Babalu Club was one of the most well-known nightclubs of the early German techno scene and was located in Munich's Schwabing district from 1990 to 1994. The Babalu Club is considered to be the club that introduced the concept of afterhours in Germany, in order to circumvent the curfew that was in force in the city at the time. In the early 1990s, nightclubs in Munich were only allowed to open until 4 a.m., so Babalu Club started reopening the club at 6 a.m. The afterhour parties then often lasted into the afternoon according to the motto open-end. Since there were curfews throughout Bavaria at the time, the Babalu attracted guests from all over the region who had previously partied until 4 a.m. in other cities. By the year after its founding, the Babalu Club had then established itself as