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Algeria

Entertainment in Algeria

  1. 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, up to DA550 for an imported beer, a little less for a half bottle of local wine.

    reviewed

  2. Le Racym’s

    The kitchen managed to spoil even the most basic French dishes, but perhaps its claims to serve authentic Vietnamese food are more convincing. Instead, come late for the music, especially on nights when there is a live act, when the place gets packed and the audience begins to move.

    reviewed

  3. A

    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.

    reviewed

  4. B

    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.

    reviewed

  5. 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.

    reviewed

  6. C

    El-Rio

    Alcohol is hard to find in Annaba; El-Rio tends to stay open later than most. If the weather allows, the cafés under the fig trees along the Cours are popular for a tea or ice cream.

    reviewed

  7. 213tv

    A new Franco-Algerian operation with a mission to revitalise Oran’s cultural life, stages regular live music events.

    reviewed

  8. Club Sevilla

    Club Sevilla is a cut above the rest. It’s a small bar with food and music till late.

    reviewed

  9. Star Studio

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

    reviewed

  10. D

    Théâtre National Algérien

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

    reviewed

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  12. E

    Pasha

    The nightclub of the Hôtel el-Djazaïr is among the most popular in the city.

    reviewed

  13. F

    Alger Bar

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

    reviewed

  14. G

    Goethe Institut

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

    reviewed

  15. Cinema Lynx

    Testosterone-laden celluloid can be found at Cinema Lynx.

    reviewed

  16. H

    Pasha Nightclub

    The nightclub of the Hôtel el-Djazaïr.

    reviewed

  17. I

    Taverne du Parc

    One of the quieter places to drink in Algiers.

    reviewed

  18. Palais de la Culture

    Stages music and literary events.

    reviewed