Berghain
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This hip favorite is housed in a muscular former power station in a nether zone between West Kreuzberg and the gentrifying Friedrichshain area of the East (you'll simply never find it). In its mix of straight and gay, this fantastically imposing space recaptures the Weimar aesthetic Berlin has been aching for ever since the Third Reich wiped out much of the city's eclectic culture. But before you can enter, a guy with three lip rings, some sort of pirate's vest, and the mien of a young Mozart—the bouncer, in other words—will carefully scrutinize your worth.
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From Travel + Leisure , AUG 2008
“Berlin ist gross und ich bin klein” (Berlin is big and I am small) reads a popular children's T-shirt featuring a forlorn mite of a penguin staring up at the immensity of East Berlin's iconic TV tower...MORE>>
Last updated August 2008
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