in Berlin. On the Mitte there are many galleries and theaters. On the Mitte, Friedrichshain and Oranienburger Straße, there are numerous bars to crawl your way through in east Berlin. In the west, the nightlife is more spread out. Although I only learned of this when I left the city, people who were on the trip suggested picking up a magazine like Zitty or Prinz to find out what is going on in the city. One thing to note is during the Oktoberfest time various beer tents pop up in the city. It is nice to hear some traditional music and beer songs when in these tents and mingle with regular German people.

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Our second night in Berlin, I paid the tour company to do a pub crawl. I felt they would know the spots to take us since they were doing this tour for so many years. Boy, was I wrong the bars they took us to sucked. People on our tour were commenting how the bars looked like someone’s grandfathers basement. However, we were given free shots in each bar. These shots together with the regular drinks we were having made the third bar seem better that the rest. In the morning, I found out the third bar was just as bad as the rest. To top it off it seemed like our tour filled up the bar, there were no other people entering these bars. However, all was not lost we were taken to the Kulturbrauerei in Prenzlauer Berg. This was the site of a former brewery. Now it holds a number of bars, clubs and live music areas. There was a lot to choose from just check out their website at www.kulturbrauerei-berlin.de/ .We went to the Alte Kantine club which played some rock and different types of music. I have to say I had a great time here drinking and dancing. There were people from all over. One of the funniest things that happened was when an older German grandfather type started dancing. My roommate started dancing and the older guy and my roommate started imitating each others moves. It was funny to watch the two. I am not sure how we made it back to the hotel but we did. I could not get up in the morning and missed part of the tour that was scheduled but that night was worth it.

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There are some good clubs, bars and restaurants in Berlin. On our first night my roommate wanted to see the Reichstag at night but I passed. Some girls on our tour said they had a list of bars they wanted to check out. This sounded like a better way to spend time in Berlin. The area the girls said the bars were at was Hackesche Hofe. Indeed, when we got there we saw many bars and restaurants to choose from. We first sat at a restaurant for some light food and drinks. We sat outdoors and it was a good choice, until it started to rain. We made the decision to go to a club to get out of the rain. At first we were going to go to the Matrix club but our waiter said the club was not good since it had a lot of drugs. He instead told us to walk a few blocks down and turn left. We did this but the area looked deserted and felt that we may have taken a wrong turn since we were drinking. However, moments later we heard some music and followed it to the club. Here, there was an outdoor area to dance and some indoor areas to dance. We walked around, dance, drank and had a good time. I have no idea what the name of the restaurant or the club is now. However, I do know in the club we had our photos taken and they said it would be on the clubs website. If someone sees my picture there, can you let me know what club I was at!

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An intimate space. The long narrow bar screams for the sublime bizarre to occur. Not that it will happen to you, but it must happen regularly here. If Lyle Lovett had a taste for Europe, I think he'd like this place. It is a man's bar, but not overtly masculine. The long bar has a seductive curve to it. It's a sexy place in that it is slightly mysterious. You're not sure what you've walked into, but you do want to stay and see what happens.

Dress Code: Dress to impress. At least wear clothing with buttons. No T-shirts or you'll muck the magic.

If there's only time for one night in Berlin, spend it on Oranienburger Strasse in Mitte...it's well cool. Start off from the top and work your way down in the direction of the TV tower. Some great bars and food joints - Mini Mista pizza takeaway is my fave. Leave plenty of time for Tacheles...make of it what you may but it is an experience http://super.tacheles.de/cms . And don't forget to say hi to the lovely ladies of the night who add a bit of caberet to the proceedings.

If you like Irisch pubs and wo doesn't , this place is a must see. Its more an Irisch Village a very big Pub with live music every night.

Friendly staf and a good place to drink some beers.

Dress Code: just casual