Bar Zum Schmutzigen Hobby is a Fire Station turned gay bar that is frequented by gay men locals and tourists alike. The club also hosts Drag shows on a fairly regular basis.
The Adonis-Lounge was a dingy dive bar that was in operation between the years 1924 and 1933. Sailors and queer men often frequented it, women and straight men were never seen at the establishment. It had a very dark atmosphere, so much so that it…
Silhouette was a Weimar era bar (1926-1933), located at Geisbergstrasse 24, and well known as fashionable, and smoke filled. Marlene Dietrich and the composer Friedrich Hollaender were two of Silhouette's regular customers. Both gay men and lesbians…
Cabaret with a “wacky” and exclusive atmosphere; a spider in a web was painted on the wall of the lounge. It catered to the petit-bourgeois classes, older gay men, “aunties”, transvestites and drag queens.
The Scala programme was all about artistic excellence, with one performance following the next. The famous “Scala Girls” – the house’s revue dancers – shared the stage with comedians, acrobats and actors who displayed their talents in elaborately…