Tresor is where Berlin's techno myth was born, but Ostgut, a club founded in 1999 and known for unique parties and boundless freedoms, sexual and otherwise, is considered to have paved the way for Berghain.Īfter four short years, in 2003, the Ostgut club had to make way for a multipurpose arena. Set up in a building on Potsdamer Platz, then still a no man's land between the former East and West Berlin, partygoers entered a basement complete with the rusted lockers of the former Wertheim Bank, bars in front of the windows, relentless strobe lights and equally relentless beats.ĭebating with the Berghain bouncers like Sven Marquardt is pointless In the 1990s, a club that went by the name of Tresor was Berlin's most popular. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, old buildings in the former East Berlin, in particular, offered highly sought-after places to party to the soundtrack of the times, wild and sweaty techno house. The club is part of the city's techno club history, which began in basements and empty factory buildings in the early 1990s. Since 2004, party people from all over the world have flocked to what was once an East German heat and power plant. It is housed in a massive steel and concrete building, surrounded by a large property in Berlin's Friedrichshain district - a great party location because there are no direct neighbors. Berghain is one of the most famous clubs in the world.
