Meanwhile, for great cocktails and stylish surroundings, Holzstrasse gay bar Jenny was a friend of mine is sure to impress. Though it’s not a particularly big place, when the karaoke gets going the atmosphere here is like no other! Nearby Aroma Kaffeebar hosts the After Work gay night from 6.00 pm on the first Tuesday of every month.Īnyone who lives for happy hour and a breakfast of Weißwurst (Bavarian veal sausage) should definitely pay a visit to Bar Zur Feuerwache. It gets crowded during Oktoberfest, though for the rest of the year it’s a fine place to enjoy a relaxed drink at the bar and the traditional ambience. It’s worth knowing that bearded punters get their second beer on the house here, every Thursday after 8.00 pm! Visitors are drawn to Bar Rendezvous on Müllerstrasse for its summer terrace and soundtrack of cheery pop “schlager” music. The Edelheiss in Glockenbachviertel is all about traditional Bavarian dress and an older crowd.
For the slightly older crowd, gay bar Café Nil is a comfortable spot which opens at noon and offers a menu featuring simple dishes such as schnitzel, alongside its drinks offering. If it’s too busy for you there though, you could try your luck at the Ksar Bar on Müllerstrasse – a pub that always brings in a lot of gay patrons on Wednesdays.
Located at the corner of Müllerstrasse and Thalkirchner Strasse, this cafe-bar is particularly lively in summer – clientele come for coffee, cake and snacks during the day, and drinks and burgers in the evenings. Wednesday is generally known as “gay day”, when the area is buzzing with young people and the bar is open for the evening at the Diversity Café, a queer meeting place for young people and adults aged up to 27.Īnother popular meeting spot for pre-drinks is Kraftwerk, as happy hour drinkers can grab a €1 beer or enjoy a cocktail offer. Although there are not as many specifically gay bars and clubs here as there were in the 1980s and ‘90s, there are several venues in the area which always attract a good crowd. Younger revellers in particular are very comfortable partying in mixed bars these days. If you’re looking to start your evening in a cosy bar, the Glockenbachviertel is still the best place to go. LGBTQ* nightlife: Parties, bars and clubs
Its visitors since then have included Freddie Mercury, who would go there for impromptu birthday celebrations and drag parties. Many LGBTQ* events and venues were and still are based in the Glockenbachviertel district, though a number of queer locations and events can also be found in other areas of Munich. But much earlier than that even, at the end of the 60s, the Ochsengarten opened here: one of Germany’s first leather bars.
The LGBTQ* scene in Munich has a long history: as well as being one of the first cities to hold Christopher Street Day celebrations (the German and Swiss equivalent to Gay Pride), the Munich-based political party Rosa Liste was the first gay and lesbian electoral group in Europe to take up seats on a local council, in the 90s.