How do you get to Berghain? Study examines how Berliner Klubs choose their guests

Club doormen consider themselves curators of the night. But how do they make their decisions? Who can go in? Researchers from England, Germany and Sweden have tried to find the criteria.

The techno scene in Berlin is known for good DJ sets, fetish parties, drugs, loss of control. And merciless bouncers who reject party guests. Who knows how these "hard doors" work, has better chances to be admitted.

An international team of researchers has scientifically investigated how clubs choose their visitors. Why the selection starts before the evening and sometimes you don't come in anyway.