Overview
- Europe’s largest erotic trade fair is underway in Berlin for its 28th edition, running through Sunday with day tickets starting at €65.
- Organizers introduced the Venus Cube in Hall 18, a new performance space designed for 360-degree viewing of live shows.
- Exhibitors are highlighting increasingly lifelike sex dolls and early sex robots, marking a shift from prior years centered on conventional toys.
- Participants and models report high-intensity BDSM displays in the Kinky Area, including accounts of whipping and spankings described as causing bleeding.
- The event permits nudity under a flexible dress code, and longtime face of the fair Micaela Schäfer helped open this year’s edition.