Comfortable and spacious rooms, most en suite and with a sumptuous breakfast included, right in the middle of Schöneberg's gay area. The SM room is fitted with a sling, stocks...

Classy clobber for discerning gays who like to be noticed and don't mind paying for it. Think G-Star, Diesel, Calvin Klein. Ladies store Goldelse is accessed through the back.

Large and rather plush shop offers an extensive selection of queer reading and viewing material, plus cards, calendars, videos and other paraphernalia.

A smart, new workshop producing tailor-made leather clothing and offering a fantastic range of toys and rubber gear, including some of the biggest dildos on the market.

One of the best daytime cafés in Berlin, full of attractive, gay, trendy young men (including the waiters), with a good people-watching terrace in summer.

Popular men-only club on Saturdays, with DJs playing mainly electronic sounds. The dancefloor is usually packed, and if you're bored with that you can cruise the vast, flesh...

Connection Garage stocks a huge selection of leather novelties, clothing, SM accessories and magazines. The gay cruising area comes alive at weekends when it amalgamates with...

Deco Arts stocks shell-shaped 1930s sofas and other deco furniture at fair prices, the odd piece by Marcel Breuer and Carl Jacobs and some 1950s and '60s treasures. If a sofa's...

The upbeat El Sur Bar offers Iberian culture à la carte - a decent range of tropical cocktails, tapas and great wines are spiced up with live Spanish and Portuguese sounds.

This excellent accommodation service caters to both gays and lesbians, and can fix you up with a room in the private apartment of fellow gays.

Predominantly organic produce, including cheese, bread, pasta, meat, fruit and veg from local farms. Also non-edible items such as wooden brushes.

Splendid finds from the 1940s, '50s and '60s, including lipstick-shaped cigarette lighters, vintage toasters, weird lighting and eccentric glassware.

Garage sells cheap second-hand clothing priced by the kilo. The large selection at this barn-like locale is well-organised, making it easy to root out last-minute party gear.

Branches all over town offer a wide range of everyday booze at everyday prices. Call 0800 440 22 00 to place an order for delivery anywhere in Berlin.