Located in an abandoned East German power plant in Friedrichshain, the club first opened its doors for its private guests in Known as a world-renowned techno haven, Berghain has emerged as a high-end cultural space, demanding a hedonistic spirit from its members. The club takes inspiration from Ostgut, a wild child club that shaped the clubbing scene in post-wall Berlin from the s to the early s.
From, the outdoors it may seem like a neglected communist-era building, with long queues assembled to get in, but from the inside it is the motherland for techno music lovers and a place for random sexual encounters.
Whether it is dancing on the foot high dance floor leveled on massive concrete pillars, enjoying the more melodic music on the Panorama bar upstairs or experiencing the basement Lab. Oratory, a gay sex club, Berghain has everything from ecstatic to dark and sinister to offer. With its strict door policy and the no-photos rule, the club has created a separate subculture of its own; explaining why many say that there is no place for a party enthusiast like Berghain.
However, getting into the club is contingent on understanding what the club is truly about. The clientele must fit into the open-minded and hedonistic ethos. Hence, it is quite easy to distinguish between who is there to awkwardly stare and who is there to indulge and party.
It is a place to be playful and careless, and Berghain, sitting atop the pinnacle of world clubbing, offers the phenomenal atmosphere to be all that. The new ruling of Berghain as a cultural institution was not only a mere shift of titles, but it had several important implications for the club. Berghain was recognized as part of the eclectic culture of the city and hence, would hereafter receive bonuses in the form of lower tax rates, just like other cultural institution did, in the city.
