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Amnésia
This place packs them in down on the lake. Apart from the club proper (with four dance floors) you can get limbered up in one of three attached bars beforehand and, in summer, get a snack in the restaurant on the beach (both open to , May to October). Amnésia also organises occasional gay party nights.
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Bar Tabac
Like a spruced corner tavern of old, this is the kind of thing Hemingway probably had in mind when he spoke of a 'clean, well lighted place'. Squeaky timber floors lend warmth and punters engage in animated chat at tables around the L-shaped bar.
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Café Luna
A spacious, modern bar, all angular dark furniture, huge, saucer-like suffused lights hanging from the ceiling and DJs spinning all sorts of sounds from Thursday to Saturday.
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Chorus
The appropriately dark and sometimes smoky ambience is perfect for local and international stars at Chorus, one of Lausanne's top jazz venues. It has food too.
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Cinémathèque Suisse
For classics and film cycles, head for this place, the seat of the Swiss film archives and the location of a fine café and restaurant.
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D-Club
D-Club is a heaving club where the DJs spin funk to house, especially the latter in all its latest sub-forms. Theme nights change regularly. To get here take the stairs down from Rue du Grand Pont and turn right before descending all the way into Pl Centrale.
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Giraf Bar
This tiny smoke-filled bar fills up on a Friday and Saturday night. The giraffe-skin motif is repeated inside on lampshades and the music can reach back to the 1980s.
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L'Atelier Volant
Like most of the buildings around this area, this venue is gaily painted and hard to miss. Salsa is a big theme on the 1st floor, but there are more mainstream hits on the ground floor and reggae on the 2nd floor.
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Le V.O. et L'Ar'Lov Jazz Café
This venue, with red and pink low lighting, pulls in punters from all over town for tipples and occasional live music. It makes a good late night alternative to clubbing.
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Lecaféthéâtre
A hip yellow-hued cavern where a mixed crowd gathers for all sorts of live gigs (from jazz to turbo-folk), often free and starting around .
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Loft Electroclub
Loft, a predominantly red bar and dance space just one level down the stairs of the Tour Bel-Air building, is another popular late-night option.
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Louis
Wine-lovers flock to this place to quaff fine tipples from around Europe. Attached is a Mediterranean-style bistro for light meals and a swanky restaurant upstairs. Outside is an extensive deck terrace on Voie du Chariot.
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MAD - Moulin à Danse
With five floors of entertainment, MAD really is a crazy sort of place. Music themes can range from trance to tranquil. Sunday is gay night.
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Opéra de Lausanne
Runs a season rich in events from September to May. Classics of opera alternate with classical music concerts and one-off presentations of world music. Tickets can cost from around CHF15 to around CHF130 depending on the performance and seats.
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Palais de Beaulieu
This venue stages concerts, operas and ballets. Lausanne has its own chamber orchestra and the renowned Rudra Béjart Ballet company.
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Paparazzi
A dimly lit, classy lounge bar where, to start the evening, you can taste a variety of Italian wines or, if you arrive later, take a stronger drink and throw yourself into a comfy couch till late.
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Pinte Besson
The city's oldest tavern has been serving up local wines to Lausannois punters since 1780. The place oozes the atmosphere of another age and makes no concessions to modern modishness. Squeeze in for a round of fondue and wine or just drop by for a couple of evening ales.
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Trixx Club
MAD hosts Trixx Club on Sunday night, the big club night for gays and lesbians throughout western Switzerland. Over the five floors is one dedicated to gals and another to guys.
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XIIIeme Siècle
In a grand medieval setting with stone vaults and huge timber beams, this is a great place for a beer or six.
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