Gay Bars in Berlin

Berlin has countless gay bars. To keep this page usable for travellers not all of these bars have been listed here (particularly those of interest mainly for locals).

• Ackerkeller
• Pub: Daily (except Sat) from 18:00; Parties Tue, Fri, Sat from 22:00
• Bergstraße 68 [S: Nordbahnhof; U: Rosenthaler Platz]
• www.ackerkeller.de
• Pub and Parties, alternative crowd.

• BarbieBar
• Daily from 14:00
• Mehringdamm 77 [U: Platz der Luftbrücke, Mehringdamm; Bus 19, N4, N46: Bergmannstraße]
• +49 (0)30-69568610; www.barbiebar.de
• Camp Drag bar.

• Bärenhöhle
• Mon-Fri from 16:00; Sat from 20:00; Sun from 18:00
• Schönhauser Allee 90 [S, U2: Schönhauser Allee; Night busses N26, N52]
• +49 (0)30-44736553; www.baerenhoehle-berlin.de
• Bears friendly neighbourhood bar.

• BT Club
• Mon-Sat (in summer Thu-Sat) 23:00 – 05:00
• Danziger Straße 1 [U2: Eberswalder Straße]
• +49 (0)176-20136073 (Mobile); www.club-bt.com
• Mon-Thu: bar & cruising; Fri and Sat club & dance nights (Charts, Pop, Oldies).
  Rather young clientele.
  Entrance: Mon-Thu free; Fri, Sat 3 €

• Die kleine Philharmonie
• Daily 20:00 – 06:00
• Courbièrestraße 13 [U: Nollendorfplatz]
• +49 (0)30-8831102; www.diekleinephilharmonie.de
• Old Berlin ambience and music shows.

• Eldorado
• Motzstraße 20 [U: Nollendorfplatz]
• +49 (0)30-21475550; www.eldoradoberlin.de
• Music bar. Wed from 21:00 Karaoke.

• Flax
• Mon – Sat 17:00 – 02:00; Sun 10:00 – 01:00
• Chodowieckistraße 41 [S: Greifswalder Straße]
• +49 (0)30-44046988; www.flax-berlin.de
• Bistro & Bar; mostly Teens and Twens. Sunday 10:00 – 17:00 brunch buffet (6.50 €).

• Flipflop
• Sun-Fri 19:00 – 02:00
• Kulmer Straße 20a [U: Kleistpark]
• Bar, café, buffets.

• Greifbar
• Daily 22:00 – 06:00
• Wichertstraße 10/Greifenhagener Straße [S, U2: Schönhauser Allee]
• +49 (0)30-4440828; www.greifbar.com
• Cruising bar with videos, backroom and booths.

• Große Freiheit 114
• Tue-Sun from 22:00; Mon closed
• Boxhagener Straße 114 [U: Frankfurter Tor]
• www.gay-friedrichshain.de/grosse-freiheit-114/
• Bar in the style of a seamen’s bar. Backrooms with cabins.

• Hafen
• Daily from 20:00
• Motzstraße 19 [U: Nollendorfplatz]
• +49 (0)30-2114118; www.hafen-berlin.de
• Popular bar (since 1990) in the gay area around Motzstraße.

• Heile Welt
• Daily from 18:00
• Motzstraße 5 [U: Nollendorfplatz]

• Marios Kneipe
• Fuggerstraße 34 [U: Wittenbergplatz]
• Traditional Schöneberg gay bar with mostly mature clientele.

• Möbel-Olfe
• Tue-Sun from 18:00
• Reichenberger Str. 177 [U1, U8: Kottbusser Tor]
• +49 (0)30-23274690; www.moebel-olfe.de
• Popular bar in Berlin-Kreuzberg; mixed clientele.

• Le Moustache
• Wed-Sun 21:00 – 03:00
• Gartenstraße 4 [S: Nordbahnhof; U: Rosenthaler Platz]
• +49 (0)30-2817277; www.lemoustache.de
• Bar and restaurant (German home-style cooking) with exhibitions.

• New Action
• Mon-Sat from 20:00; Sun from 13:00
• Kleiststraße 35 [U: Nollendorfplatz; Night busses]
• +49 (0)30-2118256; www.new-action-berlin.de
• Classic Leather bar with 2 bars, cage and play area. Dresscode!

• Pinocchio
• Mon-Thu 14:00 – 03:00; Fri 14:00 – Mon 03:00 nonstop
• Fuggerstraße 3 [U: Nollendorfplatz, Wittenbergplatz]
• +49 (0)30-23620333; www.pinocchio-berlin.com
• Hustler and music bar in Berlin-Schöneberg.

• Prinzknecht
• Daily 15:00 – 03:00
• Fuggerstraße 33 [U: Wittenbergplatz, Nollendorfplatz]
• +49 (0)30-23627444; www.prinzknecht.de
• Popular, large gay bar in Berlin-Schöneberg, with a fair mix of locals and Berlin visitors. In summer with terrace.

• Rauschgold
• Mon-Sat 20:00 – 04:00; Sun 20:00 – 01:00
• Mehringdamm 62 [U: Mehringdamm]
• +49 (0)30-78952668; www.rauschgold-berlin.de
• Cocktails, Drags, Schlager & Karaoke

• Romeo
• Daily 22:00 – 07:00
• Milastraße 7 [U2: Eberswalder Straße, Schönhauser Allee]
• +49 (0)30-4476789; www.romeo-bar-berlin.de

• Roses
• Daily from 21:00
• Oranienstraße 187 [U: Kottbusser Tor, Görlitzer Bahnhof; Night busses N8, N29: Adalbertstr./Oranienstr.]
• Small bar in completely pink interior.

• Sarotti-Höfe
• Daily from 08:00
• Mehringdamm 57 [U: Mehringdamm]
• Video and cocktail bar and cafe. Breakfast, cakes, snacks.

• Scheune
• Sun-Thu 21:00 – 07:00; Fri, Sat 21:00 – 09:00
• Motzstraße 25 [U: Nollendorfplatz]
• +49 (0)30-2138580; www.scheune-berlin.de
• Cruising bar in Berlin-Schöneberg. Sunday Naked Party 17:30–21:00 (door till 18:30).
  Smoking club.

• Schoppenstube
• Tue-Thu from 21:00; Fri-Sun from 22:00; Mon closed
• Schönhauser Allee 44 [U2: Eberswalder Straße; Tram M 1, M 10 and Night Bus N 2: Eberswalder Straße]
• +49 (0)30-4428204; www.schoppenstube.de
• Traditional style: Berlin’s oldest gay bar (since 1963) and East-Berlin’s only gay night bar until the 1980s. With small dancefloor in the cellar (at Friday and Saturday nights).

• Stiller Don
• Daily 20:00 – approx. 02:00
• Erich-Weinert-Straße 67 [S: Schönhauser Allee, Prenzlauer Allee]
• +49 (0)176-50133676 (Mobile)
• Straight-friendly pub. Best on Monday evening. Named after the Soviet-Russian classic and Nobel Prize awarded novel ›And Quiet Flows the Don‹, it was one of the first gay venues that made Prenzlauer Berg the second gay area in Berlin in the early 1990s.

• Stork’s bei Tommy
• Mon-Thu 10:00 – 04:00; Fri 10:00 – Mon 04:00 nonstop
• Kleiststraße 7/Courbierstraße [U: Nollendorfplatz, Wittenbergplatz]
• +49 (0)30-23624700
• Small bistro-bar, in summer with terrace.

• Tabasco
• Mon-Thu 18:00 – 06:00; Fri 18:00 – Mon 06:00 nonstop
• Fuggerstraße 3 [U: Nollendorfplatz, Wittenbergplatz]
• +49 (0)30-2142636; www.tabascobar.de
• Hustler bar and one of the oldest gay bars in Berlin.

• Tom’s Bar
• Motzstraße 19 [U: Nollendorfplatz]
• Popular cruising bar. In the 1990s famous for its darkroom in the cellar.

• Tramp’s
• Open daily 24 hours
• Eisenacher Straße 6 [U: Nollendorfplatz]
• Leather, Jeans, Uniform & Bears Bar.

• Vagabund
• Knesebeckstraße 77 [S: Savignyplatz]
• +49 (0)30-8811506; www.vagabund-berlin.de
• Mixed celebrity nightclub.

• VielHarmonie
• Daily from 18:00
• Motzstraße 8 [U: Nollendorfplatz]
• +49 (0)30-30647302; www.vielharmonie-berlin.de
• Stylish gay lounge bar in Berlin-Schöneberg.

• Villis
• Daily 19:00 – 03:00
• Greifenhagener Straße 45 [S, U2: Schönhauser Allee]
• +49 (0)30-4440828; www.villis-berlin.de
• Gay music bar in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg.

• Zum schmutzigen Hobby
• Daily from 18:00
• Rykestraße 45 [U2: Senefelder Platz, Eberswalder Straße]
• www.ninaqueer.com/ninas_bar.php
• Flashy bar of Berlin’s drag queen Nina Queer. On Wednesdays she presents her famous Glamourquizzz at 21:00.