Locations
Around Nollendorfplatz you'll find some of Berlin's best-known queer venues: bars, fetish shops, restaurants, scene classics and places of remembrance. Many of them feature on the KiezTour — others you can keep exploring on your own afterwards.
The list below shows the venues that currently work with us. Some take part in every tour, others rotate depending on the date and group. If a place catches your eye, just ask your guide on the tour — they usually have a story to tell about it.
Toms Wurst
The smallest and youngest institution at Nollendorfplatz has become a popular currywurst place within a very short time. Small but mighty!
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Restaurant Elefant
Berlin's largest and most delicious schnitzel selection may well be found on this menu.
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Butcherei Lindinger
The top address for custom or fancy fetish clothing and related accessories.
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Der neue Oldtimer
The cozy oasis near the KaDeWe is a homely meeting place for young and mature and is also visited again and again by celebrities.
Eisenherz
Germany's only queer bookstore shows the incredibly diverse range of queer books and advises with heart and enthusiasm.
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Heile Welt
The cozy and homely cocktail bar is always a good start into the evening, night or weekend.
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BULL Berlin
The bar with darkened and soothed men's room at historic address is open around the clock. Simply Legendary!
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Vanille & Marille
The Berlin ice cream factory seduces visually and culinary with changing varieties always to a scoop more.
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Wagner Berlin
The extensive assortment of lingerie ranges from sexy to erotic to "simply horny" and is an absolute insider tip when something new is needed for the next visit to the club.
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Scheune
The popular bar with an international reputation in the fetish scene has its own gynecological chair and an unexpected piece of sports equipment.
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Dreizehn
The smallest bar on our tour has been a really great institution for over 40 years - cozy, homey, familiar.
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Denns BioMarkt
An organic market in legendary premises where stars came and went - still a central location in the neighborhood today.
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ATRIUM - Berlin
The largest dominatrix & bizarre studio in Berlin impresses with numerous stylish and well-equipped themed rooms, from rustic to temple to its own fetish clinic.
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Segunda Casa
The ‘Second Home’ is one of the newest venues in the neighborhood and a place for culture, events, and much more. But above all, it’s cozy.
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Tysk Berlin
Tysk Berlin is a young Berlin-based label for custom-made leather clothing and fetish accessories – stylish, high-quality, and unique.
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Mr.B
Mr. B is more than just a store – it's a stylish and welcoming space for anyone with a passion for fetish, fashion, and freedom. Whether it's leather, rubber, or refined accessories – everyone can find that special something here.
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House of Riegillio
MR. Riegillio blends fetish and street fashion into a bold, inclusive statement. Discover looks that empower and add a splash of color – now also in Berlin!
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Extrascharf Brillen + Kontaktlinsen
A popular provider for the queer neighborhood when it comes to “seeing better” and “looking better.” Extraordinary eyewear is their trademark, but you’ll also find contact lenses and sunglasses for everyone here. Legendary: the ever-changing and eye-catching window displays.
To websiteWhy the Nollendorf Quarter is full of queer places
Schöneberg has been a centre of queer life in Berlin for over a hundred years. As early as the late 19th century, the streets around Nollendorfplatz attracted people who didn't fit into the prim middle-class fabric of the city — artists, queer people, performers, intellectuals. In the 1920s, the quarter became internationally famous for its bars, cabarets and the visibility it offered. The Nazi regime destroyed almost all of that. From the late 1970s onwards, queer life slowly returned, and over the decades a dense network of bars, shops, cafés and meeting points grew back.
What sets the Nollendorf area apart from other queer-friendly neighbourhoods in Berlin is precisely this density. Within a few hundred metres along Motzstraße, Fuggerstraße, Eisenacher Straße and Nollendorfstraße you find leather and rubber stores, lesbian and gay bars, a long-standing bookshop, restaurants, a memorial plaque to the homosexual victims of National Socialism — and a lot of regular life going on around all of that.
Many places in the list above have been around for decades. Others are newer, but consciously continue what those places stood for: visibility, encounter, protection. That mix is what makes the quarter feel different on a Saturday night than, say, a comparable area in Kreuzberg or Neukölln.
See it live, not just on a map
Many places look like ordinary bars, shops or street corners at first glance. On the KiezTour, our drag queen guides explain why they matter for queer Berlin — and how the neighbourhood has changed over the decades. Bookings open every Thursday at 5:30 pm; English tours run on the first Thursday of each month.
