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| Budapest Nightlife Budapest Nightlife - TravelPuppy.com New discos and clubs are sprouting up all over Budapest constantly and there is no district especially renowned for its nightlife. The bars offer something for everybody, from sleazy sex bars to calm cafés, and there is plenty of time to visit all and experiment. Many bars are open until dawn, although most will close at around 0400 hrs. Borozos are cheap wine cellars, where it is rare to see any women, especially unaccompanied. Sorozos are beer houses which will also serve good and moderately priced food. Clubs charge Ft500-1000 entry and may not allow entry to people in shorts or tracksuits. The minimum drinking age is 18 years and alcohol is inexpensive, with a beer costing Ft200-300 more for imported bottled beers and sprits Ft500. Under no circumstances should one clink beer glasses, this was adopted by the Austrians, when Hungarian generals were executed after the failed Revolution of 1848-49. Probably the best source of nightlife listings in Budapest is the free weekly publication, Open and is published on Thursday. Pesti Est is also very complete and is available free from the cinema foyers. Pesti Müsor is a paid for publication and is also very comprehensive. However, these are in Hungarian and English-speaking revellers may prefer to pick up a copy of Budapest Week or Budapest Sun. Where Budapest is a monthly guide in English, available free at most hotels. The bi-monthly Budapest in Your Pocket is free on Malév airplanes or can be purchased in newsagents locally. Bars: The Crazy Café, VI Jókai utca 30, stocks over 20 draught and 100 bottled beers and is very popular with the young set. Café Mediterran, VI Liszt Ferenc tér, is open until 0200 hrs and has a friendly atmosphere and attractive terrace that is packed during summer. Night and Day, VI Andrássy út 46, draws an slightly older crowd 24 hours a day, as its name suggests. For those yearning to hear their native language spoken, the Irish Cat, V Múzeum körút, provides relief. It is open daily until 0200 hrs and is often very busy, there is Latin music on Monday and blues on Tuesday. Beckett’s, V Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út, is one of the few bars which will accept major credit cards. This huge Irish pub with excellent food draws the Anglophone business community. Portside, VII Dohány utca 7, is popular with a young crowd, at the weekend, with an excellent menu, pool tables and dancing, while Negro, II Szent Istvar ter, is the ideal place for cocktails. Casinos Budapest has over a dozen casinos, mostly located in the luxury hotels along the Dunakorzó. Anything but formal dress precludes entry, except at the Las Vegas Casino, Hyatt Regency Hotel, V Roosevelt tér 2. Other casinos include Casino Budapest Hilton, I Hess András tér 1-3, Casino Budapest Gresham, Gresham Palace, V Roosevelt tér 5, and the grand Várkert Casino, 1 Ybl Miklós tér 9, designed by Miklós Ybl (architect of the State Opera House). In all casinos, photo ID must be presented for registration on the first visit and the minimum age is 18 and Credit cards are now generally accepted. Clubs Most clubs in Budapest are open until at least 0300 hrs and many until 0600 hrs. The admission fee varies from about Ft300 to over Ft1000 and most do not accept credit cards and English is not spoken in some clubs. Budapest bouncers often belong to organised crime, so it is best to smile sweetly and pay the entrance fee requested. Franklin Trocadero Café, V Szent István körút 15, plays good Latin music, while retro is provided in the cellar-club Nincs Pardon, VIII Almássy tér 2. Fat Mo's, V Nyáry Pál út. 11, is always busy and the dancefloor is usually filled. Piaf, VI Nagymezo utca 25 has a piano bar upstairs and a lively bar with a dancefloor located in the basement. Despite its inconvenient location in Obuda, the Supersonic Technicum, III Pacsirtamezô utca 41, a former factory cellar, is very much the centre of Budapest’s underground dance scene, with 3 dancefloor's with ducts, pistons and fountains and 2 bars, the music ranges from Goan trance, drum ‘n’ bass, reggae to techno. Kashmir Underground, IX Ülloi út 151, near the Ferenc Körút metro, is a new hip club with excellent food. The Old Man’s Music Pub, VII Akácfa utca 13, although crowded, is one of the city’s most fun night-time hotspots, with live music from 2100hrs to 2300hrs. Angyal Bar, VII Szövetség ut 33, is the gay club in Budapest, specialising in good old-fashioned high-NRG dance remixes of all your favourite hits from the Pet Shop Boys, Cher and Ricky Martin. Live Music Mexican music is played on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings at Latin Kocsma, V Havas utca 2. Mellow jazz is featured at Club Seven, VII Afácfa utca 7, a classy café, bar and music club, and at Incognito, VI Liszt Ferenc tér 3. Dance houses (táncház) feature Magyar folk music from isolated areas such as the Transylvanian region of Romania. Gyökér Restaurant, VI corner of Eötvös utca and Szobl utca, is popular and also serves good food. Kalamajka DH (Belvárosi Ifjusági Muvelodesi Haz), V Molnár utca 9, was started by Béla Habmos (the founder of the dance house movement in the 1970s) and is open Saturday 2000-0100 hrs. The Petofi Csarnok, in Városliget, and the Almássy téri Szabadido Központ (Almássy Square Leisure Centre), VII Almássy tér 6, are the two favourite venues for small pop concerts and local folk music. International stars perform at Népstadion, the main sport stadium, XIV Istvánmezei út 1-3. Tickets for rock and jazz can be purchased at TEX ticket express, I Déli pályaudvar, VI Andrassy út 18 and other locations, and at Publika, VII Károly körút. VII. 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