A night out in Berlin will never disappoint. Around every corner there always waits something amazing and friendly.

Last night I went to a Drum and Bass gig with a co-worker to commemorate his last day at work (he plans to move on from Berlin, I think he’ll be back) in Friedrichshain. I know, in Berlin you listen to Techno, but Drum and Bass and Dubstep make up the soundtrack to my University years so I never turn down an invitation to reminisce.

The gig was amazing, well worth being a couple of hours late to work the next day. The headliners were a duo by the name of The Bulldogs. Based in Berlin they utilised a couple of turntables, live drums, and balaclavas. The venue was Cassiopeia, a club and bar in RAW Tempel on Revaler Straße (U Warschauerstraße), where you can find good music, fun people, a skate ramp in the large garden bar, and extensive climbing walls.

RAW Temple is an amazing location, typical of Berlin. It was once a railway depot and construction area (RAW stands for Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk), the „Königlich Preußischen Hauptwerkstatt“, hence, it is large.  Established in 1867, it was decommissioned in the early 1990s and since 1999 over 6000 m² has been utilised in various ways by the community group RAW-tempel eV.

Nowadays you can find a number of bars, clubs and cafes in the space with a flea market operating every Sunday. During the day the entire area is a gallery of great graffiti and by night a lively and relaxed space where you can dance to any music you want and drink cheaply in good company all night, and morning, long. Highlights are the infamous Suicide Circus, for solid techno, and Cassiopeia for DnB, Dubstep, and live music.