Also in October, the fashion drop Watergate X Irie Daily will match the club’s culture – with an old-school club tracksuit, hoodies, T-shirts and other accessories. Items are available online via Irie Daily and Watergate channels or in Irie Daily flag ship stores and in the club.

Founded by Steffen “Stoffel” Hack, Ulrich Wombacher and Niklas Eichstädt, the club opened on 26 October 2002. What began as an open-ended experiment at the Oberbaumbrücke – one of the most striking urban symbols of the former border between West and East – quickly developed into a place for all who celebrate beats of any colour and the associated inclusive (music) culture as an integral part of a better future. Today, the club is a world-renowned and recognised institution.  Berlin music culture has always been more than house and techno. The founders of the Watergate had already internalised this fact long before the club opened. From the post-punk and industrial of the early 1980s, to the cultural change brought about by hip hop, which reverberated far beyond the music, to early acid, ubiquitous soul and the imported and always immediately adapted imprints of global sound cultures like reggae or drum and bass. Berlin always had – still has – an open ear. “We completely rebuilt the building,” operator and co-founder Ulrich Wombacher recalls the six-month renovation. One building, two floors, two floors. “From the beginning, we felt the magic that this place right by the river unfolds – especially in the morning hours.” And with the rave tourism of the noughties and the increasing displacement of clubs from Berlin-Mitte, the Watergate in Kreuzberg developed into both an internationally known hotspot and a safe space for ravers from Berlin. Today’s musical direction came about as if by magic.