# KitKatClub

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Berlin nightclub

For the 18th-century English club, see [Kit-Cat Club](/source/Kit-Cat_Club). For other clubs, see [Kit Kat § Businesses and organisations](/source/Kit_Kat_(disambiguation)#Businesses_and_organisations).

KitKatClub KitKat KitKatClub Berlin Interactive map of KitKatClub Location Mitte, Berlin, Germany Coordinates 52°30′40″N 13°25′00″E / 52.51111°N 13.41667°E / 52.51111; 13.41667 Owner Simon Thaur and Kirsten Krüger Type Nightclub Construction Opened March 1994

The **KitKatClub** is a nightclub in [Berlin](/source/Berlin), opened in March 1994 by Austrian [pornographic](/source/Pornographic) filmmaker Simon Thaur and his life partner Kirsten Krüger.[1] It is a famously uninhibited nightclub known for its diverse crowd, open sexual expression, strict [fetish](/source/Sexual_fetishism) dress code, and emphasis on music and dancing.

Since its founding in 1994, Berlin's KitKatClub has moved locations multiple times, evolved from [trance](/source/Trance_music) roots to a broad [electronic music](/source/Electronic_music) scene, launched a record label, adapted through the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic), and celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2024. It has inspired a new generation of open-minded, [sex-positive](/source/Sex-positive_movement) parties worldwide, influencing venues like [Budapest](/source/Budapest)’s [Ministry of Freedom](/source/Ministry_of_Freedom_(Club)), which models its dress code and sexual freedom ethos on it.

## Nightclub

Bessemerstraße, a previous location of the club

The KitKatClub is known for its sexually uninhibited parties.[2][3] Guests are allowed to engage in [sexual intercourse](/source/Sexual_intercourse) openly at the venue.[3] The motto of the club is "do what you want but stay in communication".[4] Patrons are diverse, including [heterosexuals](/source/Heterosexual) and members of the LGBT+ community.[5]

A strict [dress code](/source/Dress_code) is applied for entry at the door, often enforced by Kirsten Krüger herself during the "Carneball Bizarre Club Night" events, held on Saturdays, and requiring [fetish](/source/Fetish_fashion), latex, leather, kinky, high style, and glamour.[3] The venue consists of three dance floors and an outdoor area with a pool. It is decorated with ultra-violet light and fluorescent colour paintings by the Berlin-based painter Vigor Calma aka "Der Träumer" (the dreamer).

Nowadays, the emphasis in the club is more on music and dancing than on sexual activities.[6]

## History

The club as it appeared in 2007 (at Brückenstraße)

The club has moved three times since its opening in 1994. It opened in Glogauer Straße in the [Kreuzberg](/source/Kreuzberg) district in the former Turbine.[7] In 1999 it moved to [Neues Schauspielhaus](/source/Neues_Schauspielhaus) at [Nollendorfplatz](/source/Nollendorfplatz), and in 2001 to another lot in the district Tempelhof (which became part of [Schöneberg](/source/Sch%C3%B6neberg) in 2000) in Bessemer Straße. At the beginning of July 2007, it moved to the SageClub in the [Mitte](/source/Mitte) district at Brückenstraße 1.[8]

When the KitKat opened its doors in 1994 the musical profile of the club was mainly [classical trance](/source/Trance_music) mixed with [Goa trance](/source/Goa_trance), but through the years the club has opened up to a wider selection of [electronic music](/source/Electronic_music). A KitKat record label was founded in 2005 and two CDs were released, *Hedonistic Nightlife in Berlin* and *The Piep Show Compilation #0*.

The KitKatClub Berlin celebrated its 20th anniversary on March 1, 2014. At that time a novel about the early years of KitKat was published under the same name *KitKatClub*, written by Vigor Calma.[8] In 2019, a new edition of the novel appeared under the title *Rausch in Berlin* (German language only).[9]

After the closing and the loss of any income due to the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Germany), the KitKatClub set up a website to support the club and transmit streams live from the location. The club started offering COVID-19 tests in December 2020.[10]

On March 2, 2024, the KitKatClub celebrated its 30th anniversary at the "Disco Bizarre" event.[11]

## Name origin

The name KitKatClub is inspired by the frivolous Berliner nightclub featured in the American musical *[Cabaret](/source/Cabaret_(musical))*. [Harold Prince](/source/Harold_Prince)'s *Cabaret* was set in Berlin in the early 1930s, against the backdrop of the ascent of the [Nazi party](/source/Nazi_party), at a burlesque theatre called the "Kit Kat Club". The name originated from the [Kit-Cat Club](/source/Kit-Cat_Club), an 18th-century English liberal political society.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Followers

The KitKatClub has served as an example in many countries for open-minded parties of new generations, where a [sex-positive](/source/Sex-positive_movement) attitude merges with electronic music. The [Ministry of Freedom club](/source/Ministry_of_Freedom_(Club)) in Budapest[12] also traces its image back to the KitKatClub, considering it the most important role model in terms of dress code and the experience of sexual freedom.

## See also

- [List of electronic dance music venues](/source/List_of_electronic_dance_music_venues)

- [Sex positive](/source/Sex_positive)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Sandström Beijer, Amanda. ["Simon Thaur – the Founder of KitKat Club Berlin"](https://www.playfulmag.com/post/simon-thaur-the-king-of-kink). *playfulmag.com*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Murphy, Neil (5 October 2018). ["Notorious nightclub KitKatClub where people have sex on dancefloor hit by deadly bacteria scare"](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/notorious-nightclub-kitkatclub-people-sex-13365998). *mirror.co.uk*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Scally_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Scally_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Scally_3-2) Scally, Derek (1 February 2020). ["Berlin's vanishing nightclubs: 'The open sex in all corners can be distracting'"](https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/berlin-s-vanishing-nightclubs-the-open-sex-in-all-corners-can-be-distracting-1.4152966). *The Irish Times*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Oblu, Ioana (4 January 2023). ["All About KitKat Berlin"](https://www.soundvibemag.com/city-vibes/all-about-kitkat-berlin/). Soundvibe Mag. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Miksche, Mike (4 May 2016). ["Dressing up at the KitKatClub"](https://xtramagazine.com/love-sex/dressing-up-at-the-kitkatclub-70885). *xtramagazine.com*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Berlin clubs - the ten most famous and notorious"](https://www.thelocal.de/20170203/these-are-berlins-most-famous-and-notorious-clubs-clubbing-berlin). 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2018-11-13.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-tagesspiegel1_7-0)** Jan Oberländer, Von (23 May 2020). ["Nächte im Kitkatclub: "Wenn man die Leute in normalen Klamotten reinlässt, wird nur das Normale passieren""](https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/wenn-man-die-leute-in-normalen-klamotten-reinlasst-wird-nur-das-normale-passieren-5364304.html). *Der Tagesspiegel* (in German).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-taggespiegel2_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-taggespiegel2_8-1) Gunda Bartels, Von (28 February 2014). ["Der KitKat Club wird 20: Besuch im Hedonistentempel"](https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/besuch-im-hedonistentempel-3548080.html). *Taggesspiegel*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Vigor Calma: Rausch in Berlin. Publisher.: Vigor Calma. 4. Auflage. 2019, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-07-046997-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-07-046997-3), S. 475.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Julius Betschka, Von (1 December 2020). ["Kitkat öffnet für Schnelltests: Berliner Fetisch-Club soll Corona-Testzentrum werden"](https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/kitkat-oeffnet-fuer-schnelltests-berliner-fetisch-club-soll-corona-testzentrum-werden/26674148.html). *Tagesspiegel*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["KitKat Club's 30th Anniversaries: A Celebration of Berlin's Hedonistic Nightlife"](https://berliner.party/en/news/kitkat-clubs-30th-anniversaries-a-celebration-of-berlins-hedonistic-nightlife). *Berliner.party*. Retrieved 2024-03-05.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Kun, Gabi (2024-09-01). ["Fétispartin jártunk, ahol nem láttunk orgiát"](https://nlc.hu/eletmod/20240901/fetis-klub-interju/) (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2025-01-16.

## External links

- (in English) [KitKatClub's official website](http://www.kitkatclub.de/)

- (in German)[streaming-site](http://www.kitkatclub.tv/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200521011948/https://kitkatclub.tv/) 2020-05-21 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- (in English) [KitKatClub DVD booklet (English/Deutsch – PDF)](http://www.kitkatclub.de/Club/kitkatbooklet2.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20191029111343/http://www.kitkatclub.de/Club/kitkatbooklet2.pdf) 2019-10-29 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1994–2005 – History of the KitKatClub by Kirsten.

- (in German) [KitKat-photo gallery](http://www.kitkatclub.org/SeitenVorlagen/Club/Bildergalerien/OpeningSage/070707_grand_open/index.htm) – Opening @ sageclub July 2007

- (in English) [Read KitKatClub's reviews on Berlin-Life.com](http://www.berlin-life.com/drink/pubs_cafes_details/89-KitKatClub)

- (in German) ["Die Bühne ist der Star"](http://www.taz.de/pt/2004/02/28/a0322.nf/text.ges,1) – about the KitKatClub, by Henning Kober, [die tageszeitung](/source/Die_tageszeitung) (taz), 28. Feb. 2004

- (in German) ["Erlaubt ist, was gefällt"](http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2001/0503/lokales/0036/) – by Elmar Schütze, [Berliner Zeitung](/source/Berliner_Zeitung) vom 3. Mai 2001

- (in German) ["Locker trotz SM"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070314115050/http://www.parapolitik.de/kitkat/) – S&M view about the KitKatClub

- (in German) [KitKatClub @ Alter Wartesaal (Köln)](http://www.insomnia-events.de/kitkatclub.htm)

- (in English) [KitKatClub @ clubguideberlin](https://www.clubguideberlin.de/kit-kat-club-berlin-en/)

[52°30′40″N 13°25′00″E / 52.51111°N 13.41667°E / 52.51111; 13.41667](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=KitKatClub&params=52_30_40_N_13_25_00_E_region:DE-BE_type:landmark)

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