In Berlin, the uncertain future of Berghain, the temple of techno

In recent months and with the gradual lifting of health restrictions in Germany, many Berlin clubs have reopened their doors to party animals.

However, the best known of all, the Berghain, remains closed.

Dated May 5, 2020 and broadcast by German magazine

, Berghain's annual tax report did not convey good news.

The sustainability of the club is threatened if health measures force party areas to remain closed until the end of 2021. The magazine then quoted a passage from this report: “

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But what will become of him?

For the moment, the club's only insurance is to own its own walls and thus enjoy the privileged status of a cultural institution.

If the Berghain association is trying to keep the building alive, in particular through a giant exhibition but also through evenings organized in the outdoor club gardens during the summer, its future remains uncertain.

Mecca of techno

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A veritable temple of freedom, the Berghain has attracted fans of techno and electro music since 2004. At the crossroads of the districts of KreuzBERG and FriedrichsHAIN, historically separated by the Berlin Wall, the club has written its own mythology, like a real music machine. fantasies.

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Tomorrow is the whole question. This is the message proclaimed by the banner suspended on the building since December 29, 2020. The work, a little faded, had been put in place at the time of the

exhibition

, which had hosted a hundred local artists . At the initiative of the Berghain association and the Boros Foundation, the exhibition took place in the entire building between September 4, 2020 and August 29, 2021. Known for being the city where thousands of artists converge in search of inspiration, it was not surprising that the exhibition brought together photography, sculpture, painting, video, sound, performance and installation.

From July 9 until the end of August, the club had opened its outdoor spaces and offered an outdoor dance floor with a DJ program every weekend. However, several conditions had to be met in order for entry to the gardens to be permitted. Anyone wishing to go dancing to the rhythm of the club's residents' turntables was forced to present a valid health pass, wear a mask in all areas and, of course, that the sun be in the game.