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Club Baila C-3, Sauna 1, tel. (+372) 641 04 60, info@
bailabaila.ee, www.bailabaila.ee. Baila, baila, baila - pretty
much sums this intimate club up. The focus here is on fun,
dancing, Latin rhythms, original cocktails and a care-free attitude...
just like one might find on a tropical island. The interior
is whimsical and colourful in order to keep the mood light. Great
for those who've grown tired of big loud clubs filled with wannabe
fashion victims. QOpen Wed, Thu 21:00 - 04:00, Fri, Sat
21:00 - 06:00. Closed Mon, Tue, Sun. JXW
Club Hollywood D-2, Vana-Posti 8, marili@bdg.ee,
www.clubhollywood.ee. If there's one club in Tallinn that's
guaranteed to be jumping, it's Hollywood, the mixing bowl
for tourists and Tallinn's young (repeat, young) party crowd.
The dance floor features raised platforms where scantily-clad
go-go dancers jiggle to the beat. Wednesday night is ladies
night - free entrance for girls, which pretty much guarantees
a good time for the lads. QOpen 23:00 - 05:00. Closed Mon,
Tue, Sun. Admission €3 - 8. JLEX
Club Münt D-3, Müürivahe 22, tel. (+372) 53 58 09 04,
info@clubmynt.eu, www.clubmynt.eu. The former Spider
club has new digs and a new name. Münt, which means both
mint and coin in Estonian, probably won't leave your breath fresh
and tasty but certainly will leave more coin in your pocket as
they offer up €1 drinks. Expect all the grown-up fun that a place
offering such cheap drinks has to offer and a healthy dose of
girls wearing the amount of clothing a girl who can only afford €1
drinks might be wearing. QOpen Wed, Thu 23:00 - 04:00, Fri,
Sat 23:00 - 05:00. Closed Mon - Tue, Sun. Admission €9.90. J
Club Privé D-2, Harju 6, tel. (+372) 56 25 60 00, info@
clubprive.ee, www.clubprive.ee. Along with BonBon and
Vabank, the smaller Privé is considered one of Tallinn's three
trendiest club destinations. Heading here is a bit of a gamble
though. If you hit it on the right night, it can be a very cool scene
where you'll hear the region's or world's hottest DJs, but on the
wrong night it's just another club full of fog and foreigners. The
last time we checked in, the place was indeed packed and we
witnessed the electronic sounds of a DJ from Ibiza - good times.
Ask about their VIP packages. Friday nights are House nights
and Saturday's are geared to the R'n'B crowd. QOpen Wed,
Thu 23:00 - 04:00, Fri, Sat 24:00 - 06:00. Closed Mon - Tue,
Sun. Admission €7 - 14. Age restriction 20+. JEX
Club Studio C-3, Sauna 1, tel. (+372) 56 66 65 26, info@
clubstudio.ee, www.clubstudio.ee. Young, hip and one
helluva queue to get into the place kind of gives you the idea
of what Studio is all about. Probably the most popular place at
the moment for the 18-25 crowd, Studio actually pumps out
some pretty quality music from genres most of us 'old' people
have never heard of. Dress youthful, drink plenty of Redbull
and you'll fit in just fine. QOpen Fri, Sat 23:00 - 06:00. Closed
Mon - Thu, Sun. Admission €10. J
Panoraam G-3, Ahtri 10, tel. (+372) 611 61 44, info@
clubpanoraam.ee, www.clubpanoraam.ee. Panoraam is a
two story disco a short walk from Old Town that places a heavy
emphasis on its schedule of Estonian pop acts. When a good
concert is on, it can draw hundreds of teenagers and a few lost
and drooling easyJet travellers. Otherwise it's about as exciting
as a hotel lobby in Oslo. QOpen Fri, Sat 23:00 - 05:00. Closed
Mon - Thu, Sun. Admission €7-8. ULEXW
Parlament H-3, Ahtri 10, tel. (+372) 611 61 45, clubparlament@clubparlament.com,
www.clubparlament.
com. Even though this long-time club has changed locations,
it appears as though not much at all has changed here - it's
allright as far as clubs go, but just nothing special. Inside you'll
find a mix of Russians and Estonians and depending on the
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night it will be more or less of the other. Last time we went they
had an imported 'topless' DJ from the Uklraine who actually
had silicone sprayed onto her breasts - not really topless now
is that. QOpen Fri, Sat 23:00 - 05:00. Closed Mon - Thu, Sun.
Admission €7 - 25. ULEXW
Partei D-4, Rävala pst. 8, info@parteiklubi.ee, www.
parteiklubi.ee. More of an underground place than a mainstream
club, Partei packs in a typically younger, substancefuelled
crowd than the top-40 places. If you don't know what
Breakbeat, Jungle, Drum´n´Bass, Techstep, Atmo, Liquid,
Neuro, Jump-Up and Darkside are then you will probably feel a
bit like Alice in Wonderland - before she drank the bottle that
had "drink me" written on it. QOpen Fri, Sat 23:00 - 05:00.
Closed Mon - Thu, Sun. Admission €3 - 8. J
Plub C-3, Valli 1, tel. (+372) 631 11 38/(+372) 56 92 00
52, plub@plub.ee, www.plub.ee. Is it a pub? Is it a club? As
the very inventive name suggests, the owners couldn't quite
decide and as the nearly empty venue suggested to us - most
passers-by couldn't decide to go in either. But how can that be?
It's the 'Best Nightclub in Old Town' and they have 1,275 fans
on Facebook. As far as we could tell though, it does have a few
good things going for it - both the admission price and drinks
prices are quite reasonable for a club given its location. Picks
up in the wee hours of the morning. QOpen 11:00 - 04:00,
Thu, Fri, Sat 11:00 - 07:00. J
Tapper J-2, Pärnu mnt 158g, tel. (+372) 654 75 18, info@
tapper.ee, www.tapper.ee. This rock club on the edge of
Tallinn’s centre holds regular rock nights, loads of local and
international concerts, live events and even something called
‘heavy aerobics’ three times per week - which is certain to get
a whole lot sweatier than the regular type of aerobics. We hear
this club fits like a well worn leather jacket drenched in Jack
Daniels, we’ll let you see for yourselves. QOpen 11:00 - 16:00,
Fri 11:00 - 03:00, Sat 19:00 - 03:00. Closed Sun. UEXW
Teater D-2, Vabaduse väljak 5, tel. (+372) 56 88 44 44,
info@klubiteater.ee, www.klubiteater.ee. One of the most
interesting and elaborate clubs to hit Tallinn in recent memory,
Teater takes advantage of its location in an old theatre and
certainly provides the club-goer with a theatrical experience.
Drinks can tend to be a bit pricey, but the overall ambiance, live
performances and the opportunity to mingle with an upwardly
mobile crowd makes it all worth it. QOpen Fri, Sat 23:00 -
05:00. Closed Mon - Thu, Sun. Admission €8. Age restriction
20+. JEXW
Vabank D-2, Harju 13, tel. (+372) 660 52 99, info@vabank.
ee, www.vabank.ee. Vabank is a large nightclub at the edge
of Old Town, housed in what is a former bank where, currently,
Tallinn's beautiful people hang out listening to rather unimaganitive
house music and sipping on pricey cocktails. If that is your
idea of a good time, so be it. A couple of cool features of note
though, the VIP bedrooms off to either side of the dance floor
and the private room downstairs in the former vault. QOpen Fri,
Sat 23:00 - 05:00. Closed Mon - Thu, Sun. Admission €8. From
23:00 - 23:30, ladies free. Age restriciton 21+. J
Venus C-4, Vana-Viru 14, tel. (+372) 551 99 99, venus@
venusclub.ee, www.venusclub.ee. Rows of classical cherub
statues added to an Arabian dessert motif may give the impression
of a palace decorator gone mad, but the overriding
mood at Venus is of serious partying and flirting by a mixed
foreign and Estonian crowd. The last time we popped in it was
just around midnight and Venus was already bumping and
grinding to full capacity - let's just say that we'll certainly be
back. QOpen 22:00 - 05:00. Admission €0 - 7. Age restriction
21+. JXW
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October - November 2012