Lutz Leitzenring
Lutz Leichsenring, co-founder of VibeLab and longtime spokesperson/executive board member of Berlin's Clubcommission, known as "the mayor of Berlin nightlife."
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Jul 3, 2026
PJ VogtHOST
And can you tell me the story of, like, how Berlin came to be a city with no curfew? Like, what is the origin story of that decision?
Lutz LeitzenringGUEST
This decision is, like, almost eighty years old, and it happened right after World War II.
Lutz LeitzenringGUEST
So nineteen forty-nine, you had already a divided city between the eastern sector and the western sector.
Lutz LeitzenringGUEST
The eastern sector controlled by the Russians, and the western sector controlled by the British, the French, and Americans.
Lutz LeitzenringGUEST
So all the restaurants, bars, hotel bars, cabaret bars, etc., they had to close at, uh, 10:00 PM in the eastern part.