Less cool, less cold: A new kind of nightlife is taking over Berlin
After 15 years of being dominated by all-black, leather-clad techno, the city is shifting toward something more upbeat and colourful

For years, my prevailing memory of clubbing in Berlin has been queuing up for hours in the December cold, only to be looked up and down by a hulking German man in a trench coat and told, “You are not vhat ve are looking for.” (In their defence, the club was KitKat and probably not vhat I was looking for, either.)
This is a worst-case scenario, but it probably feels recognisable to anyone who hashellip;
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