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You can now tour Berghain, Berlin's decadent techno club, in Minecraft

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You can now tour Berghain, Berlin's decadent techno club, in Minecraft

Berghain at night (Michael Mayer/Flickr)

Many consider Berghain, a nightclub in a former East Berlin power plant, to be one of the world’s best clubs, but despite its reputation, few images of the interior are available online. That’s thanks in part to a strict no-photos policy, which allows Berghain patrons to enjoy a weekly 36-hour techno sound bath in whatever state of sobriety or undress feels most comfortable.

Another reason for Berghain’s mystique? It can be really hard to get in. The club (actually a few venues in one) has a more-or-less inscrutable door policy; there are multiple online forums that give first-timers tips on how to not get rejected.

Fortunately for the curious, Reddit user throwawayforlewdstuf has created a pretty accurate five-minute Berghain walkthrough in the popular PC game Minecraft. Check it out:

The clip starts with the approach, a long gravel path off the main road. It moves through the door, coat check, and onto the ground floor, then up the stairs to the main dance floor. The first-person walker creeps up to Panorama Bar, the house-focused club within Berghain. The IRL interiors feature photos by Wolfgang Tillmans, a cafe that serves delicious banana ice cream, and ravers wearing mostly black. The space was designed by Berlin’s studio karhard in 2004.

While the walkthrough feels thorough, it doesn’t capture the dancers, lights, music, or energy that makes the club—any club—worth visiting.

This is far from the only time a notable space has been reconstituted in Minecraft. In November, users created a tour of Microsoft’s Redmond, Washington, headquarters. Before that, the entire country of Denmark, Westeros from Game of Thrones, and Palladio’s Villa Rotonda were constructed virtually in the game.

h/t Resident Advisor

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