Berlin

Try strictly lofi group on facebook or similar groups

>>1112234
For finding raves and cool places, I mean

>>1112195
Club De Visionaire, Berghain, Ipse, Tresor, Chalet

if they don't let you in, don't be offended, you probably don't fit in

>>1112234

Do you have a link for that group? I can't find it on FB.

Thanks

>>1112245
probably not gay*

>>1112195
As an artist I would argue Berlin is the most happening place in the world atm.

>>1112195
>How do I find raves?
check out residentadvisor

Berlin is over m9. Leipzig is where it's at.

>>1112195
I´d like to give you some pieces of, rather dickish sounding advice:
Lay back on the snowflake attitude. If you go around calling yourself a creative and brabling about how you are a musician/artist/generaly interesting person the people you seem to seek will avoid you. Keep in mind that you are one of 500 musician/artist/generaly interesting person ariving in the city every day.
If you Really want to meet people to actually do shit the best way to start is by walking around and striking up conversation. Don´t worry, it´s summer and people do that here. You could go to Hasenheide or Görlitzer Park for starters. Or just start dooung your shit on some corner or something. Don´t worry, it´s summer and people do that here.

I would advise against Clubs if you are not into the culture already. If you insist, newbie clubs are: Sysyphos (rather big), Wilde Renate (rather tame), Club der Visionäre (get lain NAAOOW!), Berghain (rather overrated), Golden Gate (HOLYFUCKINGSHIT WHAT IS THIS PLACE), everything on Revaler Straße. And Take note now. When clubbing:
>don´t dress up
>don´t get piss drunk
>be discrete when you ask for, consume or buy drugs (weed is ok)
>The dance flor is for dancing, not for standing around. dance or leave.
>do not, under any circumstances, make unwarranted sexual advances (rimming or that murican shit). People don´t tolerate that.
>Don´t be agressive
>other than that you can do literally anything you want
>well maby don´t defecate in public neither...

Ah, and your chance of getting in, especially as a person with a "I´m new to this" vibe increases exponentially if you go alone.

To find a rave you need to be lucky or conected.

>>1114219

Stuff you should know:
People don´t expect you to speak german, but be conscious about not speaking tha language, try saying a Bitte or Danke, speak slow. If spoken English or some other language you speak: let loose.

Avoid the Tourist Hotspots, such as simon dach straße or oranienstraße at all costs.

People might get reeealy mad at you if you take Photos of them without asking

This city is safe as fuck. Even the so called Crime hotspots are safe to walk around at night.

People are famously unfriendly. It´s an atitude, takes some getting used to, don´t take it personal.

There is a very influential radical left here, most venues that would be seen as "typical berlin" by outsiders have a heavy influence, so you might wanna check your privileges m8y... No, but seriously, don´t call anyone nigger or bitch or something like that.

Cops won´t bother you if you dont bother them. If they see as much as a hint of provocation be prepared to be dealt with with brutal german efficiency.

Don´t really have tips for hospedation, sorry =^(

If you plan to stay for a while and you manage to get a room (when at a casting bring whine!!!) don´t buy furniture. within 2 weeks you will have found enough laying around on the streets. It is a sort of tradition.

nobody here cares if you are special. really. nobody. nobody. nobody. It´s quite relaxing actually.

And finally: for some reason the dogs here always seem to walk at you mega friendly, and then, when you are about to touch them, they just move on. fo real bruh, it´s been 7 years and that still bugs me the most about this ciddy.

cheers and luck.

>>1114222
>where is the best place for a creative to stay?

gentrification is kicking this citys ass. Neuköln might be an option, try around Hermanplatz. Also Wedding, but keep in mind that this neighbourhood is much less flasy than Kreuzberg or friedrichshain, the other two hotspots. Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg are dead. Dead for Berlin Standards that is, but not afordable and sort of boring by now.

>>1114222
Also: As long as you don´t leech, people don´t care if you have no money.

>>1114219
I'm not going to berlin but thanks for this

>>1114219
You forgot one thing:
>never take pictures inside a club

> fucking or heavy petting dependson the location. Mightbe completely ok or frownef upun or a reasob to get kicked

>>1114356
sorry, posting from celphone

>>1112245
>>1114219
Nice of you guys not talking about fight club. Please keep it that way. If they are worthy they will seek and find.

bump for interest

>>1112195
>east of the city known for it's creative vibe
Sorry desu, that was in the 90's Most of the areas that exploded back then are thoroughly gentryfied by now. There are still some areas that have the magic sparkle of unfulfilledness, but definitely not the eastern central districts like before. Please forgive me for not posting precise information, but this is the interwebs, and tourism already fucked most of the city and it would be nice if some of it stayed interesting for a while before we turn into London\Paris\Amsterdam 2.0

I live there, will be bumping and lurking for a few days, so feel free to ask.

>>1115271
I moved here a few months ago for various reasons but I'm really have trouble making friends here. Do you know how I could meet people and make friends? Every time I do meet people they turn out to be international and go back to their home countries leaving me here alone. How can I meet Germans or at least people who actually live here?

>>1115288
Well, what do you do and in which neighbourhood do you live?
If you want to go for the more traditional aproach, you could go in to some sort of Verein (asociation). Since I guess that you are young I would recomend some sort of sport. If you are not in t that you can google your area of intrest +Verein+Berlin and viol´a.

This is a very generic aproach however and rather typicall for germany than for Berlin. It will work if you are morewell on the aspie side of the social interaction skills scale.

If ou want to meet germans it help´s a lot if you can speak german. Unfortunately many Berliners are sort of weary of certain nationalities that have flocked in large numbers to the city in recent years. Namely italians, spaniards, americans and australians. Some of them might be biased against you at first, but globally speaking it is not that big of a problem, if you show them that you don´t correspond to the cliché. I have the feeling that I really know tro little about you to tell you where to go. If you want you can provide me aditional information. Other than that I can just advise you to pursue your interests and talk at people while dooing so.

Parks are generally speaking a great place to meet people in Berlin. In the rest of germany this is not the case at all. Görlitzer Park, Volkspark Friedrichshain, Hasenheide are grat for that. This is all more on the alternative side.

Also, even if berliners are generally speaking much more chill than the rest of germans, they are still germans. This means that they are not very good at understanding indirect comunication. If you are from an anglo, latin or other culture where this way of comunicating is the norm, you might find it weird that nobody answers to the invitation you just insinuated. Generally speaking you should be direct. People don´t mind, even expect that from you.

>>1115271
selfbump

Not op but anyone in Berlin want to hang out this week?

>>1115894
What are you into?

Does anyone know a way to get a cheap private double room in Berlin?
All Airbnb requests gets refused because of the new laws, and hotels are expensive.

>>1115996
I've had Ostel Hostel on my list for next time I visit, not sure how the conditions are, but it looks like it has fairly decent reviews and is cheap. They have private doubles and singles. When I went with friends last year we stayed at East 7, which has private doubles too, mainly stayed there since you can stay free if you cook a meal for everyone. Good luck finding somewhere anon!

>>1116140
Thanks anon.

Ostel Hostel costs 39€ for a private double with shared bathroom and 44€ with a private bathroom, which is indeed pretty low compared to what I saw elsewhere.

I doubt I'll find a better price, especially with everything that's going on with Airbnb.

>>1115996
>All Airbnb requests gets refused because of the new laws
Can you clarify what you mean by this?

>>1116232
ritch people bought a lot of apartments, furnished them and rent them on airbnb. It is one of the factors causing it to be next to impossible to get a flat for a reasonable price to rent. Plus it attracts tourists (obviously) and most people don't like them, cause they only bring shitty jobs anyways and and massively deterioraye the quality of living in a neighbourhood. At least that os general opinon. Causr of that, except on certain special zones, Airbnb basically got banned.

>>1116344
>>1116344
pretty much what happened in Barcelona years ago, except instead of Airbnb it was cheap, low-quality hostels. They should ban them in Barcelona as well.

>>1114219

will people look at me funny if i try and wear my german army trainers into berghain??

>>1116457
unless you´re a bear you won´t get in. eEven then chances are slim.

>>1116457
>>1116686
But he didn´t ask that.
>will people look at me funny

No. They are used to stuff much weirder People here don´t jugge apearances as strongly as in other western cities.

>>1116232
most hosts won't accept booking requests because of the new laws

>>1114222
Hahahaaha german efficiency, bullshit. Police is Avoiding shit in some places maybe you dont go out after 12 pm but if you unlucky you can get nearly killed without people doing something against it. First rule should be watch out in the night and dont look and walk through the night like you are scared shitskins can smell that

I'm going to Berlin in July with my 17 year old younger brother. My plan was to find some small concerts or what not to go to. Any ideas for finding them? I usually use facebook events in my city, but I wouldn't know where to start somewhere else. Also, will I run into any problems with my brother being 17?

>>1117763
there are dozens of concerts every day
http://www.bandsintown.com/cities/berlin-germany

>>1117531
Either you have never actually been here, or you left your 30.000 souls hamlet once and got scared to death by people talking a foreign language publicly in your country...

The longuest S-Bahn / U-Bahn ticket I see on their website is 7 days.

Which kind of ticket / subscription do people living in Berlin use?

>>1119698
here is a comprehensive list
http://www.vbb.de/en/article/tickets-and-fares/ticket-fares/ticket-fares/5649.html

What's up with every airbnb hosts mentionning the distance to Alexanderplatz? Is this like the coolest place in Berlin or what?

Berlin has one decent brothel worth visiting, the rest are mediocre. Frankfurt is a better city for that because it has the bankers to sustain that market.

>>1117531
One place. Tell me about one place in Berlin where cops don't dare to go. One. Fucking. Place.

>>1120128
Definitively not the coolest place, but the centric place where all forms of public transport (U-Bahn, S-Bahn, Train, Tram, Bus) converge in a large number. Basically from there you can get pretty much everywhere in the City within 30-45 min max.

I'll be in Berlin for a single day at the end of June with a girl. We're both history nuts and want to see museums and memorials.

Other than the obvious high traffic areas, are there any especially interesting sites to see that have real historical significance?

>>1114229
How easy is it to get a shower, shit and shave? A fresh pair of clothes? And a warm nutrious meal?
If you are shit broke that is, and arent very "handy".

>>1117531
I'm an expert on Germany but have never actually left my home and everything I know about other countries I learned from the basement: the post.

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definitely tijuana

Are there any Germans here living in Berlin that would like an English speaking friend? I've just moved to Berlin and I need to teach myself German as quickly as possible but I have not a single friend that I can actually speak with.

I've heard about Berlin that there are plenty of possibilities for a software engineers/other computer specialists. Probably, this is partially caused by huge number of startups.

>>1121212
Can't you go out and make friends? It can be hard, but if you try enough times you should be able to find at least one person to hang out with.

>>1121332
Where would I go out and what would I do? I'm not about to go to a park or bar and randomly approach some people and ask them to be my friends, that just seems creepy and doesn't work. And to add to that, I'm not the best in social interactions with complete strangers.

>>1121212
https://www.tandempartners.org/en

>>1121394
Just checked this out, thanks. I wasn't exactly looking for just a language exchange but this is a start.

Im going to Berlin on late July, how easily can i score some weed? Whats a good price?

Thx

>>1121390
try meetup groups or couchsurfing groups (even if you don't couchsurf). i'm sure there's plenty in berlin. there's usually some group irl for some hobby that you have.

>>1121629
i don't think berlin smokes that much weed compared to other drugs, but that's just my opinion and i dont live there.

generally, in europe clubs are good places to score, especially around bathrooms. some cities have reggae/rasta bars that have higher likelihood of coming across some. i'd try there.

if you're friendly and good enough socially you can kind of just go up to people smoking and ask them if they know where you can buy. but try to make some conversation first, otherwise it can be weird.

>>1121629
Literally every black person in Berlin sells weed, and there's tons of them.

Just go to Görlitzer Bahnhof/Park and they'll walk up to you and aggressively try to sell you weed [spoiler]It's usually laced with metal shavings to make it weigh more[/spoiler] Just don't be stupid.

>>1114228
Berlin citizen here, I can't confirm that. Prenzlauer Berg is hip as fuck, and Wedding is the next big thing. Kreuzberg is in parts victim of gentrification, but there are still nice places and Neukoelln is still mostly alternative.

>>1114222
>>1114229
did you ever hear about a thing calles apostrophe?

>>1115288
I live here since over two years. Mostly I just go to clubs alone and leave with a few numbers to call. Most of them don't lead to anything but sometimes you make acquaintances.

>>1115442
>Neukolln is the biggest up and coming hip area in Berlin.
This is not true, Wedding is. Neukoelln is still cool, though

>>1121862
i live in neukölln, most people here are jsut wanna be artists (a lot are from abroad), financed by rich parents and they do nothing but talking about themselfs and how cool they are. go somwhere else is my advice.

>>1121875
yeah, that's true. If you go to a club everybody seems to be an artist in some way, and everybody is arrogant enough to make a noobie believe it. If you discuss further you can see that it's just nonsense. I'm from Steglitz btw

>>1113172
It's changed it's privacy to secret now, so can't share it, sorry. I was too late to see your reply :(

But the rest of this thread should have enough info for you

I'm in Berlin tomorrow with a friend who's about to go to military for two years and I want to make some good memories before he leaves. Any suggestions?

Brothel, club, etc? I'm Swiss and he's South Korean btw.

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>>1123166
pls respond

>>1123166
FKK Artemis.

>>1123166
Vabali

>>1114219
>Ah, and your chance of getting in, especially as a person with a "I´m new to this" vibe increases exponentially if you go alone.
don't know why i'm having such a hard time understanding this but I'm more likely to get in if I go alone yeah?

>>1123911
You understand correctly.

>>1123166
Berlin is the wrong city for you.
>>1121668 asumption is wrong. People smoke lots of weed, it is not sold in clubs If the club is good it is shared freely if you ask cordially.
>>1121821 Mostly bullshit. And racism. Go to Hasenheide. Berlin stoners usually have aquitances that grow or private dealers. This information will not be shared with you. The best "publicly" sold weed is sold in that park. Dealers will try to overprice you, as "public" dealers always do. Be conversational, ask to smell the product, then say that it is to expensive, give it back and walk. I gaurantee they will give you a better price afterwards. Depending on how idiotic you look, your price should drop to between 20% and 60% of the original price. If not walk to the next dealers. If you don´t know who the dealers are: casually look into the eyes of groups of young men when you walk by them. If they are pushers they will inmediatly offer you to buy drucks by word or gesturte.

>>1121860
what´s do´s you´s mean´s?

>>1120496
I dunno friend. I have never been in the situation and all the people I know that have here, well they have friends here. Can´t tell how it is for a stranger. There´s lots of stuff for homeless people though.

>>1123936
thanks. Not too huge a club kid but do love techno so that sounds good.

>>1114219
>Ah, and your chance of getting in, especially as a person with a "I´m new to this" vibe increases exponentially if you go alone.

Why is this? Is that a good or bad thing? I've never been to a club

>>1124410
Basically because people unfamiliar with the culture tend to fuck up.in all sorts of ways. If they go in as a group they'll probably do what they always do when out at night: get drunk, be loud, disrespectful and or generally anoying, stand infront of the DJ chatting, having conversations filled with inside jokes they find incredibly funny, etc. One such group in a smalish club can ruin the niht of everybody. If people go alone it is more probable that they look around and see what kind of behaviour seems to be acceptable, marvel about the idiosyncrasies of club culture and turn out behaving in a way beneficial to all involved parties.

>>1124491
Don´t forget that those guys love to """""flirt""""" with each and every women present.

Any brothel recommendations? Not looking for a fancy FKK. Don't think the flat rate ones are worth going to, either

Is there a such thing as a well reviewed, balanced all round brothel for an English speaking tourist?

>>1126173
Also are there walk in brothels? I saw one in Hamburg. It's open door, you walk in and along the floors there are girls at the door to their room, open to freely look around before talking to a girl

>>1115435
>ven if berliners are generally speaking much more chill
lel

Berliners are still uptight in that special German way, they just manifest it in different ways.

>>1116232
>>1116344
AirBnB is still completely legal in Berlin. HOWEVER, there is a new condition that homes/apartments can only be put up for AirBnB if the host also lives there full-time (i.e., they don't leave just because you rented half their apartment), AND not more than 50% of the dwelling is given over to the guest. This knocks out the 'professional' AirBnBers and anyone too opportunistic.

I (Germanfag here) have a few friends living in Berlin, and one just moved out of the WG (shared flat) she was living in. Why? Of the 3 others sharing the flat, turns out 2 were serially broke 'artists' with rich parents bailing them out who rented out their rooms to AirBnB whenever possible. Every week there was a parade of 2 or 3 strangers coming and going at all hours, including weekdays. A small portion of businesspeople, but most were in Berlin to party. Some would inevitably help themselves to the fridge and trash the toilet or try to hit on her. Imagine how annoying that must be. The crackdown is a good thing.

>>1119698
Depends how much you intend to travel. Most locals have passes of some kind or another.

If I'm just visiting for a short time, I just get the 4er tickets. You buy 4 one-use tickets (well, 90 minutes off/on) at once and get a slight discount for doing so. Combined with walking, that's usually enough for me. There are tourist tickets of various duration that also give you discounts to museums. The weekly ticket may also be worth it, and it's only 30€ which is not a bad deal.

Also remember... you'll probably only ever need the AB zone. If you think you're going far out into the suburbs, double check it's not a C zone. If you're going to Schönefeld Airport for example, you'd need a C-zone ticket, but there's not much other reason.

Also, don't think of NOT paying. Make sure you VALIDATE the ticket. All transit entries are barrier-free on the idea you have bought and validated your ticket. Ticket checks are frequent and can happen anywhere, and they will bust you if you don't have a valid, stamped ticket. Doesn't matter if you you 'didn't know' or 'forgot'. Some are lenient with clueless tourists, but I've seen them be total dicks too.

>>1126194
>even if berliners are generally speaking much more chill than the rest of germans, they are still germans.

I think "even if berliners are generally speaking much more chill than the rest of germans, they are still germans." is fairly synonimous.

>>1126338
They are not that chill.

>>1112195
Reminder that you can get out of the 800 euro fine for giving a Nazi salute if you tell them you're Jewish

>>1126603
Reminder that pretty much everything in this post is bullshit.

how long is a good amount of time to stay in Berlin? Planning a Eurotrip for Winter 2017 and currently planning to be in Berlin from February 6-10, should I add more time?

does 11 pump man have berlin stories?

>>1128383
11 PUMP MAN HAS A STORY

SO HE GOES TO BERLIN AND TINDERS SOME BITCH

MEET UP WITH BITCH AND SHE'S ALL LETS GO FOR A WALK

WALK TO GÖRLITZER PARK -- ITS SOME PLACE NEARBY ON MY HOSTELS MAP

MY COUNTRYMEN ARE EVERYWHERE

GERMAN GIRL DOESN'T LIKE THERE, SAYS WE SHOULD LEAVE

BUT 11 PUMP MANS LIKES THE SCENE SO I TELL HER BITCH 11 PUMP MAN MAY HAVE A SMALL PENIS BUT I DON'T TAKE NO DIRECTIONS FROM A HOE

SHE SAYS WHAT AND LEAVE, BUT IDC SHE WAS FAT ANYWAY

ITS SUNSET NOW AND 11 PUMP MAN BUYS SOME WEED OFF A CHIMP IN THE PARK

#YOLO

SMOKE WEED AND LISTEN TO SOME TUNES ON MY BLACKBERRY

11 PUMP MAN MUST HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP AT THIS POINT

WOKE UP, PRESSURE ON MY BUTT. ITS DARK AND MY PANTS ARE AT MY ANKLES AND I CAN SMELL SWEAT AND/OR URINE AND HEAR GRUNTING

EYES ADJUST AND YOUR HERO SEES A SMALL CIRCLE OF MY COUNTRYMEN, DICKS POKING OUT, AND THEY'RE STROKING THEMSELVES, SMILING

JUST THEN A PAIN SHOOTS UP 11 PUMP MANS BUTTHOLE

ITS HURTS SO MUCH BUT FEELS SO GOOD

CIRCLE OF JERKERS ARE CHANTING "11 PUMP", "11 PUMP"

11 PUMPS LATER AND THE BEAST BEHIND ME SPASMS AND TWITCHES AND I FEEL A HOT CREAM IN MY RECTUM

FUNNY THING... IT WAS EXACTLY 11 PUMPS

STRANGER CONFESSION IS THAT... 11 PUMP MANS LITTLE PEENOR WAS HARD THE WHOLE TIME THIS HAPPENED!

WHEN THE BEAST EJACULATES IN MY HEINY, A PRIMAL URGE IS TWEAKED JUST SO, AND I CAN'T HELP RELEASING MY OWN SEED FROM SHEER ECSTASY. WOOPS THERE GOES MY UNDERWEAR, HAHA

THE CIRCLE JERKERS ARE IN SYNC AND THEY ALL RELEASE AT THE SAME TIME, SHOWERING IN ME ALLAH'S FINEST al-JIZM

11 PUMP MAN LOVES BERLIN!

>>1128471
Jesus christ, GOLD GOLD GOLD FOR AUSTRALIA!

>>1128495
no.

Whatever you do, don´t take one of the "street art tours"

>>1128338
Thats enough I guess

>>1121629
>Be in Berlin with college
>Get back from Holohoax museum
>Fucking PEGIDA and ANTIFA demonstration infront of our goddamn hotel at Hauptbanhof
>PEGIDA leaves
>Decide to tag along with these hippie fuckers and follow ANTIFA around for a bit while they chant some bullshit
>Decide to cut loose
>Cops stop us
>We're English
>They let us go
>Fucking around on the Metro
>Retards are trying to score weed
>Fucking hippies, I should have known.
>Getting pissed off that I'm following these goofs around but can't remember how to get back
>End up around Kreuzberg
>Turks and paki variants everywhere
>Some random German tells us about how weed is everywhere in this particular area, tells us to buzz the door just above a KAISER'S
>They buzz a few times while I stand 30 feet away
>Fucking hippies
>Nobody answers
>Go back into station
>Can see what's going on above this KAISER'S
>Women dancing around in a dark ass bar with almost nothing on
>Look at something else for a minute
>Look back
>Everybody is wearing fucking hazmat suits
Fucking weird fuckers. I fucking hate you hippie bastards.

>>1130146
>karma

How hated are Swiss people? I am thinking about a trip to Berlin around July.
How hot will it be?
How weird is it for a dude to be roaming the streets late at night alone, going to clubs and restaurants alone etc.?
I don't mind doing just asking if it's frowned upon. You will get a lot of weirded out and confused remarks in a lot of bars,clubs etc. when you show up alone in Switzerland(walk around a city at 3AM).

>>1130339
No one cares if you're Swiss. They might giggle at your accent, that's it. It's the Swiss who are inbred narrow-minds suspicious of everything slightly different, and certainly not Berliners.

>>1130423
>t's the Swiss who are inbred narrow-minds suspicious of everything slightly different, and certainly not Berliners.
Cool. Parties and clubs are going on Mo-Su pretty much, right? Or are there days which aren't as active during the week?

>>1130450
Eh, it's fine. Just a bit banter.

>>1130339
>How hated are Swiss people? I am thinking about a trip to Berlin around July.
You'll find more foreigners than Germans in Berlin. You have nothing to worry about.

>How hot will it be?
It really depends. Yesterday it was like 15° but this Friday will be 35°. We had 2 straight weeks of pure sunshine but for the past week or so it has been nothing but rain.

>How weird is it for a dude to be roaming the streets late at night alone, going to clubs and restaurants alone etc.?
Roaming the streets will not be a problem but ordering a table for one and going to a club/bar alone might be a bit weird, almost the same as in Switzerland and the rest of the west. But I'm not sure many people will care if you go alone to a cafe or whatever. Just get take out or street food if you don't feel like sitting down and ordering.

>>1130339
>>1130482
This, in my experience however, it is not a problem to go to a club alone. It might even be benefitial. See>>1124410

>>1130450
I'm actually American, not German. But I can speak German and have spent a total of 3 years of my life in Germany. Plus Switzerland on four separate occasions because I had a thing with a Swiss girl for a little while... I don't hate Swiss. Some Swiss are bros, but spend any prolonged amount of time there and you will definitely encounter the narrow-minded 'Never left Shangri-La'-minded village Neanderthals from time to time. Almost all Swiss come off a little entitled and spoiled, but I get that they can't help that.

>>1114625
Yes because of the 200 people that read this thread, 60 that live in Europe, 30 that have money rn to travel, and 15 who will remember your post will surely flock to the places you mention here. Specially because this thread won't 404 right

fucking idiot

>>1131315
well, he succeded in keeping you out, didn't he? :^)

Seriously now: whst are you looking for?

>>1131318
there are actually placed that would be ruined by 30 tourists, but mayne I can help with other tipps...

>>1113712
This is the answer. RA will have most major events with good artists.

I'll be in Berlin this weekend. I've been there before, so just two questions.

Is Berghain just a meme place, or worth trying to get into?

Any anons in Berlin who feel like meeting up for beers this weekend?

>>1131517
>Is Berghain just a meme place, or worth trying to get into?
You'll end up waiting 2-3 hours in line just to get rejected without a reason at the door by a big, beefy bald guy. If you're here for just the weekend then it's better to spend your time off somewhere else.

>Any anons in Berlin who feel like meeting up for beers this weekend?
Potentially. Can you describe yourself a bit?

>>1130339
fuck the haters. going to a club alone is completely fine. nobody gives a fuck, especially in Berlin. I went alone to Berghain, CDV, Watergate, met a ton of cool people and had a blast. turns out there are others who do exactly the same

>>1131517
Berghain is completely worth it. However, you will not get in if you look normal/bro-y/uptight/loud.

studying abroad next year and ill have to get an internship somewhere in germany. ive always liked berlin and thought it would be a good chance to live in the city while i work, how is job opportunity ? im studying international business

>>1131613
Highest unemployment in all of Germany + lowest wages of the major cities + cost of living is rising faster than you can imagine. Extremely lefty, multikulti, and dirty.

>>1131613
How good are your dick sucking skills? Brothels are always looking for people. Jokes aside look at a job site and look for english speaking positions in berlin

>>1131804
> multi cultural
>a big famous city
Lmao, name a big internationally known city which is made up of almost only right wing bigots from that country and nobody else

>>1131517
As a German, I think Berghain is overrated. I dressed only slightly hipster and got in fine on the two occasions I went (3 years ago now). Probably helped I was with a small group of mostly females, who were also fairly bookish-looking, with tattoos, asymmetrical haircuts and funky clothes. Frankly, there are too many snobby hipsters let in, but that's Berlin for you.

I actually don't like crowds much, and maybe it's just me getting older (early 30s now) but I don't like dance clubs so much these days. I guess it's 'cool' to say you've been in, but I don't consider it a big deal and I wasn't blown away. Was fun enough, but probably not my most fun EVAR. One of those nights I went I didn't care for the music/DJ (I hate dubstep) and left after a couple hours of boozing/chatting.

>>1131583
This. If you can go out alone and have fun and make friends anywhere in the world (and it is possible in many places), it's easy mode in Berlin. No one will notice or care if you're alone. Lie with "Oh, I was with my friends, but I can't find them now... I guess we'll compare notes tomorrow!" or whatever. No one will know or care.

>>1131807
Dallas, Moscow, Budapest, Jakarta... just off the top of my head.

>>1131534
Not that anon but I wouldn't mind meeting up for beers, but I'm a girl who's into comedy and reading and isn't that attractive...

>>1131856
German comedy?

>>1131874
I don't know much about German comedy, definitely want to explore it

>>1131880
Are you not German?

German 'comedy' is terrible, that's why I was asking.

What do you enjoy reading?

>>1131839
>dallas
Okay, I'll give you that one
>moscow
Sure thing, buddy

>>1131882
>German 'comedy' is terrible,
I disagree. Dieter Nuhr, Michael Mittermeier and couple of others are pretty good imo.

>>1131839
Have you ever even been to Dallas?

>>1131880
There is only one ONE good German comedian, and he performs in English (yes, I speak German)

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=henning+wehn

>>1131928
No, it's pretty horrible. At best, it's a few chuckles. German nighttime 'comedy' talk shows or improv are pure cringe.

>>1131941
He's performing for an international audience and makes a lot of jokes about Germany to pander to that international audience. I cracked a couple quick smiles, but overall... meh. Doesn't make German comedy suddenly 'good'.

>>1131969
>German nighttime 'comedy' talk shows or improv
Neither of which is mittermeier or nuhr, stay willfully ignorant, friend

>>1131969
>watching shitty mainstream shows
>being surprised that you dislike it
Name some comedians, comedy shows that you like so that I can have a good laugh

>>1132015
I didn't say that's what those guys were. I said German nighttime 'comedy' talk shows or improv are pure cringe. Lrn2read. German satire can be OK, but that's more to do with the genre of satire than their masterful German comedy skillz. Nuhr is OK, not hilarious. Mittermeier is a complete snoozefest.

To be fair, there's a difference with the Anglo-American approach to humour and the German. German is still more straight-laced even when trying to be funny. German humour is at best a few smirks, never guffaws.

>>1132017
As if I waste my time with any German TV at all. But I am familiar with them.
>tfw German friends want to watch this shit.

George Carlin (classic, always worth listening), Bill Hicks, Dave Chapelle, Louis CK, Conan (hit and miss, but when he's good he's good), Billy Connolly, David Mitchell. There are others, but thats's a shortlist of what comes to mind.

Go ahead, let your butthurt flow and tear them apart, but they're still 1000 times better than any German peewee, and you know it.

German humour is often based on German language. That's the reason why it does not translate well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxElAqVmJ2M

>>1132085
No shit Sherlock. That's how all humour works. It's true that most anglos will have zero context to understand German humour, even if translated (which kills typically jokes -- just watch English-language sitcoms dubbed in to German. Half the humour is wiped away). But as someone fluent in both, trust me anglos... you're not missing anything. German humour is subpar.

I will say, it is an unfair myth that Germans don't like to laugh. Of course they do, they just suck at it.

>Lena
>entertaining in any way
choose one.

>>1131856
Just saw your reply. When will you be in Berlin and how old are you?

>>1132111
the first thirsty neckbeard emerges.

>>1132119
>calling me a thirsty neckbeard when 'she' replied to my offer to someone else
Just leave already. /trv/ is a normieboard

>>1132122
I've most definitely been here longer you than m8. You leave.

>>1132126
Ha good one. I don't even know why you're wasting time calling someone a "thirsty neckbeard" when they're replying to someone else's proposal to go out for a drink. Are you jealous or something? What is it? Why didn't you call me a thirsty neckbeard when I offered to go out for a drink to the original asker? So just because someone else offered to grab a drink and they stated their gender which happens to be female I'm all of a sudden a "thirsty neckbeard" for replying? Go ahead and leave pal

>>1132081
Do you really think that you are the god of comedy and can decide what's objectively funny or not? Your completely vague bullshit is applicable to any comedian you posted.

>>1132081
>mmMittermeier is the only German stand up dude to ever get invited to multiple international stand up comedy shows across the globe because he's a snoozefest
Better joke than any of conan's, louis' or carlin's that's for sure

>>1132145
Purely to see a German autist spaz out. Mission accomplished.

>>1132148
I didn't say I was god of comedy, but if you're suggesting it, thanks. I, or any anglo for that matter, for damn sure has a better sense of humour than Germans.

This thread is a good case in point. You can't defend your argument so resort to attacking me personally. Instead of bantering back or even resorting to a droll witty comeback to put me in my place, you sperg out about the inherent (mis)truth of my posts. Hilarious stuff, m8, real comedy club material. You've proven that Germans do know how to joke around after all.

Now go jerk off to some of your glorious Kant and Goethe and cry yourself to sleep.

>completely vague bullshit
Not sure what you're referring to here.

>>1132152
lol

Humour is of course subjective, so we'll probably never agree. No matter what I'd say, you'd disagree because your egos have been bruised.

Nonetheless you're absolutely mad and plain wrong if you're going to claim a comedian completely unknown outside Germany (and not even universally known inside Germany) with a very mediocre and shallow routine is better than Carlin or Louis CK. Just pathetic. Hee hee haw haw he speaks with a Bavarian accent! Wie lustig!

>>1132178
You sound like a huge faggot ngl

>>1132183
Eloquent words from a strong mind. There are tissues in your mom's purse if you're going to cry.

We'll all just wait here while you provide convincing evidence about the quality of German humour.

OP here, I forgot I made this thread lol
I enjoyed reading your replies there is definitely some useful information in there!
desu the thing I'm looking forward to most about Berlin is going clubbing by myself, people would think I was a weirdo if I did that here.

>>1132178
>>1132152
>>1132148
You three idiots need to stop arguing about humour.

>>1132184
I haven't even been posting in this thread. I saw your stupid shitpost on the front page and decided to call you out for it

>>1132178
>You can't defend your argument so resort to attacking me personally. Instead of bantering back or even resorting to a droll witty comeback to put me in my place, you sperg out about the inherent (mis)truth of my posts. Hilarious stuff, m8, real comedy club material. You've proven that Germans do know how to joke around after all.
Was any of your stuff funny? The fuck are you babbling about? How are you defending your shit? You don't, you're hust throwing out names, acting like those people are immune to criticism and throwing out bs about others which you clearly have no clue about. Why do my retorts have to make you laugh, the fuck? Keep moving the goal posts
>not sure what you are referring to.here
No surprise that a brain dead fag, such as yourself is too retarded to follow a simple conversation. Keep watching your blithering morons.

>>1132178
>u mad?
>no u
>I am better than you because I am better than you
>Germans can't be funny
>hurr durr in general
Amazing argument, friendo.

something for our stiff German humorists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60xxuwhf70k

>>1132353
Do you even understand what 'calling out' means?

>>1132417
Um, you're the one who's buttmad about German comedy's good name being besmirched m8. You're the one who stamped his little feet about 'who made you god of comedy!'. I was asked to provide names, you dolt, so I did. Where did I say any of the names I mentioned were immune to criticism?

I live in Germany, I speak German, I'm married to a German woman. I'm familiar with all the names you've mentioned, and they're all objectively shit. German comedy is subpar. It is you who has the problem with being unable to handle this truth. That's the only goalpost, and it's been in the same spot since the beginning. Stay mad, sperglord.

>>1132429
Reading comprehension not your strongpoint, huh?

>>1132462
I cringed so hard I have to puke.

>>1132353
>>1132417
>>1132429
>>1132469
>>1132471

>>>b

All of you shitposters are ruining a perfectly good thread.

Execute all Bavarians.

>>1131315
look friend, if he phrases his request like a lonely planet description he should just stick to the lonely planet suggestions. What use is it to blather about places that are of the grid? People that fit in will stumble across them eventually and by not mentioning them here at least you keep away all the 'beer, hookers and party fuck yeah!' people that post here.

Also: threads don't 404 anymore.

>>1132178
>Haha jokes on you I was only pretending to be retarded
Kys

>>1132888
What? I don't regret or take back anything I said. If you're going to use memes, at least use them the correct context.

Srsly you krauts, just stop. It's beyond pathetic now. Every single time you pout and ragepost against the notion your comedy is just shit, you only prove the point even more.

>88
Go goose step around a crematorium, Hans.

This is a stretch but maybe someone can give me a good idea to go off of: I am interested in moving to Berlin. I have heard enough praise and found that my own habits would flourish well there. My problem is that I am pretty much poor. I am an American with a relatively useless bachelor's degree. I have taught English but I don't think I'd find work in Berlin doing that.

Does anyone have any recommendations or advice; is what I want even feasible? I play the accordion and I suppose busking might be an option but I don't know how far that would get me. Would I be better off saving money here than just going for a few weeks as a tourist?

>>1133457
In Berlin there is already a busker on every corner. You might find a spot where you can do it. But don't expect to make a living.

Here is a documentation about busking and street performer scene in Berlin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UjNCKNKtgM

>>1133498
Man that's a great documentary, thanks for sharing. I only watched a bit but it made the city appeal all the more. Maybe I will look into a master's program there.

>>1133457
>Poor, poorly uneducated American
>wants to live in Berlin
>earn his living busking with his accordion in Berlin
Fuck off we're full. Jesus Christ, there's enough hipster trash in Berlin already. Stay home. Seriously, locals are sick of people like you.

>>1133457
If you know what you are dooing (read:done it before) and are good and/ or original you can definitely have a nice time in Berlin (in SUMMER !) as a street musician. Portuguese guy (no german skills at all) playing a digeridoo stayed at my flat for bout a month aproximately 4 years ago and he lived the good life playing about 2 hours a day. He didn't really have to play rent and was a professional musican though.
You always encounter the "to many foreigners in muh city" dickheads, like the other guy that replied to your post, but then I guess that this is the case in any city.

>>1133608
>zugezogener detected

>>1133685
>zugezogener detected
I was born in Potsdam, so you got me. Lived in Berlin since I was 6 (1991). My dad's side are all native Berliners since as long as can be remembered.

Seriously hipsters fuck off. It was kinda neat at first to see all the poorfag freakshows show up, but as their number increased, so has their entitlement and arrogance.

>>1133743
OK. I wrote this, because in my experience people that get all "hipstas and touris leave my Kiez!!!" are mostly people that have lived here for 3 years and can´t cope with change or people from the outskirts that don´t get into the city a lot.
I really don´t get all this hipster hatred.
Half of the population of berlin has been exchanged since 89, even before that there was a lot of imigration. I think that Berlin would suck without the succesive waves of imigration. Ask a few of your fathers friends then about the berlin, specially the east, in the 80s. A few years ago people had the same atitude that you have against american hipsters with turks, wessi-zecken, italians, spaniards, etc.
Club scene woud suck without hipsters nowadays, so would the whole alternative art scene, the music, etc.
I am genuinely interested what you like about living in this city. Do you feel that it is special because it is your home or do you think that it goes beyond that? Is there something that you can do here that you couldn´t do in another large german city if you where born there?
Sure, gentirification is fucking my neighborhood in the ass, but blaming hipsters for it is like blaming ausländers for unemployment: fucking stupid.

>>1132758
Why?
Most of us like Berlin, the whole part about your never-ending financial troubles is just banter and posturing

Unless you identify as Prussian in which case you'll be first against the wall

>>1133837
Surely you've heard of 'Ostalgie'? Apart from the political repression (not to lessen how shit it was) and less foreign material goods, life wasn't too bad in East Germany. Daily life was not full of despair or the fear of violence like it might have been in, say, Russia or Romania. People wanted to have actual freedom on their own terms, not to be a copy-paste of West Germany.

>I really don´t get all this hipster hatred.
Try living in Berlin as a normlfag your whole life.

Every society needs its artsy-fartsy fags, and I don't have an issue with that. It is the sheer number of wash-ups who flood Berlin and as you say, after a couple years, then act incredibly arrogant

>Club scene woud suck without hipsters nowadays, so would the whole alternative art scene, the music, etc.
Good riddance. Nothing much of value would be lost. The vast majority of artsy shit in Berlin is little more than empty navel-gazing

>but blaming hipsters for [gentrification]
THEY ARE LITERALLY THE CAUSE, you fucking mong. Along with the yuppie posers who follow in their wake wanting to be seen in 'bohemian' locales, but not wanting to actually get dirty or live beside uncouth plebs.

Honestly, I don't care if it's 'special'.

>>1133858
Sounds like you would be happier in another german City. I really don´t mean this in a dickish way, but if you wanna live a normalfag life in a normalfag enviroment move to Friedenau, Steglitz, Spandau, Erkner or some other city like Magdeburg or Rostock or something like that. Al least you don´t have to get all worked upthere every time you go out on the street and see one of them damned hipstarz!!1! Or just stay and rage on, I have no quarell with you =^)


One thing though: The cause for gentrification is the people upping the rent, not the people that can afford the higher rent. Look at Potsdam friend, just look at Potsdam and the developement of rents there. Even Schlaaz is incredibly expensive by now.

>>1133867
>The cause for gentrification is the people upping the rent
They increase rent because they know people with more money to throw around are looking. If I have a kiosk selling Club Mate and one faggot is offering me a euro for it, but some other faggot wants to give me 100€, what's going to happen? Proximity to Berlin makes it a seller's market. That's how gentrification works, fool.

Luckily I don't have to see too many in my daily life, living where I do in Berlin. 75% of all hipster faggots swarm around each other in a few easily avoided areas, because what's the point of living like a bohemian in Berlin if you can't be seen doing it?

I'll tell you what we don't need though. Another artsy cunt with a fedora and pedo moustache who wants to busk with his accordion in Berlin. We have enough Poles and gypsies doing that already.

>>1133871
I am afraid that your Club Mate story is an example of a buyers market, except if you are the only one selling Club Mate in your world. A sellers market is one, in which supply excedes demand. The housing market in Berlin (and almost all other german citys) is a sellers market right now, you are right about that. This fact however is due to a manipulation of the supply (privatization of the Sozialwohnungen since the 90´s, intentional Leerstand, the extremely low construction rate, the conversion of residential space to business space, etc.). There are only marginally more people living in Berlin now than in 95 or 90, yet rents have exploded. Also, since living quarters are a basic necesity, without proper regulation (which we lack) the supply side is going to take advantage of the demand side.

Look, rents have gone threw the roof all threw germany in the last 15-20 years, in all sorts of metropolitan areas (even in some with shrinking populations, like Dortmund) Potsdam, which, as I think you will agree, hasn´t had the slightest hint of beeing cool, hip bohemian for decades, and yet the situation is much graver than in Berlin, is the perfect example.

I belive it is naive to assume that Berlin wouldn´t be gentrified if it was populated entirely by normalfags. I would even dare to assume that it would be worse, and point to rent prices in Potsdam, Munich and Stuttgart as reference.

Why do I have the feeling that all you ever do against gentrification is rant about hipsters..?

Respectfully: there are better options.

>>1133919

I think your hatred of people because of their fashion choices is quite irrational: They overflow the city and you can´t stand seeing any more of them, yet you don´t really see them at all because they all swarm around each other in a few areas; they are poor, poorly educated leechers, yet they have money to throw around and cause gentrification; they are entitled, arrogant little twats, yet you arrogate to judge who deserves to live in this city because you have lived here for a while.

Just chill m80

I am going to Berlin and it happens that a band that I want to see is playing in Berghain. So will they let me in if I buy ticket online?

>>1133931
yes.
There is no door for concerts. You have a ticket=>you get in.

>>1133932
Will I get full Berghain experience?

>>1133934
No, you will get the full concert experience.

Is it possible to camp in Berlin for dirt cheap ? Or in Köln and Hamburg too, since I'm planning to visit them too ?

>>1113754
Leipzig is only 200km away from Berlin though.

>>1135315
That´s 2000 in Europe-km. =)

How much can I get by with in a month in Berlin if I'm willing to stay in a dormitory of a hostel?

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I'm an electronic musician, so what would be the best labels in berlin to try get signed to?

>>1135699
not to sound like an assgole, but if you don't know you are not ready. Spin for a while and you will find out. Your question is somehow analogous to 'I am an Actor, which off-broadway theatre will hire me?'