What is proper ID for a German club?

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Thomas t

16 to 18: Depends on the Club, but not longer than midnight
18 to 21: Depends on the Club.
over 21: No problems anywhere

By law you are full age with 18. The age limit of 21 is not official, its just that the owners dont want to have kids in their club

Eddie L

I'm an American in living in Germany going to College, and the age restrictions are sketchy at best.

With 16 you can go into any bar and drink a beer.

With 17 you can go into the club with what is called a "Muttizettel" or mother's note. Basically it's saying that you can go into a place that is intended for people over 18. And that also means you can drink what ever you want. In my region of Germany, Thueringen, there is a law that says people under 18 aren't allowed to stay out past 10.

With 18 you can go into every bar and club, drink what ever you want and stay out as late as you want. I have never seen anything that says people under 21 have to get out at 12, and I have been to about 30 clubs all around Germany.

As for ID, I usually just carry my Drivers License from America, and if it's a really big club then sometimes I take my passport with me, because sometimes they can be really strict at the bigger clubs.

Hope this helps :D

Sylke

Proper ID would be anything with a picture and the date of birth. You might have some explaining to do with month first and than the day as in Germany it is always day/month/year.

t_maia2000

Take a photo-copy of your passport data page. Or if you are EU citizen use your national ID card.

Coco K

to be honest, the age restrictions and rules in Germany are fairly strange. Officially you can only enter a bar or club above the age of 18 or with 16, but only until midnight unless you have a special permission and you visit the bar with an adult (older than 18). However drinking beer is allowed with 16, again only officially.
But then it is possible to go to bars, clubs and pubs when your only 16 and stay longer than 12 o'clock. However it can also happen that even with a valid ID that proves that you are older than 18, sometimes you don't get into a club and there also are some bars that want to make sure not to have "kids" in their bar so they raise the age to 21. So when you're 21 you really shouldn't have any problems.
To answer your first question: It is enough to have a valid ID card with foto and age on it. But it's gotta appear legitimate. I would personally say that if you don't want to use your passport you can always use your drivers license. But as far as I know they mostly also accept like student IDs from your University or College. As i said, as long as it seems legitimate and has foto and birth date on it you should be fine.

Rick

The only ID that is accepted is your Identification Card or Passport. Every German citizen is required to carry a Identification Card (Personelausweis) after the age of 16. If you're a foreigner your passport will be the only ID accepted. Driver's licence or health cards are not accepted regardless if they have pictures or not.

If you're under 18, you are required to leave the club at midnight and are not allowed to consume alcoholic drinks, except for beer. If you don't leave at midnight...one of the door staff will come and get you and escort you from the club, if they don't and the club is controlled by the Ordnungsamt (which does happen) and they find a minor...it can cost the club up to 10,000 Euro.

Bozo C

Papers please............

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