

The GI discos fused different genres: club music, jazz-funk, rock and roll, soul. Contribute your video, pictures and stories, and browse news, reviews and creations submitted by others. Cheering up the Cold War drab, a club scene for American troops developed in West Berlin in the late 70s and 80s.

GuardianWitness is the home of user-generated content on the Guardian.Alternatively you can tweet your photos at Please note we will not publish any photos submitted from inside the club. If you have any before and after photos we’d love to see them too, upload your contributions using the blue buttons on this article. Do you have a tribute for the club? Has it inspired you? Or maybe you just want to share a story of a great night out. If you’ve visited over the past 10 years we want to hear from you. The club’s no-photos inside policy is also vehemently enforced, with bouncers known to confiscate cameras or eject clubbers who flaunt the rules.īerghain is a place of mystery, discovery but beyond all, a place for a really good party.
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Numerous journalists have written guidance on how to get in, but some would argue that the uncertainty is part of the magic. Marquardt and his team are famous for their strict door policy, and are known to turn punters away with a shake of the head, often after they’ve spent hours in the queue. The clubs lead bouncer Sven Marquardt has made no secret of how difficult and non-specific the credentials are, stating that anyone from a suited-up lawyer to 'guys in masks' could be right, but.
