Lab.oratory

Friedrichshain


Part of the Berghain complex, this well-equipped ‘lab’ has plenty of toys and rooms for advanced male sexual experimentation in what looks like the engine room of an aircraft carrier. Party names such as Yellow Facts, Naked Sex Party and Fausthouse leave little to the imagination. Pure hedonism. Come before midnight and skip the aftershave.

Dress-code-free Fridays with two-for-one drinks are best for first-timers who want to ease into the scene.


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