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ROUTE 03

The Industrial Revival Route.

Berlin and the long heritage of post-industrial sound. Berghain's 18-metre concrete ceilings, Loftas in a Vilnius factory, KOKO restored from a Camden palace.

Three rooms, three former lives. A Friedrichshain power plant, a Soviet-era Vilnius factory, a 1900s London theatre. Each surrendered its original purpose and reopened as a sound system. This route is the soundtrack of European industrial inheritance, scored for techno, post-punk, restored Victoriana and the long Sunday afterparty.

The rooms on this route.

Berghain
The pale concrete facade of Berghain seen from a fenced path
VENUE_003 · DE
VENUE_003 · DE

BERGHAIN

BERLIN · 52.51°, 13.45°

Cathedral of techno in a former East-Berlin power plant. Eighteen-metre brutalist ceilings, a purist sound system, and the strictest door policy in the world.

TYPEUnderground Club
FREQTechno · Electronic
PATHIndustrial Revival
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KOKO
The white domed corner facade of KOKO in Camden
VENUE_007 · GB
VENUE_007 · GB

KOKO

LONDON · 51.53°, -0.14°

The Camden Theatre of 1900, opened by Ellen Terry, became the BBC's theatre, the Music Machine, Camden Palace and, since 2004, KOKO. Burned in January 2020, reopened in April 2022. What plays, how to get in.

TYPETheatre Venue
FREQIndie · Electronic
PATHUrban Rebirth
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Loftas
A crowd in front of the stage at Loftas Fest
VENUE_012 · LT
VENUE_012 · LT

LOFTAS

VILNIUS · 54.67°, 25.26°

A Baltic warehouse beating with rebellion. Art, bass, sweat under one roof. Housed in a repurposed factory in Vilnius' Naujamiestis district.

TYPEWarehouse Creative Hub
FREQElectronic · Hip-Hop · Techno
PATHBaltic Route
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