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The Hoist Basements

The Hoist Basements is a sex club as well as accommodation. It has a bar, a kinky basement area (including cages, slings, stocks, hook systems, prison cell, etc [Gaycities.com]), and a hotel. This location was originally connected with a location in…

Tags: gay bar, gay male, hotel, kink

Café Dorian Gray

Advertised as "The Intimate Nexus of the Ladies-World", this was mostly a lesbian bar with live tango music (and an irritating male violinist who begs for tips) and good food. The front was decorated in an artistic café style with real flowers on the…

Tags: 1920s, 1930s, bar, bdsm, club, crossdressing, gay bar, gay club, gay male, leather, lesbian, lesbian bar, lesbian club, music, trans, Weimar

Prinzknecht

This pub is considered to be the heart of Berlin's LGBTQ+ nightlife and is a club for exclusively men. It is just next to Club Connection (a renowned gay club) and a few floors down from ART Hotel Connection (an LGBTQ+ hotel). It is leather-friendly,…

Tags: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, bar, gay bar, gay male, kink, leather, pup

Monocle-Bar

The Monocle-Bar was one of three prominent transgender-inclusive bars in Weimar era Berlin, alongside its peers Silhouette and Mikado Bar. Remembered of those three as being popular with actors, the Monocle, along with its peers, rose to popularity…

Tags: 1920s, 1930s, bar, gay bar, gay club, kabarett, Nazi involvement, trans, transgender club, Weimar

Kwia Berlin

Styled like a sprawling art deco living room where guests must take their shoes off at the door, Kwia Berlin is a deeply unique gay bar, and a significant step away from the Berlin clubbing scene of both the 1920s and the 2020s alike. Branding itself…

Tags: 2020s, bar, gay bar, lounge, music, queer, queer club

The Cosy Corner

Described by Happy In Berlin?, a repository for English writer's experiences of 1920s Berlin, as a "shabby gay bar in the working class district of Kreuzberg", the Cosy Corner was a frequent meeting place for downtrodden revolutionaries. However, it…

Tags: 1920s, 1930s, gay bar, gay male, prostitution

Besenkammer-Bar

Besenkammer-Bar, located near Alexanderplatz, is a historical and notably small gay bar whose name aptly translates to "broom closet." The bar is open 24 hours and serves a mixed clientele of mostly gay men, Berlin residents, and tourists. It was one…

Tags: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, DDR, gay, gay bar, gay male, GDR

Knast / Mario's Kneipe / Maxxx / Dreizehn

On page 39 of this magazine (Sergej, 2002) there is an ad for a location called Mario's Kneipe (Mario's Bar) where there is a two for one deal. After looking up the address, I found a gay bar in the same location, but with a different name, Dreizehn.…

Tags: bar, gay bar, gay male

Dédé Bar

Despite being lauded in the list where I first learned of it as "one of the best-known gay bars in Berlin", the Dédé bar is difficult to unearth any information on. One of the bar's co-owners was a Sturmabteilung Lieutenant, which afforded the bar a…

Tags: 1920s, 1930s, bar, gay bar, gay male, Nazi involvement, Weimar

Kleist Kasino

The Kleist Kasino was a Gay Bar that has had multiple locations over the course of almost sixty years. It doubled as a bar and a street theatre. Founded by Robert Dozy, it was made to look like any normal restaurant. Its interior had pink lighting…

Tags: 1920s, 1930s, bar, gay, gay bar, Nazi period, Weimar

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