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

Less cool, less cold: A new kind of nightlife is taking over Berlin
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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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