200 Berlin students celebrate illegal party in Wisemarkt warehouse

Just two weeks ago Wisemarkt moved into its warehouse in Birkenwerder. Now, according to a media report, students have chosen the location as a party venue - and vandalized the toilets in the process.

According to reports from Gründerszene , around 200 students had an illegal party at the Wisemarkt warehouse in Birkenwerder on Sunday night. Police broke up the party in the start-up's restrooms. Reports in the local press talk about a rave or a fetish party.

On LinkedIn, Wisemarkt founder and CEO Christian Wegner humorously describes how his team found the situation: "Monday morning at 6 we noticed that something was wrong in our toilet facilities in Birkenwerder. A lot of things were broken. Foul smell. Empty pizza boxes. Empty bottles. And a little further away a couple of guys just loading some last boxes into a car." The site manager then approached the men and got the phone number of the party organizer from them, he said. The latter later apologized and promised to repair the damage by the end of the week, Wegner told Gründerszene.

Just two weeks ago, the start-up had moved into its new warehouse location in Birkenwerder and renovated the toilets at its own expense. The start-up is active in re-commerce and has existed since 2020. In August 2021, the Wisemarkt platform went online.