We were looking for a club that wasn't playing house/techno and stumbled upon Kalkscheune while…read morelooking for Ma Baker on the same street. Since we could hear the pulsing beat of pop, we decided to suck up the 11€ Saturday night cover and found ourselves... in a club where we were the youngest people by at least 15 years. Awkward!
Since we'd payed the steep cover, we decided to stick around, and I'm glad we did. The club has a coat check (1.50€), several bars (6€ for well drinks, 3.50€ for Rioja), and four dance floors. The main floor was playing "party mix" that spanned top 40 to older dance hits. The electronic room in the basement had a good beat but was horribly uncomfortable to dance in given the recessed floor is surrounded by awkward people staring down; we only stayed two minutes. The rock room was fun but humid, but the cosmopolitan room was the real gem. Hidden near the entrance off the main floor, this room played an awesome, strange mix of world music, including Indian, Spanish, and Slavic while we were there. Very fun, and not something that's easy to find in the US. The over-40 crowd diluted after midnight as well, so we ended up having a great time despite the rough start.
