Connection Club
Just south of Wittenbergplatz, the dance club Connection is known for heavy house music and lots of dark corners.
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Schöneberg, one of the prettiest areas of Berlin, is mostly residential, though the area around Nollendorfplatz has an abundance of bars and clubs—many of them catering to gay men. Historically, it was Berlin's gay neighborhood, though the city's newer, trendier gay bars are farther east in Kreuzberg and Neukölln. Today, you'll still find leather and fetish clubs as well as some of Berlin's best cocktail bars.
Just south of Wittenbergplatz, the dance club Connection is known for heavy house music and lots of dark corners.
A grown-up crowd focused on conversation and appreciating outstanding cocktails heads to Green Door, a Schöneberg classic (note that smoking is allowed). The decor is retro 1960s style, with gingham walls and floor lamps.
The stylish decor and the energetic crowd at Hafen make it a popular singles hangout.
Berlin's multiculti crowd frequents the Havanna Club, where you can dance to soul, R&B, or hip-hop on four different dance floors. The week's highlights are the wild salsa and merengue nights (Wednesday at 9 pm, Friday and Saturday at 10 pm). If your Latin steps are weak, come an hour early for a lesson. Friday and Saturday are "ladies free" nights until 11.
A drinking spot for people who love cigars, or a smoking room for people who love top-shelf alcohol, Lebensstern consistently wins awards, in and out of Germany, as one of the best bars in the world. If the floor-to-ceiling cases full of bottles make you dizzy, ask the bartenders for a recommendation: all are well-versed in the relative merits of rums and whiskeys.