He has invited a good 200 friends and relatives.

After all, it's not just any birthday that Dominik Galander is celebrating, it's his 40th. The Kreuzberg bar, where the big party is supposed to take place, belongs to him.

But that's not the reason why Galander is allowed to officially celebrate with so many people there during the lockdown.

The "Galander Bar" is Germany's first and so far only virtual bar.

A bit of “Spaceship Enterprise”, a little dream of the holodeck, we're not quite that far, but all people here are real.