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: ''Berg am Loam'') is a southeastern borough of

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Notable landmarks

* Das Kartoffelmuseum * Erzbruderschaft St. Michael * Innsbrucker Ring * Innsbrucker-Ring-Tunnel * Kultfabrik * Leuchtenbergring * Leuchtenbergring-Tunnel * Medienbrücke * Michaeli-Gymnasium München * Offenbarungskirche (Munich) * Piusplatz (Munich) * Schüleinbrunnen * St. Michael * St. Pius (Munich) * Stimmkreis München-Bogenhausen * Technisches Rathaus * U-Bahnhof Innsbrucker Ring * U-Bahnhof Josephsburg * U-Bahnhof Kreillerstraße * U-Bahnhof Michaelibad *

Ultraschall Ultraschall (German: Ultrasound, ) was a nightclub in Munich, Germany from 1994 to 2003. The techno club belonged, besides the '' Tresor'' and '' E-Werk'' in Berlin, the ''Dorian Gray'' and ''Omen'' in Frankfurt, and the Munich-based clubs ', ''N ...

* Werksviertel

Culture

Since 1996 Berg am Laim was for almost two decades a center of Munich's nightlife due to the Kunstpark Ost and its successor Kultfabrik, a former industrial complex that was converted to a large party area near München Ostbahnhof. The internationally known nightlife district hosted more than 30 clubs and was especially popular among younger people and residents of the metropolitan area surrounding Munich. Famous nightclubs within the Kunstpark Ost were for example the techno clubs

, and Natraj Temple as well as Babylon which addressed younger party-goers. Beside the nightlife venues, the area also hosted many

atelier An atelier () is the private workshop or studio of a professional artist in the fine or decorative arts or an architect, where a principal master and a number of assistants, students, and apprentices can work together producing fine art or ...

s and craft enterprises. Additionally, the smaller neighboring factory site Optimolwerke was also converted to a party area in 2003, hosting popular venues such as for example Harry Klein, Milchbar, Bullit and Grinsekatze, and in further former factory halls named Georg-Elser-Hallen also concerts and club nights took place from 2000 to 2008. The Kultfabrik was closed at the end of the year 2015 to convert the area into a residential and office area named Werksviertel. The neighboring Optimolwerke closed in January 2018 and were demolished in the course of the same year.

Economy

A number of media companies have their offices in the new ''Werksviertel'' district which was formerly the Kunstpark Ost, as well as within the neighboring business park ''Media Works''. The company Deutsche Telekom operates a large development center in the ''Ten Towers'' high rise buildings.

References

Boroughs of Munich Entertainment districts in Germany {{Munich-geo-stub