Published
Wed, May 11, 2022, 11:00
- Featuring Bunker, Cookies, WMF and dozens more, ClubHistory is a collaboration with Berlin Clubcommission.
The berlinHistory app and Berlin Clubcommission have collaborated on a new project called ClubHistory, documenting more than 80 closed venues.
Available now, ClubHistory tells the story of iconic dance music clubs like WMF, Cookies, UFO and Planet, as well as Latin spots, punk bars and more. There's a map showing where all the venues once stood, plus information on the city's queer history and the devastating role of gentrification.
"Berlin's closed clubs bear witness to the continually changing city," Clubcommission's Daniel Jakobson writes in the app. "They document political developments like the split into East and West Berlin, which brought up very different club cultures on both sides of the Wall. They stand for the ever-changing zeitgeist and symbolise societal change like the gay liberation movement of the '70s, to which we owe many important locations of the Berlin club culture today."
According to Jakobson, ClubHistory's 80-plus venues are only a fraction of the total number—roughly 500—that have closed since the Berlin Wall was built in 1961.
If you can't find your favourite old haunt, ClubHistory also includes the option to add a venue. Download the app now via the App Store or Google Play.