Berlin's most iconic techno club, occupying a former East German power plant on the Spree in Friedrichshain. Globally famous for its door policy, marathon weekend sets, and the Panorama Bar upstairs, Berghain draws a predominantly queer crowd and runs from Saturday night through Monday morning.

Cocktail lounge bar in Berlin-Schöneberg. Friday and Saturday with DJ.

Cocktails, drag shows, karaoke, Pop & Schlager. Smoking bar.

Queer inclusive bar in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg with drag shows, karaoke and performances. Smoking bar.

A legendary Kreuzberg club and cultural venue operating since 1978. SO36 is best known for its long-running Gayhane nights — queer Oriental parties drawing Berlin's Turkish and Middle Eastern LGBTQ+ community — and Café Fatal, its Sunday afternoon ballroom dancing event.

Queer music collective in Berlin focused on vinyl culture, DJ events, and LGBTQ+ community gatherings.

Gay bar in Berlin-Kreuzberg/Neukölln. Smoking pub. Several nights with live DJs. Small cruising area in the basement. (If you ask people on the street for directions to this bar, be aware that ›Ficken‹ is the German word for ›to fuck‹.)

Berlin Friedrichshain world-famous techno club with attached men's cruise space Lab.oratory.

Berlin queer sex-positive party series.

Berlin queer techno party series.

Berlin long-running queer party series.

A long-running gay cruising club in Schöneberg and one of Berlin's most established men-only darkroom venues. Connection operates across multiple levels on Fuggerstraße and is open on weekends and select weeknights.

A beloved queer karaoke institution in Friedrichshain, Monster Ronson's has been Berlin's go-to spot for late-night singing since 2008. Private booths and a public stage make it equally good for groups and solo performers.