From: dale@sorted.org
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 23:36:18 +0100, JohnM
wrote:
>In article , michael nieuwenhuizen
> writes
>>"JohnM" wrote
>>>
>>> And tons of wheat beer like Hoegarden for 3 Euros a
>>> bottle not 4-5 quid you pay for in Soho.
>>
>>it's not berlin that's cheap but london that's expensive.
>
>Well Berlin's cheaper than Vienna, Athens or AMS. You can't stay with
>25EUR/night anywhere in AMS and have my palatial lodgings in Berlin.
>And beers don't cost 3 EUR in clubs (2.5 EUR in bars). And on the
>Saturday they had this 5-Club-Nacht where with 11 EUR you got a card and
>could go to any five out of 30 clubs.
Prague is my place of choice for cheap fun.
>And now I know what's wrong with the club scene in London, coz in Berlin
>they were all still enjoying it: it's the commercialisation, cynicism
>and rip-offs of the (big) promoters which filtered down to the venue
>owners.
Got to agree there. I can't believe harddance promoters are charging
€16 for a party when I can see international DJs like Kevin
Saunderson, Jeff Mills and Derrick May usually for somewhere between
€10 & €15
> A cheaper, less commercial, more underground scene in Berlin
>brought back memories of '98. And it's the only other place I know apart
>from London with back-to-back parties from Friday night (well, many)
>into Monday morning (Sage).
Eh! And I thought you've been to Sao Paulo. On my visit there I
vaguely remember going to an afterparty on a Tuesday morning.
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