Algiers Entertainment

  1. Alger Bar

    Also known as Chez Frères Acherar. One of the quieter places to drink in Algiers.

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  2. Bar Dey

    This is one of the most relaxing places to drink, especially on a warm day if you can persuade the waiters to serve you in the garden. The bar has an elaborate Moorish interior. Drinks are suitably expensive, a little less for a half bottle of local wine.

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  3. Cinéma Algeria

    The risks associated with going out at night during the 1990s, the lack of spare cash and the advent of the DVD all spelled trouble for Algiers' cinemas. But some, including this, are still managing to run decent programmes of films that may be in French or Arabic.

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  4. Cinématheque Algérienne

    The risks associated with going out at night during the 1990s, the lack of spare cash and the advent of the DVD all spelled trouble for Algiers' cinemas. But some, including this, are still managing to run decent programmes of films that may be in French or Arabic.

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  5. Goethe Institut

    Housed in the German embassy, it stages theatre and screens films around town.

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  6. Pasha Nightclub

    The nightclub of the Hôtel el-Djazaïr.

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  7. Riadh el-Feth

    Algiers has several live music venues, two of the most popular being the Théatre de Verdure and the Salle Ibn Zeydoun, at Riadh el-Feth. Listings are published in papers such as the daily El-Watan.

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  8. Star Studio

    A long ride out of town, it's worth checking if it is running before making the trip.

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  9. Taverne du Parc

    One of the quieter places to drink in Algiers.

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  10. Théâtre National Algérien

    Stages regular performances of theatre, music and dance in its grand 19th-century building.

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