The Naschmarkt is a more interesting place to devour alcohol with its late licenses, and Spittelburg is another popular place to go. The narrow streets behind Burgasse and Siebensterngasse just by the MuseumsQuartier have many little bars and café’s that are lit up long into the night. In summer, visit the courtyards of the universitatscampus where the students congregate.
The nightclubs are usually quite small affairs that are essentially late night bars with DJ’s. People rarely dance but prefer to sit back and listen to the music. The weekly entertainment listings in Falter magazine provides a good list of bars and clubs and during the summer months there are free pop festivals and jazz events all over the city.
The price of drinks can be high but clubs’ cover charges aren’t usually too pricey.
Volksgarten
1, Burgring
Telephone – 533 0518
Opening hours – Sun-Thurs; 8pm-2am, Fri, Sat; 8pm-4am.
Something of a Viennese institution, this is the city’s longest-running pub and you can shake your party shoes on the outdoor dance floor in summer.
Nightfly’s Club
Dorotheergasse, 14
Telephone – 512 9979
Opening hours – Winter-Spring, Mon-Sat 8pm-3am, Summer-Autumn, Mon-Sat 6pm-3am.
Sway and smile to the old Sinatra classics in this cosy cellar bar.
Passage 1
Babenberger Passage, Burgring/Bubenbergerstrasse
Telephone – 961 881
Opening hours – 10pm-4am.
A brand new, funky club located in a converted pedestrian underpass at the back of the Kunsthistorisches museum. Filled with Vienna’s best-dressed and most beautiful.
U4
Schonbrunner Strasse 222
Telephone – 815 8307
Opening hours – 11pm – 5am
A famous dark, cavernous bar with live music most nights. Thursday is gay-friendly night with all the disco classics being played.
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