Entertainment in Tunis
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Stade Olympique
Five of the 14 soccer teams in the Tunisian first division are from Tunis, including archrivals Club Africain and Espérance Sportive de Tunisie. Both use Stade Olympique as a home ground. Matches are usually at 14:00 on Sunday.
You'll find fixture details in the Saturday press. The teams are referred to by their initials - CA for Club Africain, and EST for Espérance Sportive de Tunisie. Other Tunis clubs include Stade Tunisien (ST) and Club Olympique de Transports (COT) from the western suburbs; Avenir Sportif de La Marsa (ASM) from La Marsa; and Club Sportif de Hammam Lif (CSHL), from the southern suburbs.
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Théâtre de l'Etoile du Nord
This is a fringe theatre housed in an ex-garage. There are regular plays (in French and Arabic) and concerts (from reggae to heavy metal) - check the website for forthcoming events.
As boho as Tunis gets, this vibrant theatre has a unique artsy café (no alcohol) catering to a mixed crowd of men and women. Lone women will feel completely comfortable here.
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Le Colisée
There are plenty of cinemas, mainly showing Egyptian films, Bollywood-style action movies or soft porn, but you'll also find recent Hollywood offerings, dubbed into French. The local press has listings. Admission costs around TD3 at plush places such as Le Colisée, though older films are often cheaper.
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La Parnasse
There are plenty of cinemas, mainly showing Egyptian films, Bollywood-style action movies or soft porn, but you'll also find recent Hollywood offerings, dubbed into French. The local press has listings. Admission costs around TD3 at plush places such as La Parnasse, though older films are often cheaper.
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Le Boeuf sur le Toit
Out in the up-and-coming suburb of La Soukra 'the beef on the roof' is named after a surrealist ballet; it's a restaurant with a dance floor and terrace, and regular DJs, live gigs and Sunday jazz evenings, attracting Tunisia's most cosmopolitan crowd.
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Bar Jamaica
Zip up to El-Hana's 10th floor for fabulous views. This small bar is lit with funky blue neon, plays a mix of lounge and pop music, has tables outside, and attracts a mixed crowd of men and women, both Tunisian and foreign.
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Oscars
The vaguely cine-themed (perhaps the name refers to the award ceremony) bar-restaurant upstairs is fun, though not for single women (the women here are generally prostitutes). There's live music and dancers at the weekend.
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Théâtre d'Art Ben Abdallah
This venue, in the converted stables of the Dar Ben Abdallah Museum, has theatre and cinema performances in French and Tunisian and a small café.
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Café de Paris
This is one of the avenue's main people-watching hubs, a café with a mix of men and women and lots of outside tables.
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Piano Bar
A good place for a refined, subdued drink, this five-star hotel bar is Art-Deco and dark-wood heaven.
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Brasserie les 2 Avenues
This has a good pavement location for a prime view of the avenue's people parade.
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Maison de la Culture Ibn Khaldoun
Tunis' only art-house cinema is Maison de la Culture Ibn Khaldoun.
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