17 Locations
Flirting comes easily in Berlin's relaxed, open nightlife, from busy bars to dance floors. Around Kreuzberg, Neukölln and Mitte, spots for flirting bring together a sociable crowd, good music and an easygoing atmosphere.
This overview gathers Berlin locations made for flirting, from cocktail bars and clubs to singles nights and lively cafés. Some focus on dancing and music, others on cosy corners for conversation.
Browse the venues below to find the best spots for flirting in Berlin, compare atmosphere and prices, and plan your night out.
In the historic Habel Brewery in Kreuzberg's Bergmannkiez, the Walzerlinksgestrickt dance school and ballroom revives Berlin's 1920s ballroom culture. Those who want to dance as a single on weekends will find the space here: without contract commitment, without a dance partner as a mandatory program.
Since 1913, Clärchens Ballhaus in Berlin-Mitte has stood for what this city does best: bringing people together. In the historic Spiegelsaal (Mirror Hall), dance history meets a vibrant present, and those who come alone rarely go home alone.
The 8MM Bar on Schönhauser Allee in Prenzlauer Berg has been Berlin's most famous DIY music bar for Post-Punk, Darkwave, and Garage Rock since 2002. Small, dark, raw, and yet legendary: Whoever enters here lands right in the city's underground scene.
The Ballhaus Berlin starts the year with a great New Year's Eve party with buffet.
The New Year's Eve Party at Clärchens Ballhaus is one the most popular parties in Berlin. Dine and dance in the Mirror Hall to welcome the new year!
Dancing has taken place at Chausseestraße 102 in Mitte since 1905, and Ballhaus Berlin is the last dance hall remaining there. The spiral staircase, disco ball, and old table telephones, which were once used to call neighboring tables, have been preserved. Here, especially if you're heartbroken, the main thing that helps is that you don't need to know how to dance or even come with company.
If you're shopping in Prenzlauer Berg, this is the best place to do it: The REWE in the Kulturbrauerei is Berlin's most famous supermarket for flirting, nestled in a listed brick ensemble with a club, cinema, and street food market next door. Shopping carts don't lie.
Opposite the Volksbühne at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Mitte lies the Volksbar: a cozy bar with living room charm, dimmed lights, and inviting sofas. On Socialmatch evenings, games are played here instead of swiping.
Singles above all like to fill a boring Sunday afternoon with a flea market stroll. The indoor flea market at the Arena Treptow is the ideal place to go "hunting".
Dussmann, the large department store for culture on Friedrichstraße, is well known for its huge variety of books and CDs of all kinds, audio books, movies, sheet music and music books.
This comfy laundermat at Prenzlauer Berg with its small café, the laundry bar, the mirror balls hanging over the washing machines and the warm lighting provide the ideal backdrop for a really romantic story.
The freezer area of the Rewe Supermarket is infamous for flirting and where better to start a conversation of what to shop best for?
The 8mm Bar is about the size of your living room at home, so a first-class location to get talking with new people.
Singles above all like to fill a boring Sunday afternoon with a flea market stroll. The indoor flea market at the Arena Treptow is the ideal place to go "hunting".
An ice disco for children, an ice hockey field and a curling track - the family-friendly ice rink at Berlin-Lankwitz is offering a large variety of activities.
Cook, meet, move on: jumpingdinner is Berlin's most famous blind-date cooking event, where singles and non-singles move through apartments in Neukölln and Kreuzberg on a Saturday evening, meeting new people at the table with each course.