Club entertainment in Portugal
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Kapital
Being young, gorgeous and loaded helps you to get the nod from the picky doormen at Kapital. It’s the super-slick haunt of 20- to 30-something Lisboetas out spending daddy’s pension on cocktails in the VIP lounge. The too-cool crowd defrosts in the madrugada (wee hours) grooving to ’80s and garage tunes.
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Clandestino
Keep your eyes peeled for this well-hidden, old-skool Bairro Alto den. Battered and lovable, its walls are smothered in scribblings of the ‘X luvs Y 4ever’ and ‘hasta la victoria siempre’ variety. The playlist: Pearl Jam, Manu Chao, The Ramones…
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Blues Café
Decked out with gold, red velvet, dark wood and tassel lamps, this high-ceilinged warehouse fuses 1920s glamour with industrial cool. Music skips from lounge to house and dance, with the party mood picking up after 1am. The dockside terrace is perfect for chilling.
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Indústria
Done up with silver-and-velvet wallpaper and beanbag chairs, this retro basement club serves up funk, house and, above all, electronica to a crowd that generally skews very young. Take the bus and get off at the Molhe stop.
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UBI
After that, head to UBI, an extraordinary nightclub, in a former tuna factory, that churns out music (and an experience) across umpteen sleek spaces and bar areas. Join the party with up to 3999 others.
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Docas
For a higher-velocity night, the Docas, an extension of the mercado municipal, hosts a row of dancier, preclub bars that play music from hands-in-the-air house to African. The area buzzes in July and August.
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Bazaar
One of the hottest clubs in Porto, Bazaar spins high-quality house to hundreds of pretty 20- and 30-somethings in their shiny best. The club spreads across three minimalist, whitewashed levels.
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Estado Novo
The Estado Novo's airy, whitewashed interior with slick lighting and rocking sound system attracts teens on some nights, their moms and dads on others. Worth finding out what's on their docket.
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Clube Mau-Mau
Formerly Porto's hottest club, this cavernous industrial space offers standard R&B and house most nights but still attracts top guest DJs from time to time. Also provides late-night grub.
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Dock’s Club
Blues Café’s sibling rival, Dock’s is another people-packed place, with mirrors, glitterballs, pop hits and dudes looking to score. Tuesday is ladies’ night.
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Via Rápida
This industrial-sized club has an enormous dance floor that reverberates with house, attracting a fairly mainstream younger crowd. The most likely place to catch local starlets.
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Coconuts
Young, touchy-feely, dressed-up and nutty at times, this ever-popular club has DJs heating up two dance floor, seven bars and an esplanade by the sea.
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Aktual Club
This warehouse club is one of the town's better dance venues, featuring housey sounds.
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Finalmente
This popular club has a tiny dance floor, nightly drag shows and wall-to-wall crowds.
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