The Drägerpark in Lübeck St. Gertrud: five hectares of lawns and old trees, a family park by day and one of the city's two outdoor cruising spots after dark. Now on Gaycation.eu.

The Drägerpark in Lübeck St. Gertrud: five hectares of lawns and old trees, a family park by day and one of the city's two outdoor cruising spots after dark. Now on Gaycation.eu.
Lübeck's Wallanlagen: four kilometres of park on the old ramparts, right beside the old town. The cruising is at the Katzenberg, behind the open air stage. Now on Gaycation.eu.
Location 25 in Lübeck: a small room with a bar in the old Stecknitzfahrer guild house, and where the city's queer meet-up happens. Now on Gaycation.eu.
New on the guide: The Moosbach Garden, an LGBTQ-friendly guesthouse and 900-rose garden on a hillside above Nordrach in the Black Forest.
Once a month Heidelberg's Friedrich cafe-bar turns into Queer Friedrich, a free queer night with a rotating line-up of DJs.
Freital, just south of Dresden, gets its first Queer Pride on 3 October. The local group Queeres Freital is behind it, under the motto Zu bunt, um rechts zu sein. Now listed on Gaycation.eu.
Potsdam's Fahrrad Pride rides on 24 October, in its seventh edition. The June date was lost to a forty degree Saturday, so it moves into the autumn. Now listed on Gaycation.eu.
The sixth CSD Stendal is on 26 September, on the market square, under the motto Wähl Liebe, Stendal verbindet Vielfalt. Now listed on Gaycation.eu.
The Jupi Bar is a FLINTA and queer collective bar in Hamburg's Gängeviertel, pay-what-you-can and a safer space since 2009. Now on Gaycation.eu.
ART Hotel Connection is a small boutique hotel in Berlin's Regenbogenkiez, on Fuggerstraße above decades of queer nightlife history. Sixteen individually decorated rooms, now on Gaycation.eu.
Café Klatsch has been open behind Mannheim's Nationaltheater since 1990 and is the oldest gay bar in the city. Café and bistro as much as a bar, drag nights, mixed crowd. Now on Gaycation.eu.
Im Briefkasten has stood opposite the post office at Essen main station for decades, a plain gay Kneipe with an older local crowd. New management since 2025. Now on Gaycation.eu.
Club Sauna Berlin is a gay sauna club on Mehringdamm in Kreuzberg, with a Finnish sauna, steam room, foam corner and bar, and nights for different queer communities. Now on Gaycation.eu.
The Harlekin on Realschulstraße is the last gay bar in Duisburg: a corner Kneipe with rainbow flags, a small stage for travesty shows, karaoke and a crowd of every age. Now on Gaycation.eu.
Zum Pümpchen sits on Kopstadtplatz in Essen, a few steps off the main shopping street. A plain, long-running gay pub with a crowd of regulars across every age. Now on Gaycation.eu.
Confusion on Pottgraben is a queer pub in Osnabrück: karaoke parties, a pub quiz, card nights and a crowd of all ages. Now on Gaycation.eu.
CSD Walsrode 2026: the Heidekreis Pride marches from Walsrode station to the Stadtplatz on the Böhme on 19 September, with stands and a stage at the finish.
CSD Verden 2026 is on 26 September. The third Pride in Verden starts at the town hall, marches through the centre and comes back for speeches, drag and music.
CSD Remscheid 2026 on 19 September: a demo from the town hall to the Stadtpark, then a festival with stands, food trucks and music. Motto: Laut und queer.
CSD Delmenhorst 2026 on 19 September: the second Pride in town, from the Hotelwiese through Delmenhorst to a rally with music and speeches on the Marktplatz.