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Gate Sauna was a gay sauna that included jacuzzis, whirlpools, steam rooms, and massage/tanning beds. They also had private rooms and other areas for kink activities. This location was popular with older men as well as some couples.
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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…

Triebwerk is a two floored bar/sex club that hosts over 300 sex parties a year. They have a bar and a basement that has many kink related activities. Upon entering the bar guests are required to strip down to at least their underwear to participate…

Verona Lounge had a pleasant, classy environment that would turn to more erotic later in the evening. That was a place for "serious" lesbians as well as voyeuristic male artists and interested straight women. "Gougnettes," aka, women who dressed…

Dubbed as "Berlins gröste Gay-Sauna" in its ads, Apollo City Sauna was a sprawling sauna club located near the U-Wittenbergplatz station with several private cabins, saunas, pools, and areas dedicated for cruising. It closed permanently in 2017 due…

The City-Men Shop & Video provided a store front area where customers could purchase sex toys and videos. Its biggest draw was its dedicated cinema space, where men were allowed to cruise.

The JAXX, a private gay club in Schöneberg, is one of Berlin's first gay cinemas. Focused on providing spaces for casual hookups, The JAXX offers open cruising areas and private cabins with screens for viewing its available selection of gay porn.

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…

Situated near the U-Nollendorfplatz station in Schöneberg, Café Berio was founded in 1951 as an Italian ice cream café by Frederico Berio. It originally started as just an ice cream café, but has evolved to be a café that also serves cakes and…

The oldest lesbian café in the city. At one point it featured an all-male cabaret, for lesbians only. Its atmosphere was "easygoing [and] somewhat faded", with blacked-out picture windows (to hide the interior from prying eyes) and large…