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Felix: The Flashiest and Richest Club in Berlin

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Felix: Home to the Rich and VIP

Felix
Behrenstrasse 72

You are either love Felix or you hate Felix. Most people who love Felix love it because they sit in the VIP area, surrounded by champagne and pretty, or pretty rich other guests. Most people who hate Felix hate it because the dance floor is always tighter to navigate than a mosh-pit, plus the drinks are very pricey. In other words: if you have money to burn, then by all means go to Felix. If, however, you don’t have the Geld for bottles of Sekt, then you are looking at a claustrophobia-inducing dance floor.

The music is popular house on most nights. Thursday’s theme is the After-Work Club, which starts early with lounge music and dinner if you like. This is catered to the over-30 crowd, and that is mainly who it draws.  On the top floor of regular nights, fashionably dressed older men circle around gazing down at dancers who either don’t notice them or don’t care. A large VIP area surrounds the small dance floor, and oodles of attractive twenty-something women in swanky dresses circle around. The lighting of the club is fabulous, as is the location right near Unter den Linden. A strict dress code applies for men, while for women it suffices to be at least reasonably attractive and well dressed.

If you like to lounge around and drink or chose to buy your way into the VIP area, then Felix is the place for you. If, however, you want a fun night dancing with your friends at an in-club, then better to go to Maxxim or Bangaluu, which have less crowded dance floors. As one frequent Felix partier put it “You can totally dance at Felix, you just have to wait until 5 a.m. when other people start leaving. From 5-6 a.m. the dance floor is awesome!”


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Maxxim – The Club of the Chic in Berlin

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Not Poor like Berlin, but Still Sexy

Maxxim
Joachimstaler Str. 15 – direct U-Bhf Ku’Damm

If you want to saunter into a club on a red carpet and sit at tables where guests drop 1000s of Euros a night on drinks, then Maxxim is hard to beat. An attractive, young, wealthy crowd is the heart of Maxxim, although there are plenty of older businessmen lurking around the sides of the dance floor. The best pure house you will consistently find in Berlin is here. The DJs almost never change, which is a very good thing. The VIP area is very large and is almost a party of its own, although it lacks the dynamic synergy of the main dance floor. The option to dance on pillars is one to be seriously considered, when the go-go dancers aren’t performing on them of course. Hands down the best Monday night party in Berlin, and always a safe bet for a weekend spree.

Be prepared to wait in line on the really popular nights if you are not on the guest list, but it is so worth it.  The bouncers at Maxxim are actually quite friendly, and have great memories for faces (so don’t get yourself thrown out or you will never get back in). Men MUST wear collared shirts and nice shoes to get in. Theme nights range from Wild Wild West to White Parties (the decorations and dancers wear all white, however not many of the guests follow suit). Either Friday or Saturday can be the ‘it’ night of the weekend at Maxxim, and one theme that is a sure bet for popularity is ‘Excessiva.’  However even if you don’t make it on the ‘it’ night, Maxxim is NEVER anything close to empty. It’s way too awesome for that. Remember that this is one of the four clubs Paris Hilton visited during her stay in Berlin in 2007.

Don’t deprive yourself of a visit to Maxxim, where you might walk away saying what many Berliner’s so ardently declare ‘Maxxim, mein zweites Zuhause’ or ‘Maxxim, my second home.’

Author: CA

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Bangaluu Club in Berlin – Where the Wild Things Go

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

The ridiculous, the outlandish, the in-your-face… Bangaluu

Bangaluu
Invalidenstr. 30

When Ali G decided to prank Berlin clubbers for his new movie, he chose Bangaluu. Not because of the white beds that bedeck the VIP area, not because the go-go dancers are absurd (ever seen a go-go dancer stapled to a cross who periodically climbs in and out of a coffin?) but just because… it’s Bangaluu!!! The dress policy isn’t overly strict and on most nights it’s easy to get in free if you know the password, about which you can ask anyone in line. The music varies from pure house to popular songs of all genres, and the crowd itself is rather diverse. Much less exclusive than a Dante or Maxxim, but just as exciting.

Bangaluu is especially suitable for large groups of non-German speakers, who will not face discrimination for being in a large group, nor for speaking English.  The club is quite spacious when the deck on the top floor and the middle floor are open. Bangaluu tends to be packed between 1 and 4 a.m. and has been known to have photographers from up to seven (!) different Berlin party websites all present at various stages of the night. Perfect for photo-op-whores.  There are also myriad places to dance on ledges and stairs for show-offs, which the go-go dancers all make their way to throughout the night, but which are otherwise great for scouting out the crowd.

Since Bangaluu is so easy to get into, you might run into your aunt or your little brother – there is no set crowd. However, bring a photocopy of your passport if you are not from the EU, as there is one bouncer who will sometimes refuse to accept US IDs when he is in a bad mood (which appears to be always).

Author: CA

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