I had only once been to FKK Sharks previously, and while I enjoyed the experience, I didn't think the FKK scene was for me. However I found myself visiting Zurich for work, and knew I would have a few hours in the evening free, so thought why not give this another shot with a different club. Unfortunately due to the work commitments, I was only able to get out to the venue at 11pm, so got the graveyard hours.
The venue sits within an office block an an industrial estate, about 15 mins from Zurich airport. There are a couple of posters outside and a red rope to a solid door, but otherwise you would be forgiven for thinking you had got the wrong address. Entry is made via buzzer, which gets you into reception, and any apprehesion of being in the right place is immediately gone as more than likely standing with you in reception is a bevvy of naked women and their clients sorting payment out. Good first impression.
Reception on this night was dealt with by an attractive woman, who explained the fee (CHF95+ CHF10 deposit), and rates with girls (CHF150 1/2 hour, and CHF300 for the hour). She then hands over towel, robe, and you pick up the flip flops behind you, and then she gave a very quick tour of the venue (basically pointing down corridors and explaning what was there) on the way to the changing room. You have a main locker in the changing room for clothes, and a smaller locker outside the changing room for valuables (all explained in the tour).
A this stage I was keen to start looking around, so got the robe on (always too small, meaning everytime I sat down I had a period of adjusting the robe awkwardly to try not exposing myself) and headed out to look for the bar to find a position to orientate myself. This took me through most of the venue, or at least the ground floor of it, which consists mostly of small little rooms with benches and some light theming, and dotted within is a tiny cinema room, and weirdly a sauna and smattering of gym equipment. My first thought was who the hell comes in here and uses this equipment (foreshadowing here). The center of the venue is a stripper pole, with seating around it, and the bar sat behind it, giving a good view of the main entertainment.
After grabbing a beer from the bar and perching myself on a seat, I got a good look across the floor at what was on offer this evening. This was a tuesday evening, which was naked evening, so all girls were completely nude while walking around. As has been mentioned in other reviews, most of them seem to be roms, but there was a couple good lookers in there, amongst the otherwise average looking crowd. The other thing that caught my attention immediately was the shagging going on in public. One couple were going at it on the seating near the gym/sauna area, and sure enough stood watching them was a bloke in the robe, taking the opportunity to do some plate raises at the same time. Definitely odd, but appreciate the no-fucks given attitude of that particular legend.
Looking back on my experience I realise I am just a complete rookie at how to behave in these clubs, and that definitely impacted my enjoyment. Initially I was keen not to be caught up in conversations with girls I wasn't interested in, and so batted away the first couple of women approaching me (politely of course), but seems word gets around that you aren't interested, and they leave you alone after. This then puts emphasis on you to approach when you want, but the wrinkle is that they typically sit in groups, and more often than not there is also a random bloke going after one of the group. I found as the evening went on though (and I got to my 5th beer), the anxiety melted away and I became more confident with just getting involved in the group talk, and learned perhaps the most enjoyable bit is actually just having a couple of women draped over you with wandering hands, while chatting nonsense.
Ultimately I had two punts over the evening; one tall 8/10 long legged lady with strawberry blonde hair. Action was rather transactional with lots of fake moaning, but build up and general chat was good. The second was with a nerdy looking brunnete in glasses, who was much more of a GFE experience. Both good, not mind-blowing. Sadly I don't remember either of their names, but honestly doesn't really matter as it's all going to be mixed depending on when you attend.
In terms of the more negative aspects;
- I still find the presence of lots of other blokes wondering around in towels a bit off-putting, and there were a couple of groups who were bordering on lairy that just dulled the vibe a bit.
- Some of the blokes were properly seedy. It's the place for it I suppose, and I realise I am the rookie, but the odd bloke walking around with his arse hanging out, standing in front of a group just leering at them, or the loud show-off at the bar grabbing every woman that walk by, or the bloke fiddling with himself watching the stripper pole - well, I found them all weird. Weight lifting guy was a ledge though.
- Finally I had an odd interaction that again I put down to my lack of etquiette knowledge, but definitely brought things down. There was an attractive darker lady I spotted earlier in the night, that was sat in a group of 3 on one of the couches around the bar. Approaching all 3 and interrupting, and trying to pick one out was a bit intimidating, but being a few beers down I did it anyway. The reaction I got was borderiung disgust though, they looked at me as if I was an alien, and one of them (not the one I was trying to lure away) basically said they were leaving soon, so leave them alone. In the grand scheme of things it was minor, but just took the edge off an otherwise positive vibe.
In summary, I still find the whole scene somewhat odd, and still not quite sure if overall I enjoy it or not. There are definitely some great bits; just being in a room with so many good looking women at your disposal is great, and getting into a nice group with lots of attention on you is also good. The sex always feels quite transactional though, so never matches meeting a good indy for instance, and then the oddities in the place (weird blokes, the off grumpy girl) makes it all a bit pot luck.
If you haven't been, I recommend giving it a go for the experience more than anything else. In terms of the club itself, my only comparison is with Sharks in Frankfurt, and while Sharks is larger and more club like, they were basically the same deal.
