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The tile and brick wall styling is somehow cheesy and chic
at the same time, and the coordinated light displays that
continually scan the room will leave you mesmerised on a
Friday or Saturday night. Bring your camera, your weekend
wallet, and dancing shoes, and Domówka will deliver you to
dance party paradise. QOpen 21:00 - 04:00, Thu 21:00 -
05:00, Fri, Sat 21:00 - 05:30. Closed Mon, Sun. PAXW
Instytut E-4, ul. Św. Antoniego 15, tel. (+48) 693 54
38 02, www.instytutklub.pl. A massive, modern space
offering 3 levels to lush-hounds, including a laid-back,
love-seated mezzanine, cool cocktail bar and downstairs
dance madness, Instytut is a worthy addition to Pasaż
Niepolda. Aiming to make itself a more upscale address in
the neighbourhood, the sexily suit-vested and suspendered
staff pride themselves on their drink inventions, but the
beer flows just as freely and the atmosphere is hardly too
fancy or elite for you to make a fool of yourself - exactly
what the stewed, student crowd is up to on the swaying
dance-floor. Believe it or not, in the afternoons this is a
rather reliable place to use the wifi and have a coffee, or
even a bagel. QOpen 12:00 - 02:00, Fri, Sat 12:00 - 05:00.
PAEGBW
Jazzda B-3, Rynek 60, tel. (+48) 71 346 08 25,
www.jazzda.pl. A tribute to the psychedelic swank and
bell-bottomed boogie nights of the 60s and 70s, Jazzda’s illuminated
chequered dance floor, disco lights and mirror balls
invite you to recreate scenes from Saturday Night Fever
every night of the week. The cocktails are as colourful as
the outlandish technicolour pimper’s paradise decor of this
popular market square club, where lounge lizards practice
their Austin Powers pick-up lines on Polish pussycats until
another Abba song comes on and they go squealing back
to the dance-floor with their arms in the air. Expect an entry
fee on weekends. QOpen 09:30 - 01:00, Thu 09:30 - 03:00,
Fri 09:30 - 04:00, Sat 11:30 - 05:00, Sun 11:30 - 01:00.
PAGBW
Kalambur B-3, ul. Kuźnicza 29a, tel. (+48) 71 372
35 71 ext.32, www.kalambur.org. An artsy bohemian
headquarters by day, this tiny Seccessionist space becomes
one of the sloppiest, most unhinged student clubs
in Wrocław on weekend nights, with the party going on
until dawn o’clock. As drunken revellers bump into the DJ
booth, the masses writhe to skipping recordings of everything
from classic MJ to the Doors to Goran Bregovic. So
chock-a-block with shimmying students and hipsters that
dancers obstruct the door, so start testing your moves
on the approach ‘cause you’re going right into the frying
pan, friend. QOpen 12:00 - 02:00, Fri, Sat 12:00 - 04:00.
PUEBXW
Mañana Cafe E-4, ul. Św. Mikołaja 8-11, tel. (+48)
71 343 43 70, www.manana-cafe.pl. Reckoned by many
to be the best night out in Wrocław, Mañana is certainly reliable
for a raucous weeknight rave-up and well-loved by all
those who live for long nights. Don’t let the lack of a proper
dancefloor prevent you from doing your Travolta - spontaneous
outbreaks of disco fever are rife and encouraged. The
scruffy furnishings, red lighting and cheeky photos on the
wall exemplify the balance between sexiness and silliness
embodied by the randy retro-chic clientele, and Mañana’s
down-to-earth attitude and funky playlist of favourites from
the last 50 years make it one of the most appealing places
in the city to squander your brain cells. With the addition of a
VIP room and the opening of the large summer terrace there’s
now even more space to investigate the lineup of Wrocław’s
lookers.QOpen 17:00 - 04:00, Thu 17:00 - 05:00, Fri, Sat
18:00 - 07:00, Sun 18:00 - 03:00. PAGB
Nietota A-3, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 50, tel. (+48) 664
00 76 10. One of Wrocław’s most original venues, Nietota is
a place for artist discourse, self-destructive decadence and
debauchery. Endeavouring to embody the spirit of PL’s ‘Młoda
Polska’ artistic movement, an awful lot of time has gone into
the decor with almost every surface - including the tables, bar,
walls and ceiling - covered in highly-illustrative original artwork
that gives the space a creepy-cool nacht-cabaret atmosphere
where concerts and theatre troops take the stage between
weekend DJ nights. With the self-described Art Nouveau ambience,
we disagree; the interior’s ubiquitous darkly cross-hatched
characters with flayed flesh in contorted positions embrace
more of a caustic post-war grotesque that wouldn’t look out of
place as the art on a Tool album. Completely unique in style and
atmosphere, the drinks list is also exceptional with Lindeman’s
cherry beer to candy the lips of the ladies and delicious Czech
Litovel on draft. Well worth seeking out. QOpen 15:00 - 03:00,
Fri, Sat 15:00 - 05:00. PAEGBW
Obsesja A-3, ul. Św. Mikołaja 8-11, tel. (+48) 71 341
84 25, www.klubobsesja.com. A corking venue with industrial
gray walls offset by a no-expense-spared décor that
includes safari print sofas, curtained off boudoirs and glowing
glass blocks. It looks great, but not half as fetching as the
nymphs who swerve and slink under the glittery disco balls.
The DJs like interspersing house with disco, and the results
are often absolutely riotous as chiseled lads attempt dickish
dance turns. QOpen 17:00 - 01:00, Thu 17:00 - 02:00, Fri,
Sat 17:00 - 04:00. Closed Mon, Sun. PAEX
Pasja A-5, ul. Świdnicka 53, tel. (+48) 609 20 91 60,
www.pasjaclub.pl. One of the hottest addresses in town,
complete with a whirring disco ball and a voluptuous interior
of Doric columns and vanilla seating. The impeccable crowd
consists of vampy girls and lads on the verge of making their
fortune practicing snake hip dance moves to the house
sounds that thump from an excellent sound system. QOpen
21:00 - 05:00. Closed Mon, Tue, Wed, Sun. PAEXW
PRL A-3, Rynek-Ratusz 10, tel. (+48) 71 342 55 26, www.
prl.wroc.pl. Comrade Lenin (and his many portraits) invites you
to this communist theme bar on the market square brimming
with period propaganda, including some frighteningly authentic
social realist oil paintings. It looks amazing and the novelty of
the place may intrigue tourists who upon coughing up the cover
charge are likely to find themselves far out of their element. Not
really a nostalgia bar, this veteran dance club never left the
Soviet era and 20+ years of democracy has done nothing to
dent its popularity. As such you’ll find a bit of an older crowd with
wandering hands getting sweaty to PRL-era Polish pop hits and
disco polo tracks of seriously dubious musical merit. A cultural
experience to be sure, and one you should be careful about
committing to. Q Open 24 hrs. PABXW
Puzzle Klub B-3, Przejście Garncarskie 2, tel. (+48) 71
341 13 91, www.klubpuzzle.pl. Who would have expected
one of the city’s best alternative venues to be squatted right
on the second floor of the Town Hall? Drawing a young crowd of
liberally-pierced locals and unwashed Erasmus students, you’d
hardly mistake the interiors as historical - Puzzle looks more like
a warehouse gallery or recording studio, with sound-padded
walls, a cheaply constructed bar and industrial spools for tables.
Other clever touches include the menus tucked into the covers
of old 45s and the jigsaw pieces for cloakroom tokens. With an
indie DIY vibe, the stage at the far end regularly hosts concerts,
literary readings, cabarets, film screenings, DJ parties and more,
making Puzzle one of your best bets for finding something unique
to do on any night of the week, while bolstering to your hipster
cred at the same time. QOpen 10:00 - 02:00. Note that opening
hours are subject to change. PAUEGBW
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Adult Entertainment
Pruderia B-3, ul. Ofiar Oświęcimskich 46, tel. (+48)
71 343 06 02, www.pruderia.com.pl. Surprisingly
classy and subtle décor for a gentlemen’s club. If not for
the five stars prominently displayed out front it would
have a decidedly understated façade of modesty. The
velvet and lavender walls are a nice touch to the skyhigh
ceilings and wall-length burlesque paintings and
portraits. The strobe lights, crystal-textured wall paper,
and the music that is at a much more bearably low decibel
than other locales will get you in your groove while you
take in a performance or two or even treat yourself to
a private dance. The central stage is easy viewing from
the bar, and you can also get a good look at what’s on
deck if you cleverly time your trips for refills. Come early
before the crowd gets in if you want to feel like a sultan,
or just the luckiest guy in Wroclaw for a few hours. QOpen
21:00 - 04:00. Closed Sun. PAG
Stardust A-3, ul. Świdnicka 13, tel. (+48) 500 57 06
31, www.stardustclub.pl. Get your shirt pressed and walk
the red carpet (literally) on weekends to enter this thoroughly
upscale and intimate fashion club full of white, black and silver
crescent-shaped booths. Every surface gleams, including the
shiny stripes on the black-clad Zoolander barstaff. The name
‘Stardust’ suits it perfectly thanks to a foggy galactic pink
dance-floor full of twinkling LED lights, and the house DJs
hold up their end seamlessly beat-matching the latest clubbangers
for the crowd of tomorrow’s reality TV stars. There’s
a back room where the smoke is generated by cigarettes
and delicious tapas to snack on when you’re not feasting on
the fit clientele. You gotta pay to sashay, so expect a steep
cover upon entry. QOpen 21:00 - 04:00. Closed Mon, Tue,
Wed, Thu, Sun. PAXW
Synergia A-3, Pl. Solny 16, tel. (+48) 606 49 01 20,
www.synergiaclub.pl. This coffee and cocktail club in the
basement of Plac Solny’s historic Stock Exchange building
is well located and laid out for massive rave-ups, with the
DJ station and a large dance-floor occupying the middle of
the space. Synergia’s strengths are in its delicious coffee
concoctions, cocktails, large selection of whiskeys and late
hours which make it an ideal diversion for dawnbreakers. The
interior is a mash-up of ideas with a few vintage furnishings,
fashion photos and bright fluorescent pop art, so you may
need to keep your beer goggles on, but rumour is that in
September they will undergo a short renovation. In terms of
music, you have some of the best DJs around spinning an
eclectic selection that goes beyond house (though there’s
plenty of that) to embrace plenty of alternative pop hits and
funky bass lines Thurs-Sat. QOpen 08:00 - 02:00, Wed
08:00 - 03:00, Thu, Fri, Sat 08:00 - 06:00. AEGBW
Teatr Klub B-3, ul. Oławska 9, tel. (+48) 71 342 08
30, www.teatrklub.pl. Taking over the enviable clubbing
space at Oławska 9, Teatr Klub has finally developed a
deserved following for this well-designed locale full of plush,
low sofas, mirrors and modern lighting with two bars and
separate VIP and smoking sections. The house music may
not be original, but there’s always something hot happening
on the weekends, from beauty pageants to body painting,
followed by unbridled dance parties late into the night. To
describe the clientele as nice to look at would be a bit like
describing Hitler as a naughty boy. Q Open 21:00 - 05:00,
Thu 21:00 - 03:00. Closed Mon, Tue, Wed, Sun. From October
open 21:00 - 03:00, Fri, Sat 21:00 - 05:00. Closed Mon, Tue,
Sun. PAXW
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+48 509 720 650
+48 71 343 06 02
ul. O ar Owicimskich 46 lok. 1a
Wrocaw
e-mail: pruderia@pruderia.com.pl
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