Berlin in February is unbearable. Cold, windy, snowing. What makes it bearable is the Berlin Film Festival. You can warm up in a packed cinema with other movies freaks.
Sony Centre
What To Do and See:
Botanical Garten, Parliament Building, AlexanderPlatz, Tiergarten, Kreuzberg, Unten Den Linden, Mitte, PotsdamerPlatz and Sony Centre, Checkpoint Charlie, SavignyPlatz, Schloss Charlottenberg, Berliner Dom, Flea Market in Strasse de 17 Juni (Tiergarten), Bradenburger Tor.
Most gay places are concentrated in Schoeneberg (west), Kreuzberg (east) and Prenzlauberg (Northeast).
Gay Places:
Roses Bar, Oranienstrasse 187, Kreuzberg, 21.30-5.00 (Metro: Kottbusser Tor) - Wed, Fri, Sat
Connection (club, sex shop), Fuggerstrasse 33 and Welserstrasse, Schoeneberg (Metro: Wittenbergplatz or Nollendorfplatz)
Schwuz (cafe/museum/club), Mehringdamm 61, Kreuzberg (Metro: Mehringdamm)
SO36 (club), Oranienstrasse 190, Kreuzberg (Metro: Kottbusser Tor) - only every Third Friday of the month is gay.
KitKat (club), Bessemerstrasse 4, Schoeneberg
Have to taste:
Monsieur Vuong (Vietnamese Restaurant), Alte Schoenhauser Strasse 46, Mitte. Try the noodle dish and the tea or vietnamese coffee!
Sleeping Beauty:
Cafe-Pension Amsterdam (hotel & cafe), Gleimstrasse 24, Prenzlauer Berg (Metro: Schoenhauser Allee)
Eastside Gayllery (hotel and shop), Schoenhauser Allee 41, Prenzlauer Berg (Metro: Eberswalder Str)
Gaybed (bed and breakfast), Perlebergerstrasse, Tiergarten (Metro: Birkenstr, Bus 127 and 340)
The Midnight Sun (hotel), Paul-Robeson-strasse 50, Prenzlauer Berg (Metro: Schoenhauser Allee)
Enjoy Bed and Breakfast, an agency with a wide range of room offers across Europe. Very informative!
What To Read:
Zitty Magazine (The 'Time Out' of Berlin) - The Culture Vulture
Siegessaeule Magazine (Gay and Lesbian) - Free
Sergej (Gay and Lesbian) - Free
Berlin Dome. Photo by Mark Viney
