A small bar on Friedrich-Ebert-Straße, a few steps from the Nikolaikirche and the Brandenburg state parliament. The name means inconspicuous and the front is exactly that: a window, a door and a modest sign. It has been open since 2000.
Inside there is one long counter, a handful of tables and a sofa in the window. A projector throws coloured patterns across the walls and the music is lounge. There are DJ evenings and live sets, and a monthly guest series that brings in bartenders from elsewhere in the city. Pretzels come to the table. No food beyond that, and the bartenders will make things that are not on the list if you ask.
Potsdam has taken it for a gay bar for a long time and it still carries that reputation, but the crowd is mixed rather than exclusively queer, with a lot of students and indie regulars. The city lost its one dedicated queer bar at the end of 2025, which leaves this as the nearest thing the centre has.
It stays open after most other places in Potsdam have shut. When it fills up inside, plain beer benches go out on the pavement.
The people in this picture are AI-generated.
