Yorckschlosschen Club and Bar: "Beer, watching people and more..." Top 5 Page for this destination Berlin Nightlife Tip by matcrazy1

I was lucky to eat. drink, listen to the blues concert and meet 3 other VT-ers in Yorckschlosschen.

History and tradition
The Yorckschlosschen (I called it easy Yorck :-) exists under same name for over 100 years now. The club became a real Kreuzberg institution.
It was a rather middle-class corner pub in the 1960s but it increasingly became an artists' watering hole in the early '70s.

Blues and jazz kingdom
Berlin's musicians like to get together there, which is not surprising after almost twenty years of regular live music. Every musician in the city wants to perform there. The emphasis is on traditional jazz, swing and black rhythm'n'blues. You can hear the best in New Orleans jazz, soul and blues there.

Interior
The place is small - the main room contains of small scene (max. for 3-4 musicians), small (large pizza size) tables and bar on the back. There is one more room. On the walls there are numerous old and new pictures of various jazz/blues musicians who played there. Above the scene there was famous New Orleans Jazz club Preservation Hall sign.

People and atmosphere
There were a lot of people of various age: 20 to say 70 inside. This tavern was a true melting pot. It seems that everyone meets here - young and old, poor and rich - and no-one takes exception to anyone else.

Photography inside
Not allowed (as you can see on my picture :-) although I saw one guy taking pictures inside with a flash and I... followed him. They didn't kill me. By the way the ban on photography was written almost on the ceiling and exclusively in German.

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Drinks
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Address: Yorckstra?e 15, 10965 Berlin (Kreuzburg)
Directions: U-bahn: Mehringdamm (U6, U7). Go southwards Mehrindamm and turn first right to Yorckstra?e. Cross Gro?beerenstra?e, the club is on the right at the corner of Hornstra?e.
othercontact: service@yorckschloesschen.de
Phone: +49 (30) 215 80 70
Theme: People Watching
Website: http://www.yorckschloesschen.de