From: john@scroll.demon.co.uk 
  
 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. 
  
 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. 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). 
  
 Goddess did I enjoy Cafe Moscow.. And I'm going back to Berlin again 
 soon. 
  
 Incidentally, if anyone wants to go to Berlin, bookmark 
 http://tendance.de 
  
 -- 
 JohnM 
         Author of Brazil: Life, Blood, Soul 
       http://www.scroll.demon.co.uk/spaver.htm 
  
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