Berghain

Give a wide berth to all of the following people, places and situations and you might just scrape through the year ahead without feeling the need to punch yourself repeatedly in the face. Happy New Year!

"Houston raised me, Berlin saved me".

After last year’s curation of fashion descriptors and definitions brought us bintern, vete-phrenia and shitegeist, we consulted with some of our best fashion biz buds to keep you firmly in the loop of today’s best/worst industry words.

One of the most visionary producers of her generation, Sophie continues to test the boundaries within which electronic music exists. In a rare interview, she discusses queer spaces, fame and the importance of PC Music.

Minogue, not Jenner, obv.

You can thank them for your favourite sexy, sweaty dance floor bangers.

Official merch doesn't get much better than this.

Celebrating 35 years at the forefront of European clubbing, we say forget Berghain: those in the know head to Tenax.

Conan stopped outside the famous club with a film crew, leaving club kids divided.

Nice try, Thor.

Sven Marquardt’s photographs document Berlin over the past 30 years.

In 1988 Ralf Niemczyk went underground in West Germany for i-D to report on the early days of the techno scene in Berlin, Frankfurt and Hamburg, bringing the world of all weekend parties and Love Parades to us for the first time. Here he picks up where...