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Video
Oude Beestenmarkt is where some of Ghent's best DJs got their start. The string of little venues here includes Video, a tiny boutique club that attracts a like-to-be-seen clientele. It's big on everything from techno to drum'n'bass.
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Chocolat
Chocolat is a little venue that is big on everything from techno to drum'n'bass.
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Caroline Music
Music shop and ticket agency for contemporary live gigs, festivals and club nights.
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Space
Down near Centraal Station, this is the after-club club. Dancing starts when the streetlights go out.
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Silo
High-tech club that rates highly among Belgian clubbers, down by a canal in a former industrial building.
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Café Beveren
This time-worn treasure is a favourite with sailors, students and retro fiends for its antique jukebox and organ.
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Café Trefpunt
Run by the organisers of the Gentse Feesten, most of the week this is a laid-back pub, but on Mondays there are DJs, jam sessions or live concerts.
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Kaaiman
Alternative types flock to this small club occupying a converted red-brick garage in 't Eilandje. Music is eclectic with a lean to house and drum'n'bass.
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De Nieuwe Linde
Cheap beers and local artworks hung on the walls and painted on the ceiling make this a popular hangout for artists and writers. There's good background music, if you can hear it over the animated conversations.
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Oude Beestenmarkt is where some of Ghent's best DJs got their start. The string of little venues here includes Video, a tiny boutique club that attracts a like-to-be-seen clientele. It's big on everything from techno to drum'n'bass.
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Soundstation
Soundstation is a former train station that now sports house parties and live rock, jazz and blues. It hosts a restaurant done up in 1930s decor, a cafe for lovers of live acoustic music, a recording studio, and the main dance area for thumping electronic beats.
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Stereo Sushi
Hipsters head to this anime-adorned, fuchsia-tinged place for platters of sushi before grooving to DJs like the Milkshakerz and the Breakbeatles. Just how strict the door policy is depends on how busy things are, but glamming up is de rigueur here in any case.
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Cactus Muziekcentrum
Though small, this is the city's top venue for contemporary and world music, both live bands and international DJs. It also organises festivals including July's Cactus Music Festival (www.cactusfestival.be), held in the Minnewater park at the southern edge of the old city.
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Dirty Dancing@Mirano
Clued-in clubbers know the area for Dirty Dancing@Mirano. DJs here include the likes of Cosy Mozzy and the atmosphere is electric. However, locals caution against walking through the poorly lit streets late at night and advise visitors to catch a taxi instead.
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De Republiek
Set around a courtyard, this big, buzzing space is a favourite with Bruggelingen (Bruges locals), located in the same smart premises as the art-house movie theatre, Cinema Lumière. DJs hit the decks on Friday and Saturday nights and there's also a great range of well-priced meals, including vegetarian options, available until midnight.
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Café d'Anvers
Well over a decade old and still going strong, this legendary club does funk and house, disco and soul in a refurbished church in the city's red-light district. Many of Belgium's top DJs started here, and more are breeding. Every Friday night in July and August the club puts on Free Vibes, free dance nights featuring new, resident and visiting DJs.
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Bar Tabac
Tiny bar that looks like it was plucked from an obscure village in rural France and plonked in 't Zuid. The odd thing is it has been going for years and is always packed. The décor's no more than a faded Michelin map and two old cigarette vending machines, plus a hotchpotch of old metal tables and chairs. In summer there's a terrace section for relaxing on crusty cinema seats; in winter everyone's jammed inside. 'Drunk Wednesdays' see beers going for around €1 and a DJ spinning tracks.
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