Entertainment in Bern
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Dampfzentrale
Host to far more than its action-packed Friday-night club (from 10pm), this industrial red-brick riverside building hosts concerts, festivals and contemporary dance, and has a riverside restaurant terrace ( [tel] 031 312 33 00; open for lunch and dinner Monday to Friday, and dinner Saturday and Sunday).
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Reitschule
While determinedly cleaning up its act and trying to keep the drugs out, this infamous - and ramshackle - centre for alternative arts, music and theatre still retains a bit of its old charisma, attracting local slackers, students and curious tourists.
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Eclipse
Bars such as Eclipse are popular with hip young 20-somethings. During the day, people come for snacks, lunch or merely to chill out on the lounge chairs, but come evening they're heaving with eager wannabes out for a good time with cocktails and DJs.
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Sous le Pont
Delve into the grungy underground scene around the station, with this bar in the semichaotic alternative-arts centre, the Reitschule, an old stone, graffiti-covered building – an old riding school built in 1897 – by the railway bridge.
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Quasimodo
Backpackers staying at the Hotel Glocke will like the convenience of this techno bar-club downstairs. Arrive after 22:00 and you'll find the small dance floor packed with swaying, sweaty revellers from all parts of the globe, including Switzerland.
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Klub Elf
House, techno, trance and minimal form the dance beat at this popular weekend club, where the real Saturday-night party kicks off after midnight and continues with an ‘after’ party from 5am on Sunday. Find flyers on their website.
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Silo Bar
Plum by the water in the increasingly hip Matte quarter, Bern’s monumental 19th-century corn house throbs with mainstream hits and a lively predominantly student set – the place to drink, dance and party.
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Cinématte
Cinématte, a riverside address with a bamboo-ensnared wooden-decking restaurant terrace (mains Sfr28 to Sfr42), has a riveting line-up of film screenings.
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Bierhübeli
This huge old hall with a balcony hosts mainstream international bands and club nights. Its chic DJ lounge throbs most nights – as does its summer beer garden.
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Gaskessel
Inside this graffiti-covered domed building in Marzili is another counter-cultural centre, with lots of trance, rap and some gay evenings.
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Du Theatre
Part of the upmarket Lorenzini complex, this chic lounge bar has a cool 30-something crowd parked on its plump 1970s leather sofas.
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Wasserwerk
Bern’s main techno venue with bar, club and occasional live music – Moby and the Prodigy, it boasts, played here in their heydays.
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Café des Pyrénées
With its mix of wine-quaffing trendies and beer-loving students, this lovely Bohemian joint feels like a Parisian café-bar.
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Pery Bar
A popular venue with a young crowd, the Pery Bar boasts a good-time atmosphere and pavement tables in summer.
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