Bratislava Entertainment

  1. Apollon Club

    The gay dance club in town is Apollon Club, with two bars and three stages. Thursdays are for boys only.

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  2. Babylon Music Club

    Live music acts range from hip-hop to reggae to ska to local folk-rock.

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  3. Barbados

    Barbados is a popular little gay bar.

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  4. Café Štúdio Club

    Bop to the oldies, or chill out to jazz; most nights there's live music of some sort. A 1950s vibe prevails.

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  5. Čajovňa Pohoda

    Exotic teas, and more potent brews, are on offer in this nonsmoking tea room.

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  6. Charlie Centrum

    Charlie Centrum is a cinema that occasionally shows Czech and Slovak classics; next door is an associated night club.

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  7. Čokoládovňa

    This tiny 'chocolate café' has cocktails, coffees and desserts made with the dark ambrosia.

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  8. Downtown

    Lime green is the refreshing colour of this urban cocktail lounge. About a million liquors line the bar wall.

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  9. Dubliner

    If you want to meet other English speakers, head to this Irish sports pub. If you don't, you may want to avoid it.

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  10. HC Slovan stadium

    New ice-hockey and football stadiums are in the works. At least until 2008, Bratislava's hallowed ice-hockey team, HC Slovan plays at the HC Slovan stadium northeast of the old town. You can buy tickets online at www.ticketportal.sk.

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  12. Hysteria Pub

    Comical murals depict inebriated cowboys downing tequila at this fun-loving restaurant-bar-disco. It's multigenerationally popular.

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  13. Jazz Café

    Live jazz from Thursday to Saturday nights in a packed cellar pub. Get here before if you want a table.

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  14. KGB

    Drink a dark and smoky toast to a statue of Stalin under a Soviet flag at KGB bar.

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  15. Reduta Palace

    Reduta Palace houses a theatre where you can see the state orchestra, the Slovak Philharmonic.

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  16. Roland Café

    It seems like Roland café has been on the main square forever. This institution has a full menu as well as alcoholic beverages, and coffee and cakes.

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  17. SK Slovan stadium

    The home-town football team, SK Slovan, kicks at SK Slovan stadium . You can buy tickets online at www.ticketportal.sk.

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  18. Slovak National Theatre

    Opera and ballet are performed at the ornate Slovak National Theatre. Get tickets ahead of time at the booking office behind the theatre. A new theatre is currently under construction, as it has been since 1988.

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  19. Slovak Philharmonic

    The state orchestra, the Slovak Philharmonic can be seen at Reduta Palace.

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  20. Slovak Pub

    We'd be remiss if we didn't mention the number one English-advertised hang-out. The historic theme rooms are appropriately pubby, and it's popular with local college students (cheap food and beer) as well as foreign travellers.

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  21. Sparx

    This cavernous bar (once a big beer hall) has live music Thursdays and becomes a disco at the weekend.

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  23. Spider Club

    Spider Club is a bar during the week and a disco on the weekend.

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  24. U Anjelov

    Bratislava's gay café serves creative mixed drinks, sometimes garnished with a candied marshmallow, while Frank Sinatra croons overhead.

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  25. Zrkadlový Háj

    Folk-dance and music ensembles perform at various venues around town. Groups play traditional folk music for dances at local culture-centre clubs, for instance Zrkadlový Háj.

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