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Karlovy Lazne, Prague

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Karlovy Lazne: Not the sure thing it once was...
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  • RockTadgers
  • By RockTadgers on June 24, 2005
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  • Karlovy Lazne - Prague
    by RockTadgers
    Karlovy Lazne, just off Charles Bridge, is not the experience it once was. Situated in an old bathhouse, it used to be a wonderfully shabby experience - all the peeling paint and smashed tiles made it feel like going to a party in a squat.

    Alas, Western standards (and health & safety) has caught up with Karlovy Lazne, and the refurb has diminished it's cheap and cheerful atmosphere of old. It's still possible to dance in a drained swimming pool, except if you didn't know what it was, you'd just think it was a lowered dance floor.

    There are still five floors of music, ranging from cheese to chill out, there's an internet cafe and foosball room in the basement. It's still pretty cheap and still draws a surprisingly mixed crowd, giving it's Tourist Central location.

    Still a good time to be had - just go before they laminate it any further.

    Bouncers don't really care what you wear. As with most places in Prague, the dress code is pleasingly relaxed after the petty, over-regulated clubs in England. Once you're through the metal detector, Karlovy Lazne is your playground. Just don't mess with people too much when you're bladdered - they'll tolerate drunken lariness, so long as it's not directed at other clubbers.

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  • Theme: Nightclub
  • Directions: About 200m from Old Town end of Charles bridge.
  • Website: http://www.karlovylazne.cz/
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    Karlovy Lazne: Not all that
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  • politicat
  • Updated By politicat on July 2, 2004
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  • KL is a large danceclub with multiple types of music on several different levels. There is something for almost everyone here. I personally did not like this club. The male to female ratio was about 5:1. I went only one time but it was enough for me. My friends went back every night we were in Prague (unlike me, they loved it). They said the male to female ratio remained consistent on consecutive nights. I didnt meet a single local here- only tourists, primarily Americans! No offense, but when in Europe I really dont want to hang out with Americans- I can do this at home.

    The place was packed, no room to breathe, small dancefloors, rough crowd, aggressive men- just not my thing. The music was good, but the crowd turned me off.

    Give it a try if you have time to burn in Prague. Everyone's perception is different. If your time in Prague is limited, definitely bypass this club in favor of Radost FX.

    Blue jeans, t-shirts, nothing fancy

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  • Theme: Dancing
  • Directions: About 200m from Old Town end of Charles bridge.
  • Website: http://www.karlovylazne.cz/
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    Karlovy Lazne: Several Levels of Music
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  • tafurojo
  • By tafurojo on February 21, 2005
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  • Karlovy Lazne - Prague
    Karlovy Lazne
    by tafurojo
    This night club is advertised as the biggest club in middle Europe. It is fairly large and there are several different rooms that play all kinds of music. From techno to hip hop to 80's music. There is something for everyone. Although the techno rooms seemed to a little less active but I did leave kind of early. The best room was by far the chill out room upstairs with the chill house music.

    Casual

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  • Theme: Nightclub
  • Directions: About 200m from Old Town end of Charles bridge.
  • Website: http://www.karlovylazne.cz/
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    Karlovy Lazne: Eurodisco Lives!
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  • yooperprof
  • Updated By yooperprof on September 23, 2003
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  • the line starts here - Prague
    the line starts here
    by yooperprof
    You have to like crowds - but four floors of dancing in a converted bathhouse makes Karlovy Lazne - the Charles Baths - an interesting spot in the center of Prague. Not all the floors are open every night, but weekends witness maximum attendance at this very popular destination for Prague's discobunnies. Each floor has its own sound: the ground floor hip-hop, the first floor commercial pop from the eighties to the present, the second floor classic eurodisco, and the fourth floor edgier trance sounds the hippest dj's. Karlovy Lazne attracts all types, ages, and nationalities - I heard ten different languages when I was there. The dance floors are in former swimming pools; tons of re-inforced concrete insure that no sounds "bleed" from one level to the next. It seems that the management consciously keeps the cover charge fairly low so that locals can afford to come, but on a warm summer night, it seemed like a "United Nations" of nightspots. (About the age thing: Fortysomething Yooperprof was comfortable enough on the third floor - Eurotrash disco - but felt out of place among the hip-hoppers on ground level. It is a youth-oriented spot, but those of us who are over thirty shouldn't necessarily let the young exclude us.)

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  • Theme: Dancing
  • Directions: About 200m from Old Town end of Charles bridge.
  • Website: http://www.karlovylazne.cz/
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    Karlovy Lazne: Karlovy Lazne
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  • globetrott
  • By globetrott on August 24, 2003
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  • Karlovy Lazne - disco in Prague / Prag - Prague
    Karlovy Lazne - disco in
    Prague / Prag
    by globetrott
    Karlovy Lazne is the biggest disco in Czech Republic ( according to a local travel-guide) :
    5 floors for dancing, conveniently located just about 200 meters from Charles Bridge, and only a few meters from Smetana-museum

    There seems to be no special dress-code, BUT rather a good security-check at the entrance !

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  • Theme: Dancing
  • Directions: about 200 meters from Charles Bridge, and only a few meters from Smetana-museum
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    Karlovy Lazne: Biggest Club in Central Europe
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  • Lejla06
  • By Lejla06 on February 11, 2007
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  • Karlovy Lazne - Prague
    by Lejla06, 2 more photos
    If you read any travel guide, it will mention Karlovy Lazne - it is by far the most famous club in Prague. You wont find many locals here, however what you will find is most other nations represented in the huge crowd. The place is almost always busy, with it being cheap for a tourist trap, safe, and above all, fun.

    Each floor has its own theme - whether you want to get down and dirty to some R n B, throw some shapes on the trance floor, chill on the bean bags on the 5th floor, or boogie on down to 70s nights you can do it all

    Its hard to characterise the clientele of this club, as it all depends who is in the city when you go in - but everyone is there for the same reasons - get drunk and have a good time. When you get tired of dancing, there are computers to surf the internet on, table football and punching machines.

    On the downside, the bar staff are prone to giving you your change and holding back 10kc and asking for it as a tip, but dont feel obliged too - only tip if you feel they deserve it.

    Anything goes - from gorilla suits to smart casual!

  • Theme: Nightclub
  • Directions: About 200m from Old Town end of Charles bridge.
  • Website: http://www.karlovylazne.cz/
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    Karlovy Lazne: Biggest Club in Town
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  • p_haefeli
  • By p_haefeli on May 12, 2004
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  • karlovy lazne - Prague
    karlovy lazne
    by p_haefeli
    The biggest club in town!

    Different music styles on various floors (five), some really nice girls and the cheapest drinks I ever saw!

    Check it out!

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  • Theme: Nightclub
  • Directions: About 200m from Old Town end of Charles bridge.
  • Website: http://www.karlovylazne.cz/
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    Karlovy Lazne: Next to Lavka & Charles Bridge
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  • deeper_blue
  • Updated By deeper_blue on September 20, 2003
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  • Karlovy Lazne - Prague
    Karlovy Lazne
    by deeper_blue
    Karlovy Lazne is advertised as the largest club in Central Europe which at 5 floors doesn't surprise me. It welcomes large numbers of tourists regularly and is usually very busy, it wasn't really my taste in music though.
    There's a free internet cafe inside and games room, entrance 200 CZK

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  • Theme: Nightclub
  • Directions: Next to Charles Bridge
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    Karlovy Lazne: Largest Club in Prague
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  • richyoon
  • Updated By richyoon on April 10, 2008
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  • Outside the Club - Prague
    Outside the Club
    by richyoon, 1 more photos
    This is the club that all the young tourists check out during their stay in Prague. Understandably so. Karlovy Lane has got three or four floors open each night playing different music (depending on the night and size of the crowd). The crowd is young 20s students. The drinks are relatively cheap compared to most clubs, and there's music for everyone's taste somewhere in the club. The place is huge and crowded. Nobody here looks too well dressed or looks like a local. Although the club is full of tourists, I found it to be somewhat impersonal. Everybody was trying to act too cool or nobody was that friendly outside their immediate group. I am normally feel at home at a nightclub, but didn't really fit well with this crowd. Maybe I'm just too old... I did strike up a great conversation with one of the bartenders, but otherwise, the night was otherwise forgettable. Still if you are looking for a place to go, this isn't a bad choice. Its located right next to the Charles Bridge, and the cover is relatively cheap (maybe 200 Kc?).

    None I can tell, but always try to look good for a nightclub...

  • Theme: Nightclub
  • Directions: About 200m from Old Town end of Charles bridge.
  • Website: http://www.karlovylazne.cz/
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    Karlovy Lazne: Karlovy Lazhne -
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  • biggeorge
  • By biggeorge on January 13, 2004
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  • Top floor - Prague
    Top floor
    by biggeorge
    Five floor nightclub by the Charles Bridge ,cheap to get in ,open every day.
    Top floors the best ,nothing but beanbags and open space ,also plays the best music.
    Cocktail Bar up there does a mean black russian as well.

    NO

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  • Theme: Nightclub
  • Directions: About 200m from Old Town end of Charles bridge.
  • Website: http://www.karlovylazne.cz/
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