Berlin gay area

Gay Neighbourhoods in Berlin

Berlin's core of queer activity is Nollendorfplatz in Schöneberg in the south west just beside the city zoo. Every year, the lesbian and gay street festival takes place here, which marks the start of Pride Week. In the 1920s, the neighbourhood enjoys a well-deserved reputation for some of Berlin's best nightlife, as well as restaurants, cafés and shops frequented by the LGBTQ+ community in particular.  Other rainbow neighbourhoods in Berlin not to be overlooked incorporate its neighbour Kreuzberg, and the SchwuZ nightclub in Neukölln. There are also shops along the Bergmannstraße as well as dwell music venues where Queer citizens and visitors join and have fun. The Mitte neighbourhood also has pockets of LGBTQ+ hotspots including Weinbergpark. Find more scene tips for queer places in Berlin.

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About Berlin and its gay life

Berlin's origins go back more than 780 years. In 1701 Berlin became the capital of the kingdom of Prussia and in 1871 of the German Empire. Although Prussia was commanded by a gay king from 1740 till 1786 (Fredrick II), Berlin's male lover career started only hundred years later. In the 1920s (the ›Golden Twenties‹) Berlin was seen as the city with the most lively and advanced same-sex attracted subculture in Europe. That, of course, ended after 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis were given authority in Germany. (A memorial for gays persecuted by the Nazi regime was opened in Berlin in 2008, long overdue after more than 60 years.

After the cease of World War II in 1945 and with the start of the cold war, Berlin had been divided into West Berlin (contr