Große Freiheit 36 is actually a pretty sweet place to see a gig. It’s roomy, but still small enough to hint at being intimate. There is a very large balcony that sweeps around three sides of the venue so if are a wee person, or happen to be bringing a wee one as your date, you’ve got options.

The acoustics are surprisingly quite good. I saw a rock/acoustic performance and my ears left happy.

The drinks where as expected: very weak and very expensive. I paid €9 for two waters and a shot of Pernod. The ‘shot’ came in a laughably small thimble. I mean, seriously… it looked it should have been served on the table of the ‘tequila shooting frogs’. Solution: get lit out front before the show… it’s Große Freiheit after all, no lack of things to see, wink-wink, nudge-nudge…