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Air Grip
By day it's a hangout for wealthy foreigners enjoying the excellent Italian espresso and gelato (the specialities here), by evening it's one of the city's premier meeting points for a younger, rowdier crowd. This place has the right attitude: to try to reduce the billows of smoke from their customers, they sometimes offer free coffee for those who actually don't smoke!
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Babylon
The city's main gay-friendly locale, and probably the least pretentious and most fun-spirited club in town. Here people of all persuasions gather just to have a down-to-earth good time. It's on the 3rd floor of a commercial building - just walk in the open door and follow the music.
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Banana
The Turkish-style so-called VIP lounge on the 1st floor is the city's best place to relax with a cocktail and smoke a flavoured waterpipe ( sheesha ). The pillowed couches and dimly-lit interiors make it one of the city's cosiest corners.
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Bronx
Without a doubt, the Bronx is the hippest nightclub in town. Special guest bands and DJs from abroad show up at the sleek, ultramodern warehouse-style space, where there are billiards, dance floors and fashion shows.
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Drozhzhi United
It's a strange name ( drozhzhi means 'yeast') and a strange location, but once inside, this Irish-style pub is all familiar.
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Karchma Stavravilenskaja
In the Old Town along the riverfront, this café has a breezy summer terrace and a low-key interior. Its food is good, if overpriced, but it's the beer and coffee that most head here for.
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London
The hippest cafés are the itsy-bitsy Stary Mensk and its teeny-weeny cousin, London . They both serve coffees and fresh teas, and whip up a mean hot chocolate. London has an upstairs area, but you'll have to order an alcoholic beverage to sit there.
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Rakovsky Brovar
This jolly two-storey brewery is the most popular of its kind in Minsk. It's known for its good cheer and not its food, which is not bad but a little pricey. The huge menu of Belarusian and other European cuisine will at least help keep you from getting too drunk. There are often roving accordionists.
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Stary Mensk
The hippest cafés are the itsy-bitsy Stary Mensk and its teeny-weeny cousin, London. They both serve coffees and fresh teas, and whip up a mean hot chocolate. In summer, Stary Mensk puts on batlejka (traditional Belarusian puppet shows) - very nationalistic, and all right across from the KGB headquarters.
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West World
Because of its circular shape, locals call this place shaiba (hockey puck). It's quite a scene, with erotic dancing, flashy nouveau riche, Eurotrash wannabes and prostitutes aplenty, as well as visiting Turks, Azeris and Georgians. Sometimes 'face control' is exercised, so shy away from wearing jeans and trainers, just in case.
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West World Club
Because of its circular shape, locals dub this place shaiba (hockey puck). Visiting it once is part of the quintessential Minsk experience. Here, the city's dubiously nouveau riche and prostitutes aplenty mingle with innocent (or not-so-innocent) foreigners. The doormen alone must be seen to be believed.
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