Berlin

The city, and why it suited this music. Not a birth: UFO was running in the West from 1988 and Frankfurt had a techno club from 1984. What the Wall's fall supplied was space, a vacant middle of a city with power still connected and nobody clearly holding the deeds. Mitte and Friedrichshain, the vault, the power station, the squats, the river, Hard Wax, and the closures and rent rises that keep taking rooms back. In March 2024 "Techno Culture in Berlin" was added to Germany's national inventory of intangible cultural heritage, administered by the German UNESCO Commission, which is not the same as UNESCO's international list however the headlines ran it.

Part of Techno

100 moments in this segment.

1. 1989 - The Berlin Wall Falls - 1989 | Today in History | 9 Nov 16. The Berlin Wall falls, from the Associated Press archive.
2. 1989 - Last Days of East Berlin - Archive Documentary Livestream (1989-1990). An archive documentary on the last days of East Berlin, 1989 to 1990.
3. 1989 - The Fall of the Berlin Wall - 1989. Associated Press footage of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
4. 1989 - The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall: Celebrations on the Wall. Celebrations on the Wall, from the Imperial War Museums.
5. 1989 - The Fall of the Berlin Wall | Rare and Unseen Footage from 1989. Rare and unseen footage of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
6. 1989 - Raw Footage of East Berlin the Day Before the Wall Fell (1989). Raw footage of East Berlin the day before the Wall fell in 1989.
7. 1989 - East Berlin 1989 | Tense Protest Footage at Checkpoint Charlie and Berlin Wall. Protest footage from East Berlin in 1989 at Checkpoint Charlie and the Wall.
8. 1989 - Fall of the Berlin Wall Footage - East Berliners Make First Visit to West Berlin (1989). East Berliners crossing into West Berlin for the first time, 1989.
9. 1989 - 1989 East Berlin Fall Of the Wall, Celebration. Celebrations in East Berlin at the fall of the Wall, 1989.
10. 1989 - Nov. 10, 1989: Celebration at the Berlin Wall. Celebration at the Berlin Wall, 10 November 1989.
11. 1989 - Nov. 9, 1989: The Berlin Wall Falls. News coverage of 9 November 1989, the night the Wall opened.
12. 1989 - On the Air Over There American Forces Network Europe Coverage Fall of the Berlin Wall Germany 1989. American Forces Network Europe coverage of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
13. 1989 - Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989 | Stock Footage. Stock footage of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
14. 1989 - 0571 1989 BERLIN Mauer (1 december) (14122019158). Berlin techno did not begin with the Wall. UFO opened in 1988 in West Berlin, before the Wall fell, and Frankfurt's Technoclub dates to 1984. What the Wall's fall supplied was space: ownerless buildings, unclear property titles and a vacuum of licensing authority in the former East.
15. 1989 - 0595 1989 Berlin Mauer (28 dec) (14121968048). Berlin techno did not begin with the Wall. UFO opened in 1988 in West Berlin, before the Wall fell, and Frankfurt's Technoclub dates to 1984. What the Wall's fall supplied was space: ownerless buildings, unclear property titles and a vacuum of licensing authority in the former East.
16. 1989 - 0618 1989 Berlin Mauer (28 dec) (14122161677). Berlin techno did not begin with the Wall. UFO opened in 1988 in West Berlin, before the Wall fell, and Frankfurt's Technoclub dates to 1984. What the Wall's fall supplied was space: ownerless buildings, unclear property titles and a vacuum of licensing authority in the former East.
17. 1989 - Berlin 1989, Fall der Mauer, Chute du mur 20. Berlin techno did not begin with the Wall. UFO opened in 1988 in West Berlin, before the Wall fell, and Frankfurt's Technoclub dates to 1984. What the Wall's fall supplied was space: ownerless buildings, unclear property titles and a vacuum of licensing authority in the former East.
18. 1989 - Berlin 1989, Fall der Mauer, Chute du mur 21. Berlin techno did not begin with the Wall. UFO opened in 1988 in West Berlin, before the Wall fell, and Frankfurt's Technoclub dates to 1984. What the Wall's fall supplied was space: ownerless buildings, unclear property titles and a vacuum of licensing authority in the former East.
19. 1989 - Berlin 1989, Fall der Mauer, Chute du mur 25. Berlin techno did not begin with the Wall. UFO opened in 1988 in West Berlin, before the Wall fell, and Frankfurt's Technoclub dates to 1984. What the Wall's fall supplied was space: ownerless buildings, unclear property titles and a vacuum of licensing authority in the former East.
20. 1990 - Berlin 1990 und 2010: Potsdamer Platz | 20 Jahre Deutsche Einheit. Potsdamer Platz in 1990 and in 2010. The wasteland at the centre of the city is the physical fact behind the clubs that filled it.
21. 1990 - Berlin Wall, colorful Fortepan 92876. Berlin techno did not begin with the Wall. UFO opened in 1988 in West Berlin, before the Wall fell, and Frankfurt's Technoclub dates to 1984. What the Wall's fall supplied was space: ownerless buildings, unclear property titles and a vacuum of licensing authority in the former East.
22. 1990 - Berlin, Berliner Mauer -- um 1990 -- 3. Berlin techno did not begin with the Wall. UFO opened in 1988 in West Berlin, before the Wall fell, and Frankfurt's Technoclub dates to 1984. What the Wall's fall supplied was space: ownerless buildings, unclear property titles and a vacuum of licensing authority in the former East.
23. 1990 - Berlin, Berliner Mauer -- um 1990 -- 4. Berlin techno did not begin with the Wall. UFO opened in 1988 in West Berlin, before the Wall fell, and Frankfurt's Technoclub dates to 1984. What the Wall's fall supplied was space: ownerless buildings, unclear property titles and a vacuum of licensing authority in the former East.
24. 1990 - Berlin, Berliner Mauer -- um 1990 -- 5. Berlin techno did not begin with the Wall. UFO opened in 1988 in West Berlin, before the Wall fell, and Frankfurt's Technoclub dates to 1984. What the Wall's fall supplied was space: ownerless buildings, unclear property titles and a vacuum of licensing authority in the former East.
25. 1991 - Berlin wasteland former entrance Führerbunker 1991. Berlin wasteland at the former entrance to the Fuehrerbunker, filmed in 1991.
26. 1992 - Sven Väth | Lost in Music Techno Doku (1992) Love Train von Frankfurt zur Love Parade Berlin. Lost in Music, a 1992 documentary following the Love Train from Frankfurt to the Berlin Love Parade with Sven Vaeth.
27. 1993 - Technocity Berlin 1993 Doku full version. Technocity Berlin, a documentary shot in 1993 when the city's scene was three years old.
28. 1994 - Westbam Interview uncut 1994. An uncut Westbam interview recorded in 1994.
29. 1999 - Westbam (Interview) 1999 | RTL II Exklusiv. Westbam interviewed on RTL II in 1999.
30. 2003 - WESTBAM Interview 2003. Westbam interviewed in 2003.
31. 2004 - Tanith - Live at Maria am Ostbahnhof, Berlin (2004). Tanith live at Maria am Ostbahnhof, Berlin, in 2004.
32. 2008 - Tresor. 1991 in the vaults of the former Wertheim department store on Leipziger Strasse in Mitte. Tresor means vault or safe, and the vault is the actual building rather than folklore. It closed at the original site on 16 April 2005 and reopened on 24 May 2007 in the decommissioned southern tract of the Heizkraftwerk Berlin-Mitte.
33. 2008 - Tresor. 1991 in the vaults of the former Wertheim department store on Leipziger Strasse in Mitte. Tresor means vault or safe, and the vault is the actual building rather than folklore. It closed at the original site on 16 April 2005 and reopened on 24 May 2007 in the decommissioned southern tract of the Heizkraftwerk Berlin-Mitte.
34. 2009 - 0011Moebeltresor. Tresor was founded in March 1991 in the vaults of the former Wertheim department store on Leipziger Strasse in Mitte. Tresor means vault or safe, and the vault is the actual building rather than folklore. It closed at the original site on 16 April 2005 and reopened on 24 May 2007 in the decommissioned southern tract of the Heizkraftwerk Berlin-Mitte.
35. 2009 - Tresor Berlin R.I.P.. Tresor was founded in March 1991 in the vaults of the former Wertheim department store on Leipziger Strasse in Mitte. Tresor means vault or safe, and the vault is the actual building rather than folklore. It closed at the original site on 16 April 2005 and reopened on 24 May 2007 in the decommissioned southern tract of the Heizkraftwerk Berlin-Mitte.
36. 2009-09-01 - 3/6 Interview: Techno 1995-2003 mit Tanith und Wolle XDP. Tanith and Wolle XDP on techno between 1995 and 2003, part three.
37. 2009-09-01 - 1/6 Interview: Techno 1995-2003 mit Tanith und Wolle XDP. Tanith and Wolle XDP on techno between 1995 and 2003, part one. Tanith belongs to the West Berlin DJ cohort whose UFO party locations were announced on the Radio Mars dance show.
38. 2009-09-01 - 4/6 Interview: Techno 1995-2003 mit Tanith und Wolle XDP. Tanith and Wolle XDP on techno between 1995 and 2003, part four.
39. 2009-09-01 - 2/6 Interview: Techno 1995-2003 mit Tanith und Wolle XDP. Tanith and Wolle XDP on techno between 1995 and 2003, part two.
40. 2010-01-11 - WE CALL IT TECHNO! Documentary Trailer. The trailer for We Call It Techno.
41. 2010 - Berghain Berlin Logo T-Shirt. Berghain opened in 2004, following Ostgut in 1998, in a former power station in Friedrichshain. No photography is an enforced house rule with camera stickers at the door, so almost no legitimate interior imagery exists at all, let alone free imagery. The exteriors are what the record holds.
42. 2011-05-19 - Westbam Exklusiv Studio Interview für BerlinTechnoClub - Berlin Summer Rave 2011. A Westbam studio interview recorded in Berlin in 2011.
43. 2011 - Nach dem Fall der Berliner Mauer 1990 Lichtenrade Winkel - panoramio. Berlin techno did not begin with the Wall. UFO opened in 1988 in West Berlin, before the Wall fell, and Frankfurt's Technoclub dates to 1984. What the Wall's fall supplied was space: ownerless buildings, unclear property titles and a vacuum of licensing authority in the former East.
44. 2012 - Berghain Berlin Facade Trees. Berghain opened in 2004, following Ostgut in 1998, in a former power station in Friedrichshain. No photography is an enforced house rule with camera stickers at the door, so almost no legitimate interior imagery exists at all, let alone free imagery. The exteriors are what the record holds.
45. 2012 - DTM at Tresor 2012. Tresor was founded in March 1991 in the vaults of the former Wertheim department store on Leipziger Strasse in Mitte. Tresor means vault or safe, and the vault is the actual building rather than folklore. It closed at the original site on 16 April 2005 and reopened on 24 May 2007 in the decommissioned southern tract of the Heizkraftwerk Berlin-Mitte.
46. 2012 - Random German guy in Tacheles-2. Kunsthaus Tacheles in Berlin Mitte, one of the occupied buildings of the 1990s. The vacuum of licensing authority and unclear property titles in the former East is what made this kind of use possible, and it is the real mechanism behind the Berlin story.
47. 2012 - Tacheles Entrance. Kunsthaus Tacheles in Berlin Mitte, one of the occupied buildings of the 1990s. The vacuum of licensing authority and unclear property titles in the former East is what made this kind of use possible, and it is the real mechanism behind the Berlin story.
48. 2012 - Tacheles Graffiti Door. Kunsthaus Tacheles in Berlin Mitte, one of the occupied buildings of the 1990s. The vacuum of licensing authority and unclear property titles in the former East is what made this kind of use possible, and it is the real mechanism behind the Berlin story.
49. 2012 - Tacheles, Berlin. Kunsthaus Tacheles in Berlin Mitte, one of the occupied buildings of the 1990s. The vacuum of licensing authority and unclear property titles in the former East is what made this kind of use possible, and it is the real mechanism behind the Berlin story.
50. 2012 - Suicide Circus Nightclub Berlin. A Berlin club. In March 2024 techno culture in Berlin was added to Germany's national inventory of intangible cultural heritage, administered by the German UNESCO Commission. It is not on UNESCO's international list. The application came from Rave the Planet, an interested party.
51. 2012 - Suicide Circus Nightclub Berlin Posters. A Berlin club. In March 2024 techno culture in Berlin was added to Germany's national inventory of intangible cultural heritage, administered by the German UNESCO Commission. It is not on UNESCO's international list. The application came from Rave the Planet, an interested party.
52. 2013 - Tresor-compilation3 1995-05. Tresor was founded in March 1991 in the vaults of the former Wertheim department store on Leipziger Strasse in Mitte. Tresor means vault or safe, and the vault is the actual building rather than folklore. It closed at the original site on 16 April 2005 and reopened on 24 May 2007 in the decommissioned southern tract of the Heizkraftwerk Berlin-Mitte.
53. 2013 - Tresor-1996-04. Tresor was founded in March 1991 in the vaults of the former Wertheim department store on Leipziger Strasse in Mitte. Tresor means vault or safe, and the vault is the actual building rather than folklore. It closed at the original site on 16 April 2005 and reopened on 24 May 2007 in the decommissioned southern tract of the Heizkraftwerk Berlin-Mitte.
54. 2013 - Tresor-1995-12. Tresor was founded in March 1991 in the vaults of the former Wertheim department store on Leipziger Strasse in Mitte. Tresor means vault or safe, and the vault is the actual building rather than folklore. It closed at the original site on 16 April 2005 and reopened on 24 May 2007 in the decommissioned southern tract of the Heizkraftwerk Berlin-Mitte.
55. 2013 - Globus / Tresor / Berlin. Tresor was founded in March 1991 in the vaults of the former Wertheim department store on Leipziger Strasse in Mitte. Tresor means vault or safe, and the vault is the actual building rather than folklore. It closed at the original site on 16 April 2005 and reopened on 24 May 2007 in the decommissioned southern tract of the Heizkraftwerk Berlin-Mitte.
56. 2013-10-13 - Talk mit DJ Westbam | Typisch deutsch. The German language version of the Westbam interview for Deutsche Welle.
57. 2013-10-15 - Talk with Celebrity DJ Westbam | Talking Germany. Westbam interviewed at length on Deutsche Welle. Maximilian Lenz, who works as Westbam, has been active since the mid 1980s and belongs to the pre-Wall West Berlin cohort documented via the Radio Mars show.
58. 2014 - Graffiti am Kunsthaus Tacheles. Kunsthaus Tacheles in Berlin Mitte, one of the occupied buildings of the 1990s. The vacuum of licensing authority and unclear property titles in the former East is what made this kind of use possible, and it is the real mechanism behind the Berlin story.
59. 2014 - Graffiti und Schrift am Kunsthaus Tacheles. Kunsthaus Tacheles in Berlin Mitte, one of the occupied buildings of the 1990s. The vacuum of licensing authority and unclear property titles in the former East is what made this kind of use possible, and it is the real mechanism behind the Berlin story.
60. 2014-11-21 - The Berlin Wall: A stroke of fate that changed history | Focus on Europe. Deutsche Welle on the Berlin Wall as a turning point.
61. 2016 - Alarme-Festival Konzert 2016 Berghain. Berghain opened in 2004, following Ostgut in 1998, in a former power station in Friedrichshain. No photography is an enforced house rule with camera stickers at the door, so almost no legitimate interior imagery exists at all, let alone free imagery. The exteriors are what the record holds.
62. 2016 - Suicide Circus Nightclub Berlin Wall. Berlin techno did not begin with the Wall. UFO opened in 1988 in West Berlin, before the Wall fell, and Frankfurt's Technoclub dates to 1984. What the Wall's fall supplied was space: ownerless buildings, unclear property titles and a vacuum of licensing authority in the former East.
63. 2016 - Berlin - Kunsthaus Tacheles. Kunsthaus Tacheles in Berlin Mitte, one of the occupied buildings of the 1990s. The vacuum of licensing authority and unclear property titles in the former East is what made this kind of use possible, and it is the real mechanism behind the Berlin story.
64. 2016 - Berlin-Kunsthaus Tacheles-22-2016-gje. Kunsthaus Tacheles in Berlin Mitte, one of the occupied buildings of the 1990s. The vacuum of licensing authority and unclear property titles in the former East is what made this kind of use possible, and it is the real mechanism behind the Berlin story.
65. 2016 - Berlin-Kunsthaus Tacheles-24-2016-gje. Kunsthaus Tacheles in Berlin Mitte, one of the occupied buildings of the 1990s. The vacuum of licensing authority and unclear property titles in the former East is what made this kind of use possible, and it is the real mechanism behind the Berlin story.
66. 2016 - Berlin-Kunsthaus Tacheles-28-2016-gje. Kunsthaus Tacheles in Berlin Mitte, one of the occupied buildings of the 1990s. The vacuum of licensing authority and unclear property titles in the former East is what made this kind of use possible, and it is the real mechanism behind the Berlin story.
67. 2017-01-13 - German reunification – a short history | DW Documentary. A short history of German reunification from Deutsche Welle.
68. 2017 - Berghain Berlin Entrance. Berghain opened in 2004, following Ostgut in 1998, in a former power station in Friedrichshain. No photography is an enforced house rule with camera stickers at the door, so almost no legitimate interior imagery exists at all, let alone free imagery. The exteriors are what the record holds.
69. 2017 - Berghain Berlin Entrance Queue Area. Berghain opened in 2004, following Ostgut in 1998, in a former power station in Friedrichshain. No photography is an enforced house rule with camera stickers at the door, so almost no legitimate interior imagery exists at all, let alone free imagery. The exteriors are what the record holds.
70. 2017-07-21 - Berlin's Longest Running DJ on the Birth of Techno in 1989. 's fall did not start Berlin techno: UFO opened in 1988 in West Berlin and Frankfurt's Technoclub in 1984. What 1989 supplied was space, in ownerless buildings with unclear property titles and no licensing authority in the former East.
71. 2017-12-19 - WE CALL IT TECHNO! A documentary about Germany’s early Techno scene and culture
72. 2018 - Berghain Berlin Fence. Berghain opened in 2004, following Ostgut in 1998, in a former power station in Friedrichshain. No photography is an enforced house rule with camera stickers at the door, so almost no legitimate interior imagery exists at all, let alone free imagery. The exteriors are what the record holds.
73. 2018 - Berghain Berlin Winter Lights. Berghain opened in 2004, following Ostgut in 1998, in a former power station in Friedrichshain. No photography is an enforced house rule with camera stickers at the door, so almost no legitimate interior imagery exists at all, let alone free imagery. The exteriors are what the record holds.
74. 2019-12-06 - House Music, Techno Music, DJs and Raves in the 1990s. - Documentary on History of How it Started. A documentary on house, techno, DJs and raves in the 1990s.
75. 2020 - Tresor.313 flyer. Tresor was founded in March 1991 in the vaults of the former Wertheim department store on Leipziger Strasse in Mitte. Tresor means vault or safe, and the vault is the actual building rather than folklore. It closed at the original site on 16 April 2005 and reopened on 24 May 2007 in the decommissioned southern tract of the Heizkraftwerk Berlin-Mitte.
76. 2020-10-12 - “German Unification 1990 – Retrospective and Outlook after 30 Years” | Berlin Talks. A university panel on German unification thirty years on.
77. 2020-12-25 - INTERVIEW: Instant Moments… with Westbam. Westbam interviewed by Rave The Planet.
78. 2021-01-28 - SMALL TALKS - STUDIO BERLIN: A studio visit with Raphaela Vogel. A studio visit with Raphaela Vogel from the Studio Berlin project, when the club was an exhibition hall.
79. 2021-02-23 - SMALL TALKS - STUDIO BERLIN: A walk through Berlin with Jimmy Robert. A walk through Berlin with the artist Jimmy Robert, filmed around the Studio Berlin exhibition. Berghain closed in March 2020, reopened as an art space that September, and resumed club operation in October 2021.
80. 2021 - Berghain IMG 0627. Berghain opened in 2004, following Ostgut in 1998, in a former power station in Friedrichshain. No photography is an enforced house rule with camera stickers at the door, so almost no legitimate interior imagery exists at all, let alone free imagery. The exteriors are what the record holds.
81. 2021-08-11 - The Stasi and the Berlin Wall | DW Documentary. The Stasi and the Berlin Wall, a Deutsche Welle documentary.
82. 2021-11-13 - Techno Culture in Berlin // Film on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Application. Rave the Planet's own film supporting the application for Techno Culture in Berlin. The listing was granted on 13 March 2024, onto Germany's national inventory of intangible cultural heritage administered by the German UNESCO Commission, and not onto UNESCO's international Representative List. Rave the Planet gGmbH filed the application in November 2022 and is an interested party.
83. 2022 - Sisyphos Nightclub Berlin. A Berlin club. In March 2024 techno culture in Berlin was added to Germany's national inventory of intangible cultural heritage, administered by the German UNESCO Commission. It is not on UNESCO's international list. The application came from Rave the Planet, an interested party.
84. 2022 - Sisyphos hauptstr-15 lichtenberg 2022-08-14. A Berlin club. In March 2024 techno culture in Berlin was added to Germany's national inventory of intangible cultural heritage, administered by the German UNESCO Commission. It is not on UNESCO's international list. The application came from Rave the Planet, an interested party.
85. 2022 - Sisyphos eingang 2022-08-14. A Berlin club. In March 2024 techno culture in Berlin was added to Germany's national inventory of intangible cultural heritage, administered by the German UNESCO Commission. It is not on UNESCO's international list. The application came from Rave the Planet, an interested party.
86. 2022 - Sisyphos Nightclub Berlin April 2022. A Berlin club. In March 2024 techno culture in Berlin was added to Germany's national inventory of intangible cultural heritage, administered by the German UNESCO Commission. It is not on UNESCO's international list. The application came from Rave the Planet, an interested party.
87. 2023 - Berghain in Berlin (2023). Berghain opened in 2004, following Ostgut in 1998, in a former power station in Friedrichshain. No photography is an enforced house rule with camera stickers at the door, so almost no legitimate interior imagery exists at all, let alone free imagery. The exteriors are what the record holds.
88. 2023-11-03 - Wie Techno groß wurde | DW Doku Deutsch. A Deutsche Welle documentary on how techno grew large.
89. 2023-12-22 - Wie Techno in die Zukunft wirkt | DW Doku Deutsch. A Deutsche Welle documentary on where techno goes next.
90. 2024-03-08 - The Untold History Of Hard Techno (Early Detroit + 1990-1999). A history of hard techno running from early Detroit through the 1990s.
91. 2024 - 2024-08-08-Heizkraftwerk-Friedrichshain-Berghain-Eingang. Berghain opened in 2004, following Ostgut in 1998, in a former power station in Friedrichshain. No photography is an enforced house rule with camera stickers at the door, so almost no legitimate interior imagery exists at all, let alone free imagery. The exteriors are what the record holds.
92. 2024 - 2024-08-08-Heizkraftwerk-Friedrichshain-Ruedersdorfer-Str-Berghain. Berghain opened in 2004, following Ostgut in 1998, in a former power station in Friedrichshain. No photography is an enforced house rule with camera stickers at the door, so almost no legitimate interior imagery exists at all, let alone free imagery. The exteriors are what the record holds.
93. 2024 - 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall event 2024-11-09 01. Berlin techno did not begin with the Wall. UFO opened in 1988 in West Berlin, before the Wall fell, and Frankfurt's Technoclub dates to 1984. What the Wall's fall supplied was space: ownerless buildings, unclear property titles and a vacuum of licensing authority in the former East.
94. 2024 - 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall event 2024-11-09 02. Berlin techno did not begin with the Wall. UFO opened in 1988 in West Berlin, before the Wall fell, and Frankfurt's Technoclub dates to 1984. What the Wall's fall supplied was space: ownerless buildings, unclear property titles and a vacuum of licensing authority in the former East.
95. 2024 - 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall event 2024-11-09 03. Berlin techno did not begin with the Wall. UFO opened in 1988 in West Berlin, before the Wall fell, and Frankfurt's Technoclub dates to 1984. What the Wall's fall supplied was space: ownerless buildings, unclear property titles and a vacuum of licensing authority in the former East.
96. 2024 - 35 Jahre Mauerfall 002. Berlin techno did not begin with the Wall. UFO opened in 1988 in West Berlin, before the Wall fell, and Frankfurt's Technoclub dates to 1984. What the Wall's fall supplied was space: ownerless buildings, unclear property titles and a vacuum of licensing authority in the former East.
97. 2024 - 35 Jahre Mauerfall 003. Berlin techno did not begin with the Wall. UFO opened in 1988 in West Berlin, before the Wall fell, and Frankfurt's Technoclub dates to 1984. What the Wall's fall supplied was space: ownerless buildings, unclear property titles and a vacuum of licensing authority in the former East.
98. 2024 - 35 Jahre Mauerfall 004. Berlin techno did not begin with the Wall. UFO opened in 1988 in West Berlin, before the Wall fell, and Frankfurt's Technoclub dates to 1984. What the Wall's fall supplied was space: ownerless buildings, unclear property titles and a vacuum of licensing authority in the former East.
99. 2025 - 1 Berlin Berghain NYE 04. Berghain opened in 2004, following Ostgut in 1998, in a former power station in Friedrichshain. No photography is an enforced house rule with camera stickers at the door, so almost no legitimate interior imagery exists at all, let alone free imagery. The exteriors are what the record holds.
100. 2026-02-18 - Stasi Files: Inside East Germany’s Secret Police | FULL DOCUMENTARY. A documentary on the Stasi files and East German secret policing, the state apparatus that ended a few months before the first Berlin techno clubs opened in the East.