The Clubcommission's new Club Culture Berlin 2026 study found only 61% of the city's clubs and promoters broke even in 2025, down from 79% in 2017, as rent, staffing costs and short leases push nearly a quarter of venues toward closing within a year.
ROSA, a new HIVE-backed kink club that opened in Berlin-Pankow on September 12, shares its name and safety-first branding with a shuttered independent club in Greifswald whose founder says his outreach went unanswered.
Berghain dropped five places to 21st in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Clubs, its lowest ranking since the list launched in 2009, and the only Berlin club left in it.
Victor Rudek, the CEO behind Berlin's HIVE Festival and DSTRKT club, is opening ROSA, a 1,200-capacity sex-positive and kink club, inside the Storkower Strasse 121 address that housed the legendary Mensch Meier until its 2023 closure.
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