Leipzig
One of eastern Germany's oldest techno clubs, Distillery has been going for over 20 years and remains among the best. With an unpretentious crowd, cool…
Must-see nightlife in Saxony
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Leipzig
One of Europe's oldest coffeehouses, this cosy multifloor warren has been going since 1720. It's an atmospheric, if rather touristy, spot to try the…
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Leipzig
This legendary (sub)cultural centre in a warren of cellars of the old city fortifications keeps an all-ages crowd happy with parties (almost nightly),…
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Leipzig
Despite the address, the entrance this locally beloved bar can be found on Plagwitz's main drag, Karl-Heine-Strasse, and is a great, if smoky, spot to…
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Leipzig
Despite its great-grandma's-living-room look – complete with big sofas, cuckoo clocks and mounted antlers – Waldi is an up-to-the-minute hang-out, where…
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Dresden
Cocktail connoisseurs gravitate to this sophisticated old-school bar inside the Taschenbergpalais hotel. Sink into a heavy burgundy-coloured leather chair…
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Leipzig
It’s party time any time at this dark, long-running psychedelic flashback to the '60s (cool pinball machines). Admission is always free and the music…
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Dresden
This iconic old factory is home to one of Dresden's most popular clubs, a mainstream affair that packs in a young and up-for-it crowd with three floors of…
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Dresden
In a quiet corner of the Neustadt, Lloyd's oozes grown-up flair thanks to stylish cream-coloured leather furniture, huge mirrors and fanciful chandeliers…
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Dresden
This is one of Neustadt's most popular and happening bars. There's an outside beer garden, cider on tap, choices of beers ranging from fancy Belgian to…
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Dresden
Once a casino (its name means 'the old betting office'), this place is today better employed as a place for the Neustadt's young, mixed and alternative…
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Leipzig
Inside Mädlerpassage, this retro-styled cafe-cum-bar with red leather chairs and dark wood furniture is an inviting refuge from the commercial district's…
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Dresden
One of the oldest drinking dens in the Neustadt, Café 100 does double duty as a studenty pub on the ground floor and a candle-lit wine bar in the…
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Leipzig
Run by a collective, this cult location has defined Leipzig nightlife for ages with concerts and club nights that feed the gamut of musical appetites –…
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Dresden
This boho-flavoured beer garden takes the go-local concept to the limit. Wind down the day with beer (Lenin's Hanf, aka Lenin's Hemp) supplied by the…
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Dresden
This underground institution is where a young crowd searching for electronic music comes to dance each weekend. It's small and can get sweaty down there,…
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Leipzig
Just off the Karli, this large but extremely cosy pub is popular with a studenty, alternative crowd, who come here to drink beer under the two enormous…
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Dresden
Laidback to the point of toppling, this '70s-retro cafe has enormous windows that fold back when the heat is on, as well as 1960s airport furniture and…
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Leipzig
Two bronze elephants guard the entrance to this Viennese-style coffeehouse in a superb art nouveau building topped by an Asian-style turret. Good for a…
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Dresden
This legendary Polynesian-style parlour has been plying locals with divine homemade ice cream since 1966, but is also a go-to place for colourful,…
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Leipzig
The mother of Leipzig’s alternative-music pub-clubs, with jazz, experimental and indie sounds alongside films and theatre. Great outdoor seating in summer…
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Dresden
One of Dresden's most popular drinking spots, this idyllic riverfront beer garden has superb Elbe views, pulls great ales and does a mean barbecue.
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Dresden
This is Dresden's standard-issue gay bar, and it's a lively place that draws a mixed-age crowd and hosts busy parties on Friday and Saturday.
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Dresden
Yes, it may be inside the rather faceless Hotel Innside, part of the Melia chain, but this 6th-floor cocktail lounge gives you incredible views of the…
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Dresden
When everything else is closed, 'dudes' can still toast the sunrise with a White Russian while the eponymous cult movie reels off in the background. It's…
