They have arrived during a “naked or underwear session.” There’s a locker where they can leave their clothes and a bar where they receive a complementary drink, along with free condoms – safe sex is promoted in these clubs. “It’s the first time I’ve come,” says one of the boys whose friend, a former customer, has assured him he can keep his boxers on if he wants, but advises him not to remove his shoes.Īt a spanking party, a man arrived carrying a box, wrapped like a present and inside it was a whip “You have to be a member to come in,” says a voice from inside.īefore paying the €10 entrance fee, which includes a complementary drink, there’s a form to fill out.

A few seconds later, the door opens again. You have to ring the bell to cross the threshold. “It’s in there,” says the other, pointing back at the entrance to The Ring, one of Madrid’s many sex clubs. There is no bar or disco only a black door that is vaguely lit up and which opens by chance, spilling three thirty-something men out on to the street. Two young men walk along a street in Madrid's bohemian Lavapiés neighborhood in the early hours of the morning, peering down at the screens of their smartphones.

Patrons in the Boyberry club on Valverde street, Madrid.