TALLInn - In Your Pocket

54 nightlife nightlife 55
Hookah joints
Perhaps due to the fact that many Estonians holiday in
Egypt where shisha smoking is pretty much a humanright,
there are loads of establishments around town
that offer a puff. Here we have listed just a few that
specialise in the pastime.
Calif Oriental Lounge C-3, Müürivahe 23a, tel.
(+372) 55 51 05 60, www.calif.ee. A lot more expensive
and elaborate than the other Hookah establishments
around the city, the interior certainly is pretty fancy though
as is the selection of tobaccos and other eastern delights.
QOpen 19:00 - 04:00, Fri, Sat 18:00 - 06:00. JX
Vesipiibu Kohvik (Water Pipe Café) E-2, Tatari 1,
tel. (+372) 56 46 46 06, andres@vesipiibukohvik.ee,
www.vesipiibukohvik.ee. Certainly a tongue-twister for
most foreigners, the vesi-piibu-koh-vik is quite a relaxing
place to while away your afternoons, or evenings. Those
evenings may even turn into weeks, months or years if
you’re not too careful. Actually, we just confused this place
with an opium den, never mind. Live belly dance shows on
weekends are certain to be a hit - get it? QOpen 11:00
- 01:00, Fri, Sat 11:00 - 05:00, Sun 11:00 - 22:00. Age
restriction 18+. LXW
Bars of the world
Why waste money on more world travel when you can see
it all right from Tallinn - and get pleasantly intoxicated in
the process?
Arizona Saloon C-3, Viru 6, tel. (+372) 627 29 87,
arizonasaloon@gmail.com. Overpriced beer, tacky cowboy
décor and a location on Viru tänav are evidently all it takes to
pull in herds of unsuspecting Finnish tourists. Compared to
the other traps on this street though, at least this one has
nice furniture. QOpen 09:00 - 02:00, Fri, Sat 09:00 - 03:00.
(€11.50). JEXW
Beer Garden C-4, Aia 10 / Inseneri 1, tel. (+372) 688
00 13, info@beergarden.com, www.beergarden.ee.
Although certainly a bit of a tourist trap, the Bavarian-themed
Beer Garden is quite nicely decorated and the food quality
is rather decent for a locale of its genre. We did feel though
that the cuisine is fairly international and several notable
Bavarian-specialities (ie. Schnitzel) were missing from the
menu. They do however have something called a beer-buffet
from 16:00-19:00, which is all you can drink for €15 - handy
that they have bench seating to deal with the aftermath. Live
music can be enjoyed on weekends. QOpen 10:00 - 24:00,
Thu 10:00 - 02:00, Fri, Sat 10:00 - 03:00. (€8). JEW
Beer House C-2, Dunkri 5, tel. (+372) 644 22 22, info@
beerhouse.ee, www.beerhouse.ee. So, how much German
oompah music can you stand? Just teasing, they do play other
beer-drinking favorites as well. This enormous, old-fashioned,
Bavarian-style beer hall is something of a landmark in Tallinn.
That said, the sprawling restaurant just off Town Hall Square
is also Tallinn's only microbrewery, serving seven very decent
in-house varieties. QOpen 11:00 - 24:00, Fri, Sat 11:00 -
02:00. Age restriction 18+. PJEXS
Texas Honky Tonk & Cantina B-3, Pikk 43, tel.
(+372) 631 17 55, texas@texas.ee, www.texas.ee.
Respectably busy (but rarely packed) on a given Friday night,
Tallinn's Texas-style cantina is a casual place to knock back
a corona while tapping your foot to the twangy country/rock
or old blues played in the stereo. Monster portions of fries
will kill even the worst munchies. QOpen 12:00 - 24:00, Fri,
Sat 12:00 - 01:00. J6IESW
The Lost Continent G-4, Narva mnt. 19, tel. (+372)
662 36 65, info@lostcontinent.ee, www.lostcontinent.
ee. This Aussie-style pub finally got rid of its inane and
predictable ‘Wombat X-ing' kitsch and turned the place into
a kind of trendy lounge. It's still a bit far from the centre to
be a wildly popular nighttime hangout, but it nevertheless
attracts a decent-sized crowd, and you can get a 5-litre
Foster's beer bong if your bladder needs a workout. QOpen
11:30 - 23:00, Wed 11:30 - 24:00, Thu 11:30 - 01:00, Fri,
Sat 11:30 - 02:00. EW
Artsy/underground
The raw underbelly of Tallinn’s music and art scene will be
appealing only to more adventurous travellers.
Depeche Mode C-2, Voorimehe 4, tel. (+372) 631
43 08, bar@depechemode.ee, www.depechemode.ee.
Vilnius has its Frank Zappa statue, so it’s only fair that Tallinn
has this bar dedicated to Depeche Mode. For normal humans,
this is just a friendly dive bar stuffed with fan memorabilia.
But if you’re a true DM fan, this is all you ever wanted, all
you ever needed. QOpen 12:00 - 04:00. Age restriction
18+. JEXW
Hoov C-3, entrance through passage next to Viru 4, tel.
(+372) 55 66 44 99, info@hoov.eu, www.hoov.eu. Situated
in a courtyard and old cinema house, Hoov certainly is
a whole lot of artsy and underground. Expect performances
from all sorts of genres and disciplines to take place here.
This is where Tallinn’s ‘up and coming’ musicians, artists and
just the right amount of eccentric ‘movers and shakers’ like
to hang and put themselves on display. We’re not 100% sure
that this venue doesn’t break any health-code or safety violations,
but the risks kind of add to the atmosphere. QOpen
22:00 - 04:00. Closed Mon, Sun. See Facebook page for
upcoming events and prices. JEW
Kodu Baar B-2, Vaimu 1, tel. (+372) 56 46 79 77, info@
kodubaar.ee, www.kodubaar.ee. Formerly a little bar called
Juuksur, nothing has really changed since the name change.
It’s still a stone cellar full of mismatched furniture and art
nerds. The bar’s name means ‘Home Bar’, so naturally it
kind of feels like a student’s second living room. Expect live
bands on some nights and inexpensive bottled beer. QOpen
16:00 - 04:00. J
Koht C-2, Lai 8. Koht literally means ‘Place’ in Estonian
and indeed this is a place - tiny as it might be. A smattering
of intellectuals, foreigners, students and other random
individuals seem to fill every nook and cranny pretty much
every night they’re open - which indeed happens to be their
opening hours. Q JIXW
Kuku Klubi D-2, Vabaduse väljak 8, tel. (+372) 644
58 64, info@kukuklubi.ee, www.kukuklubi.ee. Reaching
unmatched heights in retro shabbiness, Kuku is a lovably
tacky cellar hangout where Tallinn’s old artists get loaded
on red wine, talk philosophy, or on weekends, dance to 80s
hits. You have to have a club card to open the door, but you
can also just hang out by the entrance and wait for someone
to come in or out. QOpen 11:30 - 02:00, Fri 11:30 - 03:00,
Sat 14:00 - 03:00, Sun 14:00 - 23:00. These days usually
just open for special events, see Facebook page for details.
JIEW
Levist väljas B-3, Olevimägi 12, tel. (+372) 50
46 048, vaari@hot.ee. Tallinn’s most grotty, seedy
and all-around diviest dive bar. Students, Rastafarians
and rockers alike congregate in this medieval cellar bar
known for cheap drinks and uninhibited fun. Levist is usually
people’s last stop of the night after drinking heavily
elsewhere. QOpen 15:00 - 03:00, Fri, Sat 15:00 - 06:00.
Age restriction 18+. J6ENXW
Protest B-4, Roseni 9a, tel. (+372) 660 29 50,
protest@protest.ee, www.protest.ee. What started
out as a temporary locale in a building due for demolition,
has turned into a hotbed of artful dodgers, where the
cheap drinks flow and the music is loud and poignant.
The posters advertising upcoming events are handdrawn,
the floors are often sticky and the atmosphere
is über relaxed. The party hangs on until you do and if
you’ve ended up having one too many, you’ll be happy
to know that there’s a cheap hostel right next-door. Q
From 14:00 until the party is over. Admission €0 - 6. Age
restriction 18+. J6LW
Woodstock E-2, Tatari 6, tel. (+372) 660 49 15,
tere@woodstock.ee, www.woodstock.ee. Although
Woodstock does not have a whole lot to do with the fabled
summer of love held on American farm land back in 1969,
the natives here are quite friendly and into ‘the rock’ as
it were. It is after all a dive-bar where the atmosphere is
relaxed and the food hearty and inexpensive. On weekend
evenings, head downstairs to Rockstars for some live
music or some head-banging-good rock presented by
long-haired DJs dressed in the traditional black. If girls
in tight jeans who drink ‘Jäger’ are your thing, this is the
place to be. QOpen 12:00 - 06:00. E
Gay nightlife
Tallinn’s gay scene isn’t a large one by any means,
but that doesn’t mean those looking to play with local
queers will be left wanting. Here’s the short and curly
list of where to let it all ‘hang’ out, so to speak.
G-punkt E-2, Pärnu mnt. 23 (entrance from Tatari
street), tel. (+372) 644 05 52, info@gpunkt.ee,
www.gpunkt.ee. One of the oldest gay joints in the
city and geared mainly to Estonia’s Russian community,
‘G-spot’ offers up fun times for both sexes who happen to
be looking for a good time, with the same sex. Loads of
activities and amenities are guaranteed to hit the spot,
as it were. QOpen , Fri, Sat 22:00 - 06:00. Closed Mon
- Thu, Sun. Age restriction 18+. JXW
X-Baar E-2, Tatari 1, tel. (+372) 644 01 21, info@
xbaar.ee, www.xbaar.ee. If you want to know everything
there is to know about the local gay culture, come
to Tallinn’s oldest gay bar. The unofficial command centre
for the city’s gay scene, X-Baar has acquired a new, threefloored
location complete with a small terrace, billiard
table and loyal customers (both men and women) keep it
lively by piling onto the dance floor. QOpen 16:00 - 01:00,
Fri, Sat 14:00 - 03:00, Sun 14:00 - 01:00. Admission free.
Age restriction 18+. JXW
massage
Hedone is an exclusive oriental massage club in the heart of old town Tallinn.
Hedone offers several massages:
Massage price includes relaxation in our main room.
General massage 40 €
Aromatic massage 43 €
Cellulite massage 40 €
Sensual massage 60 €
Erotic massage 75 €
Soap-erotic massage 100 €
Reservation is recommended.
Hedone welcomes groups up to twenty people!
We have full bar and water-pipes!
Mon, Tue, Sun open 11:00 - 02:00
Hedone is open
Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
11:00-06:00
www.inyourpocket.com
At night (00:00-06:00)
Special Erotic massage only
50 € *
Sauna 1, Tallinn / tel +372 6313 404 / www.hedone.ee
* 10% discount does not apply for 50 EUR Special Erotic massage.
Tallinn In Your Pocket tallinn.inyourpocket.com tallinn.inyourpocket.com
October - November 2012