Comments for OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog The Blog provides OTA-Berlin guests a quick overview of the cultural, sports, social and other related activities taking place in Berlin during their stay. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:51:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comment on Clubbing Berlin – ‘Berghain’ Door Policy – How to get in – ‘OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ contributor Evo Lucian tells you how! by leind http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/10/18/clubbing-berlin-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98berghain%e2%80%99-door-policy-how-to-get-in-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98ota-berlin-constituency-blog%e2%80%99-contributor-evo-lucien-tells-you-how/comment-page-1/#comment-46598 leind Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:51:13 +0000 http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/?p=4827#comment-46598 I agree mostly with the common rules like - no loud funny talking in the line - no smoking in very front of the bouncers - no crazy colours or logos - casual smart, bla bla cool. - better speak german or dont say anything BUT on last weekend 2 of my UK friends were ruining ALL theory, 2 girls totally drunk, with glitter in the face, and a backpack, were just going straight in and had a blast. I agree mostly with the common rules like
- no loud funny talking in the line
- no smoking in very front of the bouncers
- no crazy colours or logos
- casual smart, bla bla cool.
- better speak german or dont say anything

BUT on last weekend 2 of my UK friends were ruining ALL theory,
2 girls totally drunk, with glitter in the face, and a backpack,
were just going straight in and had a blast.

]]> Comment on Clubbing Berlin – ‘Berghain’ Door Policy – How to get in – ‘OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ contributor Evo Lucian tells you how! by Edwardo http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/10/18/clubbing-berlin-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98berghain%e2%80%99-door-policy-how-to-get-in-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98ota-berlin-constituency-blog%e2%80%99-contributor-evo-lucien-tells-you-how/comment-page-1/#comment-46559 Edwardo Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:15:23 +0000 http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/?p=4827#comment-46559 Right then guys are you ready for this.........My friend and I went to Berlin at the weekend as we have never been. One of the reasons was to go to see one of our fave DJ's Luciano who was playing at Panorama Bar (Berghain), we knew he was playing on Sunday but wasnt sure what time so we decided to go down Sunday morning at 7am after having a sleep. We are both 30 and definitely cool, I was wearing grey chords military style boots and military style smart jacket with a scarf neck top underneath as it was freezing and sporting a neatly trimmed beard. My friend was wearing smart grey jeans boots and burbour style jacket sporting a bit of stubble! So we are fresh faced, yet a little anxious as we read a few reviews and were warned that we might not get in, we walked down the path of doom to the club, there was nobody in the queue, so just us at the front waiting anxiously at the barrier. The doorman opens the door, takes a look at us shakes his head and points to the side gate. Gutted! Back down the path of doom we go in a taxi back to the hotel. We decided to chill out watch some tv have an hour then go back down to the club at 2 to hopefully see Luciano. We also decided to change our outfit so they wouldnt recognise us, so outfit 2 was black bootcut distressed jeans so not so smart same boots, Scarf Neck cotton jacket with a couple of layers underneath not visible and this time a slouch beanie, my friend: brown chords same shoes blue shirt and thick blue knitted cardigan and slouch beanie! Again fresh faced we head down to Berghain and the path of doom 3 people in queue behind us my friend stood in front of me, the door opens and the doorman (different guy) looks at us and asks "zwei?" we reply "Ja" he thinks about it for a couple of seconds, shakes his head and points to the side gate. Consequently the 3 Germans behind us 2 guys one girl walk straight in. Gutted again we get back in the taxi go for some food and a drink then back to the hotel to get warm. We had given up at this point until we got back to the hotel, checked Twitter and found out Luciano was playing from 7pm till the death, which obviously lifted our spirits and we decided to give it one last try. I had bought a leather look hooded bomber jacket that looked cool but not too smart because I only had 2 jackets and wanted to wear something more casual as the people we seen going in and out of the club had hooded jackets on hats etc. I wore blue chords same boots and a grey beanie and I shaved my beard off leaving a moustache to make me look different. My friend: dark jeans burbour style jacket and black peaked beanie. This time we had a couple of drinks while getting ready to calm the nerves and I listed 4 other clubs that we could try if we didnt get in. This time, as advised we decided to go to the door one by one, we got there at 8pm, I chose to go 1st, I got to the door and while I was waiting I could here Luciano was playing as he has a particular style of music. The door opens (different doorman) he looks at me shakes his head and says no I say "no" he says "no" and points to the gate. Triple gutted! Now my friends turn. I walk back up the path and follow him 20 yards behind to see what the doorman does, he opens the door to let some people out and I think to myself "hes getting in" the doorman points to him as if to say "you" and he edges forward a little (thinking hes in), but the doorman shakes his head and points to the side gate. I dont know weather he was teasing him or someone watching the monitor had knocked him back. On this occassion there was a couple of groups of people stood outside that had also been refused entry. So as you can see from the story we followed most of the simple rules to gain access and I have only 3 reasons that we may have been refused entry. 1. We dont look German or eastern European 2. Every time we went to the club, there was no queue 3. We were not starry eyed (off our tits on pills) I know you say you shouldnt take drugs but the people that were coming out were smashed. I have been clubbing for 10 years ive been to the UK's best Techno club, most clubs in London and all over the UK, Ibiza, Miami, Amsterdam and South Africa. I am a DJ and producer and produce house music with my friend so we are very passionate about music which is why we went there. So why would they not allow us into the club to experience it and let us get our fix of house music???? Right then guys are you ready for this………My friend and I went to Berlin at the weekend as we have never been. One of the reasons was to go to see one of our fave DJ’s Luciano who was playing at Panorama Bar (Berghain), we knew he was playing on Sunday but wasnt sure what time so we decided to go down Sunday morning at 7am after having a sleep. We are both 30 and definitely cool, I was wearing grey chords military style boots and military style smart jacket with a scarf neck top underneath as it was freezing and sporting a neatly trimmed beard.
My friend was wearing smart grey jeans boots and burbour style jacket sporting a bit of stubble! So we are fresh faced, yet a little anxious as we read a few reviews and were warned that we might not get in, we walked down the path of doom to the club, there was nobody in the queue, so just us at the front waiting anxiously at the barrier. The doorman opens the door, takes a look at us shakes his head and points to the side gate. Gutted! Back down the path of doom we go in a taxi back to the hotel.
We decided to chill out watch some tv have an hour then go back down to the club at 2 to hopefully see Luciano. We also decided to change our outfit so they wouldnt recognise us, so outfit 2 was black bootcut distressed jeans so not so smart same boots, Scarf Neck cotton jacket with a couple of layers underneath not visible and this time a slouch beanie, my friend: brown chords same shoes blue shirt and thick blue knitted cardigan and slouch beanie! Again fresh faced we head down to Berghain and the path of doom 3 people in queue behind us my friend stood in front of me, the door opens and the doorman (different guy) looks at us and asks “zwei?” we reply “Ja” he thinks about it for a couple of seconds, shakes his head and points to the side gate. Consequently the 3 Germans behind us 2 guys one girl walk straight in. Gutted again we get back in the taxi go for some food and a drink then back to the hotel to get warm.
We had given up at this point until we got back to the hotel, checked Twitter and found out Luciano was playing from 7pm till the death, which obviously lifted our spirits and we decided to give it one last try. I had bought a leather look hooded bomber jacket that looked cool but not too smart because I only had 2 jackets and wanted to wear something more casual as the people we seen going in and out of the club had hooded jackets on hats etc.
I wore blue chords same boots and a grey beanie and I shaved my beard off leaving a moustache to make me look different. My friend: dark jeans burbour style jacket and black peaked beanie. This time we had a couple of drinks while getting ready to calm the nerves and I listed 4 other clubs that we could try if we didnt get in.
This time, as advised we decided to go to the door one by one, we got there at 8pm, I chose to go 1st, I got to the door and while I was waiting I could here Luciano was playing as he has a particular style of music. The door opens (different doorman) he looks at me shakes his head and says no I say “no” he says “no” and points to the gate. Triple gutted! Now my friends turn. I walk back up the path and follow him 20 yards behind to see what the doorman does, he opens the door to let some people out and I think to myself “hes getting in” the doorman points to him as if to say “you” and he edges forward a little (thinking hes in), but the doorman shakes his head and points to the side gate. I dont know weather he was teasing him or someone watching the monitor had knocked him back. On this occassion there was a couple of groups of people stood outside that had also been refused entry.
So as you can see from the story we followed most of the simple rules to gain access and I have only 3 reasons that we may have been refused entry.

1. We dont look German or eastern European
2. Every time we went to the club, there was no queue
3. We were not starry eyed (off our tits on pills)

I know you say you shouldnt take drugs but the people that were coming out were smashed. I have been clubbing for 10 years ive been to the UK’s best Techno club, most clubs in London and all over the UK, Ibiza, Miami, Amsterdam and South Africa. I am a DJ and producer and produce house music with my friend so we are very passionate about music which is why we went there. So why would they not allow us into the club to experience it and let us get our fix of house music????

]]> Comment on Clubbing Berlin – ‘Berghain’ Door Policy – How to get in – ‘OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ contributor Evo Lucian tells you how! by Rachael http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/10/18/clubbing-berlin-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98berghain%e2%80%99-door-policy-how-to-get-in-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98ota-berlin-constituency-blog%e2%80%99-contributor-evo-lucien-tells-you-how/comment-page-1/#comment-46525 Rachael Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:41:50 +0000 http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/?p=4827#comment-46525 aww really, no problem! don't wanna get knocked back from not dressing the right way :) aww really, no problem! don’t wanna get knocked back from not dressing the right way :)

]]> Comment on Clubbing Berlin – ‘Berghain’ Door Policy – How to get in – ‘OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ contributor Evo Lucian tells you how! by evan http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/10/18/clubbing-berlin-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98berghain%e2%80%99-door-policy-how-to-get-in-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98ota-berlin-constituency-blog%e2%80%99-contributor-evo-lucien-tells-you-how/comment-page-1/#comment-46493 evan Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:05:36 +0000 http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/?p=4827#comment-46493 I would suggest that you lose the heels. I would suggest that you lose the heels.

]]> Comment on Clubbing Berlin – ‘Berghain’ Door Policy – How to get in – ‘OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ contributor Evo Lucian tells you how! by Rachael http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/10/18/clubbing-berlin-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98berghain%e2%80%99-door-policy-how-to-get-in-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98ota-berlin-constituency-blog%e2%80%99-contributor-evo-lucien-tells-you-how/comment-page-1/#comment-46492 Rachael Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:53:59 +0000 http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/?p=4827#comment-46492 Hey! i'm going to germany soon & i really wanna try out berghain because i'm a huge techno fan & i hear its fantastic. I was planning on wearing shorts & heels...would that be appropriate? Hey! i’m going to germany soon & i really wanna try out berghain because i’m a huge techno fan & i hear its fantastic. I was planning on wearing shorts & heels…would that be appropriate?

]]> Comment on Is it safe to download music in Germany? – Piracy, privacy laws and legal music downloads in Germany – by OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog contributor Evo Lucian by alcolisi http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/06/05/is-it-safe-to-download-music-in-germany-piracy-privacy-laws-and-legal-music-downloads-in-germany-%e2%80%93-by-ota-berlin-constituency-blog-contributor-evo-lucian/comment-page-1/#comment-46444 alcolisi Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:31:39 +0000 http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/?p=10203#comment-46444 i cannot understand if i can download from rapidshare/megaupload without upload.in italy and swiss is illegal only upload but here in germany? i cannot understand if i can download from rapidshare/megaupload without upload.in italy and swiss is illegal only upload but here in germany?

]]> Comment on “Subland Berlin” – Clubbing – by ‘OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ Berlin-based Irish writer Diarmaid O’Meara by Hard Bobbin http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/06/01/%e2%80%9csubland-berlin%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-by-%e2%80%98ota-berlin-constituency-blog%e2%80%99-berlin-based-irish-writer-diarmaid-o%e2%80%99meara/comment-page-1/#comment-46369 Hard Bobbin Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:24:21 +0000 http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/?p=10146#comment-46369 yeah good luck. these guys are thieves, shady as all hell, and the sound system is a joke. yeah good luck. these guys are thieves, shady as all hell, and the sound system is a joke.

]]> Comment on Clubbing Berlin – ‘Berghain’ Door Policy – How to get in – ‘OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ contributor Evo Lucian tells you how! by gs http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/10/18/clubbing-berlin-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98berghain%e2%80%99-door-policy-how-to-get-in-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98ota-berlin-constituency-blog%e2%80%99-contributor-evo-lucien-tells-you-how/comment-page-1/#comment-46349 gs Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:14:49 +0000 http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/?p=4827#comment-46349 @evan Yeah, guess I am just a "Berghain person" who just goes to another club, if the bouncers have their menstruation the day I arrive ... ;-) Yep - it was a great sunday night / monday morning. Usually not quite the time I go out clubbing. But hey, different cities, different standards. Glad I went there and will probably go again on day! @evan

Yeah, guess I am just a “Berghain person” who just goes to another club, if the bouncers have their menstruation the day I arrive … ;-)

Yep – it was a great sunday night / monday morning. Usually not quite the time I go out clubbing. But hey, different cities, different standards. Glad I went there and will probably go again on day!

]]> Comment on Clubbing Berlin – ‘Berghain’ Door Policy – How to get in – ‘OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ contributor Evo Lucian tells you how! by Rob Kennedy http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/10/18/clubbing-berlin-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98berghain%e2%80%99-door-policy-how-to-get-in-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98ota-berlin-constituency-blog%e2%80%99-contributor-evo-lucien-tells-you-how/comment-page-1/#comment-46344 Rob Kennedy Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:14:00 +0000 http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/?p=4827#comment-46344 Will the bouncers ask you much besides how many people you are? I don't speak German but I could easily learn to recognise that question and to give an answer. But if they started asking me other things I wouldn't have a clue what they were on about Will the bouncers ask you much besides how many people you are? I don’t speak German but I could easily learn to recognise that question and to give an answer. But if they started asking me other things I wouldn’t have a clue what they were on about

]]> Comment on Clubbing Berlin – ‘Berghain’ Door Policy – How to get in – ‘OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ contributor Evo Lucian tells you how! by Marcus Wulffings http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/10/18/clubbing-berlin-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98berghain%e2%80%99-door-policy-how-to-get-in-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98ota-berlin-constituency-blog%e2%80%99-contributor-evo-lucien-tells-you-how/comment-page-1/#comment-46331 Marcus Wulffings Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:38:10 +0000 http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/?p=4827#comment-46331 Great club, however, at first I haven't succeeded to get in. Probably I didn't meet staff's conditions towards person's look and image. So I came the other day a bit earlier, about 8 o'clock and bingo I was in. Great club, however, at first I haven’t succeeded to get in. Probably I didn’t meet staff’s conditions towards person’s look and image. So I came the other day a bit earlier, about 8 o’clock and bingo I was in.

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