Welcome to the Villa
Abandoned by the rest of the iHeartBerlin.de-Team I was out and about all by myself this weekend. Rushing through the cold and slippery streets of Berlin isn’t all that thrilling so I was more than happy about the warm welcome I received at the Villa, one of Berlin’s currently hottest party locations. And the name really is not misleading, because this house is quite amazing. It must have been the mansion of the owner of the old brewery Friedrichshoehe back in the days. High ceilings, archs, prim columns and stucco indecate quite a fancy past. Of course now it’s totally run down, fucked up and plastered with tags and street art. That’s just what Berlin does to it’s buildings. Read on for more impressions and lot’s of photos from the evening.
The house reminded me a lot of the Salon Zur Wilden Renate, only bigger. There is one big dancefloor downstairs and a smaller one upstairs surrounded by more rooms with bars and couches to hang out. Design-wise especially the main hall is interesting with the socket wallpaper, a naked barbie poster and the big staircase.
French label Tilt! was throwing the night and the music was really fun on both floors. Only the live set from Mondkopf seemed a little out of place to me. But the Frenchies really knew how to kick ass.
I was really fond of the audience, an even mix of laid back Friedrichshainers and stylish Mitte club kids. Of course this weekend there was a high count of French people dancing around. Those crazy kids…
Take note that Villa is not a public club, but a registered society (Verein). So you will have to become a member to get in, which is not at all complicated and handled at the door. It helps to know what party you are going to, btw.
All in all this was a really great night out and I will definately be back, especially considering that this place is only a Kurzstrecke away. I say: I heart Villa!
On Sunday I also dropped by the .HBC for the Sunday Seance hosted by Macaroni Club. In an almost private atmosphere a very charming audience was dancing on the tables to what can only be described as happy music. Cake and coffee were just the right complements for my taste. Cosy!
by Frank
on January 19th, 2009
in Clubs, Friedrichshain, Places
10 Comments »
January 19th, 2009 at 20:42h
Wow, sieht total geilo aus, kommt auf meine Da-Muss-Ich-Hin-Liste.
January 20th, 2009 at 12:25h
Ich kann also an irgendeinem Samstag hingehen und mich dann vor Ort anmelden/in den Verein eintragen lassen, ja (um dann danach direkt tanzen zu können)? Man, Berliner Elite, wa…
January 20th, 2009 at 12:46h
ein tick größer als die renate? ich würde sagen die renate ist doppelt so groß. nur das der eine dancefloor ein bißchen größer ist .
January 20th, 2009 at 13:27h
Die Macher werden den Eintrag lieben
Man sollte sich wirklich merken wie die Party gerade heißt.
Selbst Mittwochs hatte ich das Gefühl das dies streng gehandhabt wird.
Die Clubmitgliedschaft bekommt man völlig problemlos wenn man die Türsteher hinter sich gelassen hat.
January 20th, 2009 at 17:51h
@chayno: echt, findest du? mir kam die villa irgendwie größer vor, aber es kommt sicherlich drauf an, an welchem abend welche räume offen sind.
@saskia: das hat mehr was mit formalitäten zu tun, als mit elite. aber wie kreuzberger schon richtig angemerkt hat, der beitritt ist schnell vollzogen und dann kann getanzt werden.
January 24th, 2009 at 01:29h
oh boy…. “at the Villa, one of Berlin’s newest and hottest party locations”
ich war da das erste mal vor ca. 2 jahren … aber wenn sich da jetzt mal was in ne andere richtung tut find ich das nur gut!
January 24th, 2009 at 16:49h
I think, and correct me when I’m wrong, that a while ago the building of the Villa was used by a club called PHB that now moved into the cellar of the brewery building. And by new I don’t really mean “just opened last week” but recently gaining more attention by descending from the underground to a more popular status.
January 25th, 2009 at 19:34h
villa was villa already 2+ years ago. for me phb club was just across the yard: the building on the right when you enter the site from landsberger allee,
the villa venue has it’s charm, that for sure.
March 11th, 2009 at 18:57h
any links to this place to where one could sort out membership/check out upcoming events..
August 12th, 2009 at 16:21h
@ saskia: ich bin zwar aus wien und hab keine ahnung *g aber hier bei uns gibts sowas auch – das hat meistens nix Elite zu tun, sondern weil man als Verein zB oft billiger Getränke ausschenken darf etc. ist also eher eine rechtliche als eine einstellungs-sache denk ich …