Berlin:The Gay Districts: Prenzlauer Berg

The district Prenzlauer Berg is one of the most popular districts among Berlin’s students where the parties always take all night long. Especially in the area between the underground stations Senefelderplatz and Schönhauser Allee many gay and lesbian pubs, bars and coffee bars exist which are very en vogue. The cosy coffee bars Amsterdam and Schall & Rauch in Gleimstrasse for example are popular meeting points. Here and in Greifenhagener Strasse many nice places can be found like Guppi, Villi's Bierbar or the Schoppenstube, one of the first gay pubs in Eastern Berlin.

The bar Bärenkeller in is a place for elderly gays. The owners also runs the Bärenhöhle which invites also to meet people in a cosy ambiance. The Men's Clubs Greifbar and Stahlrohr open their doors in the evening. Another kind of club is the Sonntags-Club founded in 1973 under the name "Homosexuelle Interessengemeinschaft Berlin" which offers a gay-lesbian youth centre, lectures and temporary exhibitions. In the bookstore Lustwandel - erotische Buchhandlung erotic literature can be bought. In the gay and lesbian store eastside books, jewellery, rainbow articles and videos are sold.