Spartacus Berlin Gay Guide 2014 (English Edition) E-Book

Briand Bedford

• Herausgeber: Bruno Gmünder Verlag
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 142

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Beschreibung

Since 1981 our gay guide "Berlin von hinten" has enjoyed immense popularity in the gay scene. Since the beginning our guide has more and more international readers. Berlin is becoming more international and attracts young people from around the world. To adapt to this trend, we have come up with a new title. The new name is the Spartacus Berlin Gay Guide. In this guide we list the reasons why a visit to Berlin is so important. Sex, events, culture, sights, shopping - this abundance in Germany is only possible in the capital city. There is also a list of address from businesses and locations that are worth a visit. There are also local maps which help the reader find his way round this metropolis. Useful information for overnight accommodation, tourist information, the public S + U network maps, gay press, physicians etc is found at the back of this guide.

Leseprobe

Vorwort

2014 is for several reasons a historically important year for Berlin and Germany. 100 years ago the 1st World War started and 25 years ago the Berliner Wall came down and East and west Germany were unified shortly after this. As a result of the reunification many laws were renewed or rewritten. Without the reunification homosexual sex would have remained a punishable act. The paragraph 175 was revoked in 1994. Homosexuality is as a result legal in Germany and has been so for over 20 years.

Our Berlin travel guide gained in popularity in the gay scene long before the abolishment of paragraph 175. The changes to the gay scene listed in our Spartacus Berlin Gay Guide offers our readers a better overview and reference points at a glance.

New in this issue is a list of the top 5 locations in the various gay hot spots of the city. In addition, we list an overview of the best times and hottest gay in-places to visit throughout the week in Berlin.

Have fun reading our guide and learn about the fascinating gay scene in Berlin and its history.

Your editorial team of the Spartacus Berlin Gay Guide

The (gay) history of Berlin: how it came about, how it is today and its three coming outs

It has probably less to do with the Berlin air and more to do with the local tolerance, which characterised this city since the resettlement policy of the Grand Elector after the thirty-year war. After the fall of the Berliner Wall the feeling of new freedom added to this along with the vast free spaces, especially in the eastern part of the city. It is however difficult to say whether there is more happening in the gay scene nowadays than during the frequently mentioned, so-called golden twenties.

Five Most Famous Quotations Regarding Berlin

Five of numerous quotations regarding this fantastic city.

“Everyone should be free to do as they please.“ Friedrich II, king of Prussia, 1740

“People of the world – take a look at this city!“ Ernst Reuter, Lord Mayor, 1948