Nightlife

The nightlife of Denmark is marked with a variety of live music performances in the bars and nightclubs. Be it a huge open air festival to small venues playing folk, salsa, pop, rock and jazz, the love for music among the Danes becomes quite evident while experiencing a night out in Denmark. Many of the bars practice a club culture equipped with discos and dance floors to accommodate their music loving crowds. Some of them function as a café in the daytime and operate as nightclubs after evening with some of the famous DJs playing the latest hits. Apart from bars and nightclubs, tourists can also try their hands at gambling in the casinos, also featuring as one of the other main attractions of the Danish nightlife.

A. Favorite Spots

Bo-Bi Bar

The Bo-Bi Bar serves as a meeting point for the intellectuals of the city with literary hotshots frequenting the place. Professors and students from the nearby Faculty of Theology are also found here forming a combination of the literary artists and the young generation mixing together in a casual atmosphere that is not troubled with the indecent behavior drunkards consumed with unlimited alcohol.

Copenhagen JazzHouse

Founded in 1990 the Copenhagen JazzHouse has an important position in the nightlife of Denmark; hosting around 250 concerts every year ranging from acid jazz, free style to big bands and bee bop. The accommodation area is not very big with a capacity to house an average of 100 people for each show. The café opens at 6pm on the concert evenings. Members of the club can enjoy special discount offers and receive daily newsletters and program schedules.

Park Diskotek

Although, the disc has a resemblance in its name with the country's national soccer stadium ‘Parken', it has nothing to do with soccer. Instead, it is one of the trendiest discs of Denmark with a number of dance floors decorated with crystal chandeliers and marble columns. The crowd here dances all night to the tunes of latest and hottest contemporary music. One of the most popular spots for a memorable night out that surely is worth a visit while you are in Denmark.

Vega

Enghavevej 40,

1674 København V

The popular multilevel dance club in Copenhagen can accommodate up to 2000 people together on its different levels. Heavy rock concerts and club music hosted by Vega on every Thursdays and Saturdays. Other days the club entertains its guests with everything from drum and bass, hip-hop to techno-trance-house.

Rust

One of the other hottest nightclubs in Denmark, the Rust welcomes its guests with three floors, a main bar, a cocktail bar and a large, spacious dance floor. On every Thursdays the club hosts live pop and rock music with food made available at reasonable prices. The popularity of the club is emphasized by the long queues till 3'o clock in the morning at the entrance on weekends.

Casino Copenhagen

Amager Boulevard 70

Daily open from 2.00pm to 4.00pm the Casino offers blackjack, roulette and stud poker. While visiting the casino, the tourists require to follow a specific dress code along with a photo ID to have access to this place. Entrance to the casino is restricted to only those of 18 years and above. For more information tourists may visit their website www.casinocopenhagen.dk.

Aura

Aura is one of the famous ‘hybrid bars' or ‘fusion restaurants' that serve as a café and restaurant at the daytime and as a bar in the evening. A great menu offering a variety of delicious dishes add to the attraction of the spot with its cocktail bar in a great ambience with surround sound effects.

Wallmans Saloner

Equipped with seven stages, the Wallmans Saloner hosts some spectacular floor shows in the evening along with a multi course gourmet supper. It is not unusual that the tourists may be surprised to find one of the waiters serving them is also participating in the performances presented on the stage.