Clubbing Tourist Traps - Berlin Nightlife

There's a few clubs in Berlin that are overrun by tourists. Everyone seeking a true Berlin clubbing experience should avoid them.

[MrPhiltri]

As a Berliner I have to say that this is a bit pretentious. Except the thing about the matrix. That's totally true.

[glaswasser]

As long as people are genuinely interested in the music and fit in the "scene", I don't care whether it's tourists or not.

[Twenneful]

I don't agree on Tresor. They had quite a strict door policy when I went there in 2017 and had an amazing time. However, on the Matrix you are quite right.

[smashedmouse]

It seems like you don't like having tourists in your clubs. I think most people watching this video won't be from Berlin, so would it not serve your purpose better to promote these clubs and funnel all the tourists into them?

[tommekhh]

well watergate is after berghain the best club in berlin (especially the waterfloor)! no matter how many tourists is there. it is about the music. open your mind. we are at the end all tourists somewhere.

[Kugelschrei]

About Blank ist super. Im Sommer morgens um 8 ganz verstrahlt Tischtennis mit irgendwem spielen ist der Hammer.

[KarolyHeinrich]

About watergate. I had just great parties there. No place to chill? Is that terrace above the water is a joke for you?

[buffkapital]

As a former club goer from Smartbar in Chicago. We always welcomed people who were from out of town. We met so many people from all over the world.

[garrygalloway]

If you follow the DJ and not the venue, then you will be fine.

[samiacury]

I confess that I have great difficulty in understanding how many people support these policies of entry into clubs that are totally arbitrary - and often even prejudiced - even more so in a city where most residents love to talk about "integration" and take a stand against any prejudice. I also can't understand your criteria in finding it bad that clubs simply let customers who are in the mood to enjoy the place just walk in and enjoy it. I mean, I wonder how arrogant a person can be to think they're good enough to be in a place and think it's bad that the establishment is open "to anyone".

[alteskarmuffel]

You are talking about Techno clubs... Everyone should get the Chance to get in. This is what techno is all about, that erverybody and I mean erverybody can be who ever she/he wants to be. So you're the snobbiest Person and the last one who should get into those Clubs. Sorry man

[manyingzhang]

I've never seen a Chinese girl in a club with a flash on, this kind of discriminatory and racist language makes people feel very uncomfortable👎

[losh_mi]

I love how he openly has an issue with Chinese people 😂😂😂😂

[jimboblivesforever]

Us Berliners are, for some reason, quite snobbish about tourists in nightlife. Which is strange to me, because, well, they spend money here, and that's a good thing, isn't it? Sure, some are annoying, but so are lots of Berliners.
On top of that, those that complain the loudest are usually the ones that only moved here a few years ago themselves. Also, there's so many expats here that you could hardly ever tell who is a tourist and who isn't.
And playing the "no door policy" card is, quite frankly, ignorant of Berlin's clubbing history. It doesn't help anyway. Berghain still has one of the strictest doors in Berlin (frankly, well past it's heyday and hugely overrated), and lots of tourists get in as well. It'd worry me if the door policy was "Berliner or not", to be honest.
I fully agree that Tresor is boring and Matrix is crap, although that's hardly a tourist problem.

[matis]

A relaxed door policy is better I think. It's stupid when bouncers don't let you in because they don't like the way you "show yourself" or whatever.

[BOBofGH]

Matrix is sort of a running joke at this point. If a friend says they went to Matrix, it was for a laugh.

://About Blank is actually really cool, especially in the summer. And it has two dance floors so there's always something good.

[anvesh]

Tresor ain't so bad, Watergate I agree with, suicide circus I was curious about but now I know nothing missed out by skipping it. I find club der visionnaire quite nice / cool

[misougami]

0:36 "with her fleshlight"? That's gross

[jdj]

I also never understood why Watergate is so renowned. It's a room with a cool led ceiling. That's it

[kaimar]

Bin zwar kein Berliner aber hatte unglaublich viel Spass im About Blank. Moodymann live (outdoor) zu sehen war super :D