Berlin's techno club culture will be protected by UNESCO after being included on its list of intangible cultural heritage. There has been no closing time in Berlin clubs since 1949, when the Berlin Wall fell.

“Techno became the soundtrack of the spirit of optimism after reunification,” argued UNESCO when it declared this culture intangible heritage. Berlin is not the only place where techno culture originated. Its roots are in Detroit, Chicago and Belgium, but also in early electronic music genres such as electronic body music, synth -pop and new beat.