Berlin Clubs Return With a Vengeance
The New York Times
A discothèque successfully sued the city over its ban on indoor dancing, and clubs have reopened. But if there’s a spike in coronavirus cases, the local government has explored a backup plan.
BERLIN — The beats were pumping inside Salon zur wilden Renate long after the sun had risen. Hundreds of euphoric, maskless revelers crammed onto the dance floor, the only social distancing created in temporary pockets by the rhythmic moving of the crowd. After 18 months on ice, Berlin’s famously hedonistic club reopened last weekend for the first time since the pandemic began. It’s not how the city initially planned to do it. Earlier this summer, the Berlin government funded a study to test whether high-accuracy P.C.R. tests could keep clubgoers safe. The study enrolled about 2,000 people, who were let loose in six clubs over the course of one weekend.
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