Connection Club Formerly: Factory by Connection

Popular club space for techno dancing and drinking. You might consider tapering on next door at the Prinzknecht [see entry] or at one of several gay bars within crawling distance. Connection opened in 1989 — the year the Wall came down— and is operated by Karl-Heinz 'Kalle' Klatt (with manager Michael Sonntag), whose gay empire also includes adjacent shop/cinema Connection, neighbouring bar Prinzknecht and established nearby leather haunt Mutschmann's [see entries], plus the now-defunct SM hotel the Kinky Tulip. Following a lull the club rebooted in the autumn of 2012, under new management, and in April 2017 reinvented itself with more industrial decor and new DJs. Further changes followed in 2022, including a second level on the main floor, a reconfigured dance floor and a heightened lounge feel on both the ground floor and in the basement (formerly a sex space).