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house and disco. The classy retro interior is the work of the decorating team behind Berg-
hain/Panoramabar. It's also the new home of the GMF gay Sunday party.
CLUB
GOLDEN GATE
from midnight Thu-Sat;
Jannowitzbrücke)
If you yearn for the rough sound and aesthetics of '90s Berlin, you'll break into a sweaty
flashback at this small club in a crumbler beneath the Jannowitzbrücke train tracks. Dedic-
ated hedonists, dressed down for business, slam the dance floor for extended technofests
fuelled by (mostly) local DJs. Scary toilets, nice garden. Best time: Friday in the am.
ENTERTAINMENT
THEATRE
THEATERDISCOUNTER
030-2809 3062;
www.theaterdiscounter.de
;
Klosterstrasse 44;
Kloster-
strasse)
Now in permanent digs on the 2nd floor of the former East Berlin telephone exchange, this
indie troupe is a lab for contemporary plays that often push the thespian envelope. Plays
have minimal rehearsal times, a rapid turnover and tickets are cheap. Quality can be from
'what the…?' to 'awesome'.
SHOPPING
DEPARTMENT STORE
GALERIA KAUFHOF
030-247 430;
www.galeria-kaufhof.de
;
Alexanderplatz 9;
9.30am-8pm
Mon-Wed, to 10pm Thu-Sat; Alexanderplatz, Alexanderplatz)
A total renovation by the late John P Kleihues turned this former GDR-era department store
into a retail cube fit for the 21st century, complete with a glass-domed light court and a
sleek travertine skin that glows green at night. There's little you won't find on the five
football-field-size floors, including a gourmet supermarket on the ground floor.
GIFTS, SOUVENIRS
AUSBERLIN
030-4199 7896;
www.ausberlin.de
; Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 17;
10am-8pm Mon-Sat;
100, 200,
Alexanderplatz,
Alexanderplatz)
