Showing posts with label Bar 25. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bar 25. Show all posts

Friday, July 10, 2009

Media SREEEEEE

Two wonderful but "underdeveloped" neighborhoods in Berlin - Kreuzberg and Friedrichstein - house the city's punks, artists, squatters and night owls. Families have moved into gentrified Mitte but these two areas are havens for the culture and atmosphere the city is known for. 

Yet a development plan called Media Spree is currently in affect to knock down the nightclubs and squats that give the area it's charm to build concrete and brick palaces for industry.

The first sign of this new development plan is a performance venue o2 World. Financed by a right wing rich American business man that thinks homosexuality should be outlawed in every state, this new venue built on the water violates terms of moving the Berlin wall and putting up a road billboard that keeps people up at night with its bright beaming lights. 

Over the next five years, the squats in the area will be torn down and hideous but important commercial buildings will be put in their place. Go to Berlin now if you want to hit famous riverside bars like BAR 25 and Kiki Blofield before it's too late. 

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Party in Berlin - A DREAM

This is the party section. The DJ's girlfriend recommended the following spots along with others I found interesting to hit while in Berlin:

Bar 25 - Summer after hours spot on the water. Many scenes in "Berlin Calling" take place here and it looks AMAZING! People recommend the rope swing?!

Kiki Blofeld - not recommended to me but found this bar on a web site that also sounds great. 
Outdoor bar across from Bar 25 on Spree River. Relaxed, far less posh with different areas: sandy beach, outdoor dance area, restaurant and pool table. 

Panorama Bar - Many sites about Berlin mention this club as one of the best in the city if not all of Europe. It's open on Fridays and Saturdays at midnight but doesn't get going till around 5am. Doormen are supposedly strict and do not want to let tourists into their club. 

Maria am Ostbahnhof (MARIA)  - Also appears a bunch in Berlin Calling. You can see the big M in the background of a lot of the shots. SO FUN! 

Watergate - Reviewers note great views of the Spree River and floor to ceiling windows1

Other clubs noted elsewhere: Tresor, Sage Club, 90 Grad, Cafe Burger, Cafe Moskau, Club der polnischen Versager.


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