A strong contender for best club in the city, if not Europe. In basic terms, it's a techno club in a former power station, but it has to be experienced to...

The club's name, a nod to funk legend Hamilton Bohannon, indicates its driving musical principle. Billed as offering 'soulful electronic clubbing', this...

A massive complex, containing a cinema, theatre and gallery, operated by a friendly Berlin arts collective. There's also a party floor with a playlist...

This sprawling venue appears to have been constructed by throwing a collection of rooms and industrial rubbish up into the air and seeing where it all...

On an inlet off the Spree just over the border into Treptow, this popular timbered bar occupies an old boathouse, several floating docks and a...

Dice Club has cleverly taken up residence in a disused DDR transformer station not far from Alexanderplatz. But it doesn't aspire to be another pilled-out...

Die Busche is an East German gay relic: loud, tacky, mixed and packed, this is one of east Berlin's oldest discos and is full of loutish lesbians, gay teens...

Duncker does have a reasonably varied line-up but definitely operates within a very dark sphere. It's perfectly located in a neo-Gothic church in a...

The name means strawberry, and this dark, spacious (and a bit dingy) bar off Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz has earned a reputation for its powerful and delicious...

Festsaal means 'ballroom' and this venue near Kottbusser Tor has quite a refined edge despite the shabbiness of the interior, reinforced by a regular...

This restored industrial building is relatively young in comparison to other venues, but its association with Radio Fritz gives it the clout to stage the...

Housed in a ramshackle former bike shop beneath the S-Bahn Arches, Golden Gate's popularity is enjoying something of an upswing. Once home to a hit-and-miss...

Newly relaunched club in a historic venue that adds a much needed dash of glitz and glamour to the area. The heart of the club is a grand 300sq m (3,225sq...

A tricky-to-locate entrance in the courtyard just north of the junction with Milastrasse leads to an interesting space cascading down the levels into a long...