Die kleine Philharmonie is a small, old-fashioned gay bar in Charlottenburg, close to Savignyplatz. The front room is decorated like somebody's living room, all mismatched furniture and bric-a-brac, and it keeps a long-running Stammtisch for regulars.
It carries the name and the spirit of the original Kleine Philharmonie, run for decades by Wanda Vrubliauskaite until her death in 1997 and remembered as one of the fixtures of Berlin's older gay scene. The bar has changed hands since then while keeping the format rather than remaking the place.
It draws a mixed, largely older crowd of regulars and suits a quiet drink and a chat rather than a night out dancing. Cocktails and simple food are served alongside beer and wine.
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