Roses

Kreuzberg


A palace of camp and kitsch with pink furry walls that Barbie would love, Roses has been a glittery fixture on the LGBT-and-friends Kreuzberg booze circuit for over 25 years. Drinks are cheap and the bartenders pour with a generous elbow, making this a packed – and polysexual – pit stop during hard-party nights. Not for the fainthearted.


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