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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…

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…

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…

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…

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.
This location…

The first location of Tresor techno club was vaults under the Wertheim department store. Tresor has a relatively relaxed door policy, and because of this it is open to many identities. The nightclub plays techno music and offers a variety of drinks.…

UFO club was a previous location of Tresor. UFO Club was the first acid house in Berlin and it was a known techno club during the reunification of Germany.
This club is important because of the diverse clientele it brings in. This means that this is…

Tresor is a techno club which was converted from a heating plant with three floors to a famous club. Tresor has a relatively relaxed door policy, and because of this it is open to many identities. The nightclub plays techno music and offers a variety…

This sauna was primarily used by gay men. Amenities include “whirlpool, darkrooms, smoking lounge, Finnish sauna and private cabins” (Gaycities.com). Entry cost was between 15 and 22 euros per person. The advertisement in this magazine shows the…

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.…