Port (local)

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Woodcut in the harbor

The port (own spelling HARBOR danceable is) a queer bar in the Motzstrasse in Berlin 's Schöneberg district and one of the first bars in the west of Berlin, where the gay and lesbian scene celebrated openly visible. Founding members were u. a. the actors Ulrich Simontowitz and Victor Schefé and the artist Peter Knoch, who created the mural. The director Johannes Steinbrückner was co-owner of the restaurant from 1995 to 2010. Thanks to its connections to the theater scene, many artists from the bar of every reason appeared in the bar .

history

The bar opened on November 16, 1990. The concept was to create an open space for everyone and to be a living room and shelter at the same time. The restaurant was the first gay bar in the Schöneberger Kiez without darkened windows and without an entrance bell. In the 1930s there was a restaurant there that Marlene Dietrich had already been a guest. Since the port was founded, many other prominent guests have been to be found here, such as Ian McKellen , Andy Bell , Martin Gore , Marc Almond , Hape Kerkeling , Portishead and Isa Genzken was also a regular guest at the port for a long time. Another regular guest was the writer, actor and director Klaus Chatten . He wrote the play Carousel , in which the port also appeared as a venue. It was premiered in 2002 in the Maxim Gorki Theater under the direction of Bernd Mottl . The American photographer Nan Goldin was also a guest at the port during her stay in Berlin in the 1990s and photographed the interior. Two of these recordings were part of the 1996 exhibition of American Art in the 20th Century at the Whitney Museum , New York. She later exhibited the pictures in a solo exhibition (Berlin Work. Photographs 1984–2009) at the Berlinische Galerie 2010/2011.

At the end of January 2019, the landlord terminated the lease. After expressions of solidarity and broad protests from guests and operators, and politicians like Volker Beck and Berlin's Senator for Culture Klaus Lederer campaigning for the port to remain, a new, long-term lease was negotiated. A larger public was reached through the protest party on January 3rd, which took place when the keys were actually handed over in the port under the motto “10,026 port nights - what now?”.  

Parties

Koninginnedag

From 1993 onwards, the port imported the Queen of Holland's birthday, Koninginnedag, to Berlin every year on April 30th . This day has been a fixed event in the port to this day. Every year the “Queen” drives up to the restaurant in a new robe with her prince consort in a special carriage and gives the starting signal for the warm season.

Andy Warhol party

A legendary festival was the 2001 Andy Warhol Party, which was organized with financial support from the city parallel to a retrospective of the artist in the Neue Nationalgalerie . Based on the ride on a horse of Bianca Jagger by Studio 54 , the port operators organized a ride on three African elephants through Motzstrasse .

Quizz-O-Rama

The singer and presenter Hendryk Ekdahl, also a member of the Hafen team, started the Quizz-O-Rama in May 2004 with his show of guessing games and music, which was held every Monday for 12 years. As guests during the show u. a. Denis Fischer , Karsten Troyke , Tim Fischer , Ben Ivory , Emilia , Malediva , Valerie Geffner, Markus Grimm Lance Horne and Meow Meow . After around 450 quizzes in 12 years, the port and Hendryk Ekdahl ended the show series in January 2017.

From 1995 Dj Wuhte played his shellac records in the harbor every second Tuesday . He was one of the pioneers of the recurring swing wave in Berlin. In 2019 he celebrated his 25th anniversary with a party in the harbor. Other regular guests on the port stage are artists such as Irmgard Knef , Ades Zabel or the Pfister siblings . Berghain and Ostgut resident DJ and producer Boris Dolinski has been gaining his first experiences on weekly evenings in the harbor for 4 years since 1995. The port is also represented with a car on the Berlin Christoper Street Day (CSD), which has been taking place since 1979 .

Lesbian and gay city festival Berlin

The operators of the port were involved in various ways for greater acceptance and tolerance of homosexuals in society. In cooperation with other hosts in the neighborhood, the Motzstraßenfest was created in 1992 , which is now one of the largest gay and lesbian street festivals in Europe and which now attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors. The port operator played an important role in the recognition of the gay and lesbian scene and celebration culture, also on the part of the city.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 25 years Hafen (Box Magazin)
  2. ↑ 25 years of the port (Victory Column)
  3. ^ Nan Goldin, Beauty lounge at Hafen bar, Berlin, 1991
  4. ^ Nan Goldin: Berlin Work. Photographs 1984–2009
  5. ↑ The famous Schöneberg bar “Hafen” has to close after 28 years
  6. ↑ Closure averted for the time being: the port may continue under certain conditions
  7. ↑ Berlin: The "port" is saved
  8. ↑ Game over: The Quizz-O-Rama in the harbor is history
  9. ↑ "A record entertainer" for over 25 years !!!
  10. ↑ Interview - Boris

Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ 52.6 ″  N , 13 ° 20 ′ 56.9 ″  E