Watergate Club in Kreuzberg schließt Ende des Jahres

Erneut hat een bekannter Berliner Club seine Schließung angekündigt. Das Watergate direkt an der Spree in Kreuzberg will set a bet after 22 years. “We have never lost our minds, our Club activities have been successful and the lease agreement has not been extended,” wrote the Betreiber am Dienstag on the Internet portal Instagram. Gründe sees the costs and the hiking club culture. Bis Silvester is a great Abschiedsevents geben. “The Party is still alive – long live the Party,” wrote the Post.

Ulrich Wombacher, one of the three operators, said of the “Berliner Zeitung” most recent report: “Our situation is separated from the situation in Berlin, and that has changed grimly. After Covid has simply stopped business from going so smoothly.” Music has become popular differently today. The long closure of clubs has fallen, and cheap tourism has returned. “Berlin with individual, small and established club culture that has been lost internationally and in terms of relevance.” When DJs had won more festivals just a few years ago, the festivals became bigger and bigger.

Weiter says Wombacher: “We get used to it Tourism glamour has disappeared, it has left Berlin. The Kreuzberg has lost its charm, it is a problem of drought, many problems and criticism. “Nothing is for ever. The Berliner Eckkneipen is no longer worth it. (…) But why should clubs not also be a pre-eminent phenomenon. Club culture is vulnerable.” No more state aid is lost, so Wombacher. “Club culture does not function like that. (…) Club culture is fast, individual. Man cannot get into a Planwirtschaft project, but can make a profitable profit.