Gothic BC

Yes.. that's a very non Goth region of Germany. I'm glad you mentioned the Munich club as I'm planning a next visit to Berlin in October and my Berlin family is talking about meeting up with Danish relatives in Munich during that... And I'm not really an Octoberfest type person....I'm just happy with a bottle of Beck's and somewhere where there's industrial music.

As to the downtown bars that feel friendly to goths in Vancouver, The Morrissey on Granville is very goth like and full of travelers and Alt. types and the Factory father up, near the hostels which is more industrial / rock and roll. The plus @ The Factory is, you can select the music and the bartenders are Industrial nuts so they like you if you punch up some industrial. More north up Granville is the Roxy and sportsbars which are a totally different crowd of young Bridge and Tunnel girls and Meet Market guy types...

In East Van on Commercial drive it's very Anything goes in any bar. It's very hippy area of town that's getting quickly gentrified, and the lesbian community rules there.

Downtown in the West End is where the last of the gay bars are with the big one being celebrities. There and the pubs accross the street from it, and up and down davie are very open friendly and cool.

I'll bet those boots are a huge investment to fly overseas, and sending them in luggage - means your luggage will get opened.
The tall boots are very popular with girls here but not guys... I saw way more guys wearing those boots in Berlin...

In Berlin I saw many wild shoe and clothing stores.... that sold so many different types of those boots that I'd never even seen in Vancouver. So I expected them to be everywhere in clubs. So when I finally met some locals, and went @ K17 in Berlin... I expected a huge number of club goers wearing the Frankenstein boots but it seemed to out of style amongst the older crowd I was with, which were basic black or industrial types.

I noticed an intense Cyber-goth and very dressy Lolita-goth look amongst the younger people in the 1300 person crowd. But it was probably due to the night I visited. As Berlin clubbing is such a huge thing, and Goth seems like any other look in the city. I think I saw more dressy Goths out and about during the day then I did at the times I visited clubs there... So I must still be missing another core of the Berlin scene.

Vancouver is sort of a mini scene for Goth (it used to be bigger in the 90's with a big club Luv-A-Fair as the anchor and bands like Skinny Puppy leading the crowds - Sanctuary was a side night til Luv-A-Fair closed in 2003) Issac practically kept the goth scene alive with his night, that kept moving around the city as changed owners, or bars got closed for the condo craze. Thanks to him and other, keeping the flame alive... Goth nights have started to bloom again with other nights opening @ The Waldorf and Sunday nights @ Descent have struggled on. The Music is classic and dancable... And I think hipsters and students have taken up it's cause. The crowds are alot of basic black, Fetish, Metal, Industrial crossover looks and few core Cyber-goths..

Away from the Sportsbar scene on north Granville people are very open, accepting and not so drunk...Plus, your a girl and guys like to see all types of girls in clubs.. So you have no worry. Sadly, clubs only go til 2 am - 3am here unlike Germany where there seems to be no set closing time. If Sanctuary is doing a special night... there's often in the past been an after-party for those who can dance til dawn.

Funny you noticed the dancing....I didn't realize that dancing as well is very different til I went to clubs in Berlin this second time. There's alot less feet movement in Berlin clubs with more arm movements...The people I was with in K17 said I danced like a zombie...