This place is just amazing, small, but friendly, is a Punk-Bar but they are really nice, the…read moreambience is really cool, the music is good, their Kettenfett is a Classic, there are also many concerts in here, and in summer there's a nice terrace where you can enjoy beer with friends and nice weather. The best of all is the location! (i just live across the street LOL) but really is a must go if you're into rock, punk or so on

Eigentlich eine schöne Location. Aber das Personal (im Security Bereich) geht gar nicht. Nach dem…read moreKonzert wurden wir direkt nachdem die Band von der Bühne war mit einem Wellenbrecher Gitter nach draußen gedrückt und angeschrien, dass wir raus gehen sollen. Wir konnten noch nicht mal unsere Sachen (Fahnen, Pullover, leere Getränkeflaschen usw.) vernünftig packen oder das Abschlusslied, welches von Platte gespielt wird und (zumindest gefühlt und inoffiziell) fester Bestandteil des Tourprogramms ist, genießen. Jugendliche/Kinder sind hier gar nicht willkommen. Unter 12 Jahren kommt man nur mit Kapselgehörschutz rein. Vernünftige Kinder-ohropax, die bestimmt besser dicht sind als zu große andere Ohrschützer, werden nicht akzeptiert und man muss trotz Ticket draußen bleiben oder wenn man Glück hat noch irgendwo neue (billige, die dann gar nichts taugen) aus dem Baumarkt kaufen. Ist angeblich gesetzlich so, dann haben sich die anderen 30 Clubs in den letzten zwei Jahren wohl nicht an die Gesetze gehalten?! Waren noch viele andere Probleme mit den Türstehern/Security Personal. Sowas schlechtes und unprofessionelles habe ich noch nie erlebt. Schade, so macht man einen ansonsten schönen Club kaputt.

Cool place, different events, all kinds of music, nice concerts…read more Very alike to Sonic Ballroom just bigger, and mixed. It's not very well located, i mean for what people in Cologne are used to, a bit far, "wrong side" of the Rhine, etc. But it's really cool, looks like an old warehouse made to a club. Really underground from the way it's done, somehow a Berlin-style club. If you are into alternative not mainstream stuff full of college kids, this is the place to go.

Bootshaus has been rated the #7 club in the world in the past. So I knew I had to check out this…read morevenue while I was visiting Cologne. Luckily, there was a performance going on that I was able to attend. The DJ? Levy. Bootshaus is located on the outskirts of Cologne away from the center of the city. Since we were on foot, it took us 45 minutes or so to walk to the venue. Which I didn't mind because it gave us the opportunity to explore a new part of the city. The club is in more of a rural part of town, surrounded by trees. As I arrived, I was loving the vibe. Upon entering, I began to realize how large Bootshaus is. There's a large outdoor area. On the patio, there were food options, bars, and a DJ playing out on the patio. We are before, so I can't comment on the food. Once you get inside, that's where the heart of the action is (and where the headliner performs). Pretty similar to large clubs I've experienced in the States. Drinks aren't cheap. You're packed in there like sardines. This I expected. There were a couple of things I didn't expect. There's no A/C inside. Given the number of people that were there on a Friday night, it was extremely hot. I know I'm an American, so I'm fitting the stereotype, but some A/C wouldn't gone a long way. It was June after all. Also, given how the venue is constructed, it's tough to actually see the DJ from a lot of vantage points. That's because the DJ set isn't elevated. It's the opposite. Which means you're going to have trouble seeing the DJ unless you're towards the front or extremely tall (I'm 6'2" and had to stand on my tippy toes to even see the DJ a bit. Not the smartest set up logistically. If you've ever been to an EDM show in the U.S., you know that the headliner typically comes on around midnight. In Europe, it's going to be later. They will come on around 2 a.m. Make sure you're down for a long night if you're raving in Cologne. While there are definitely some cool aspects about Bootshaus, the DJ set-up and the lack of A/C took away from the experience.

MONEY-GRAB. AVOID AT ALL COST…read more I have been to raves and concerts for close to a decade now, going to dozens of venues across Germany and the United States and this one has got to be one of the ABSOLUTE WORST places to go to. Do yourself a favor and go ANYWHERE BUT HERE. Not only do they criminally oversell tickets to the point that they intentionally break fire code, where it becomes so crammed that people cannot even move past each other to get to the bathroom or outside (which are all equally as crammed), but they also do not have ANY water fountains and refuse to hand out any free water at the bars, and they even went as far as recently changing the sink faucets in the bathroom to spray at a really slow rate (instead of flowing in a normal stream), intentionally done to prevent people from refilling their cups/bottles with water from the bathroom sink, which is a liability (especially when they oversell tickets to the point that the place is so tightly-packed that people are constantly falling over from heat exhaustion). There is also a serious danger of suffocation and stampedes, because of the sheer amount of people they let into the venue at once, just so they can make as much money as possible off of those in attendance, to the detriment of their health, safety, and experience. Moreover, the bartenders are EXTREMELY rude to their guests and refuse to even give out empty cups for people in desperate need of water, and the so-called "shots" they sell appear to contain only syrup and no alcohol. The production is also one of the most underwhelming I have ever witnessed, with countless small local clubs having better sound and lighting than this place. Lastly, they often don't start letting people into the venue until well past the event was supposed to begin, leading people to queue up in a massive line for ages, because they are too incompetent and understaffed to properly process people. Security was also a joke, with the security guards barely patting people down and not even asking folks to empty their pockets, making it extremely easy for someone to sneak in a switchblade or other form of knife/weapon. The amount of negligence I have witnessed at this venue is truly mind-boggling. I would give them zero stars if I couldX If you value your health, safety, and a quality experience, AVOID THIS VENUE AT ALL COSTS.