Venue: KitKatClub
Town: Bezirk Mitte, DE

The KitKatClub is a nightclub in Berlin, opened in March 1994 by Austrian pornographic filmmaker Simon Thaur and his life partner Kirsten Krüger. It is a famously uninhibited nightclub known for its diverse crowd, open sexual expression, strict fetish dress code, and emphasis on music and dancing. Since its founding in 1994, Berlin's KitKatClub has moved locations multiple times, evolved from trance roots to a broad electronic music scene, launched a record label, adapted through the COVID-19 pandemic, and celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2024. It has inspired a new generation of open-minded, sex-positive parties worldwide, influencing venues like Budapest’s Ministry of Freedom, which models its dress code and sexual freedom ethos on it. The KitKatClub is known for its sexually uninhibited parties. Guests are allowed to engage in sexual intercourse openly at the venue. The motto of the club is "do what you want but stay in communication". Patrons are diverse, including heterosexuals and members of the LGBT+ community. A strict dress code is applied for entry at the door, often enforced by Kirsten Krüger herself during the "Carneball Bizarre Club Night" events, held on Saturdays, and requiring fetish, latex, leather, kinky, high style, and glamour. The venue consists of three dance floors and an outdoor area with a pool. It is decorated with ultra-violet light and fluorescent colour paintings by the Berlin-based painter Vigor Calma a.k.a. "Der Träumer" (the dreamer). Nowadays, the emphasis in the club is more on music and dancing than on sexual activities. The club has moved three times since its opening in 1994. It opened in Glogauer Straße in the Kreuzberg district in the former Turbine. In 1999 it moved to Neues Schauspielhaus at Nollendorfplatz, and in 2001 to another lot in the district Tempelhof (which became part of Schöneberg in 2000) in Bessemer Straße. At the beginning of July 2007, it moved to the SageClub in the Mitte district at Brückenstraße 1. When t