Berlin: The Gay Districts: Friedrichshain

The district of Friedrichshain has not necessarily been a popular meeting place of the Berlin gay and lesbian community in the past, but things have changed in that respect in the last couple of years.
The main centres are the area around Simon-Dach-Strasse and the East Side Gallery. The HT and the Himmelreich invite you to sip cocktails, before you will hit the dance floors at the discotheques near the East Side Gallery. At the Busche, which is Europe's biggest gay and lesbian discotheque party people are dancing to chart music and disco classics. The Kleine Busche (Small Busche) may be smaller, but is popular all the same.
A bit away from the area around Simon-Dach-Straße gay/ lesbian and mixed public may get a new hair cut at Meister Jacobs (Master Jacobs) and then relax with beverages and snacks in the café at the same place. Blühende Landschaften (Flowering Landscapes) is the name of a café in Samariter Strasse and worth exploring.