Heidelberg Nightlife

It's even better now that smoking has been banned! The crowd starts arriving after 9:00 p.m. It gets pretty crowded, the atmosphere gets intense as the night progresses. There are always couples dancing seductively but expertly on the floor. I just love watching good dancers.

They offer "salsa" classes from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. There was a cover charge (I think €5, can't remember) which gets one free drink.

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Be it the middle of winter on the search for a cosy bar, or the craving for an exotic & cold cocktail on a hot summer's day: this place has my thumbs-up! I guess it is best-described as an "upmarket Student cafe and bar."

Cocktails can be a bit pricy (the old town is a tourist hotspot, so it's no real surprise) but they are also very potent. I tried a "Forest Gump" cocktail that included fruit juices, various types of rum and some champagne and cost 7,50 Euros... very nice :-)

The prices for the "normal" alcoholic drinks, soft drinks and coffees are reasonable. The staff are knowledgeable and friendly. We didn't have anything to eat here but the menu has some snacks and small dishes that all looked reasonable, and I've heard plenty of good things about this venue.

Dress Code: There is no required dress code.

Opening Hours:
Sunday to Thursday: 12:00pm to 01:00am.
Fridays & Saturdays: 12:00pm to 03:00am.

There is nothing more romantic than the view from the castle at sunset.....

Before we got to see this sight, we had usually already visited the beautiful castle gardens - free of admittance and truly a great place to stroll around. And there is even some history to them:

In former times, the geometrically designed terraces of a Renaissance garden stood out against the wooded background of the Heidelberg Castle. Before the 30 Years' War, contemporaries even considered the "Hortus Palatinus" as being the "Eighth Wonder of the World". It still IS beautiful there, so check it out!

Peppers Bar is popular and trendy and its just off the Hauptstrasse. The bar is open until late on the weekends and usually gets busy after 10.30pm. They have a few tables outside during the summer months. There is a large picture of J Edgar Hoover's head hanging from one wall for some reason!

Carltor's banhof is a train station building.And now it is an culture complex , a multi purpose saloon. I went there two 'times , in the first night there was a 1980-90 musics party and and second night there were a rock group,live music. In the first night the DJ very bad but the second night the rock group Sybia were very sufficient. They make really nice music.

As the name says you get a feeling of being in a small little cafe in France ... at least it is like my cliched imagination of a nice pub in the Provence is. But do not every one of us has his own cliches?

Many French speaking people come her and the average age is also higher than in the student pubs of Untere Strasse

Dress Code: Come as you like!

Yo, I spent the last five years of my life in the 'Berg. I loved I punkt, but what I really loved was the bartender. My Jorge is the man here at Eckstein,and Wolfgang the owner is a funny dude that does MAgic tricks for the crowd. On slow nights he even hs his magician friends do close up magic. Its not just the drinks, they really do that stuff. On fridayys and Saturdays the place is packed wit people of ALL types. Have a tannen Zepfler, or a Kolsch. and ALWAYS remember, tell em the Pussylkiller sent ya.

Dress Code: Whatever you want. clothing is optional if you dance on the tables.

My friends always make fun of me because I seem to have the uncanny ability to find an irish pub wherever I go. Located in the alstadt where all the stores and restaurants are you can find this nice little irish pub where you can have some good food to go with your pint of stout. This pub also has a hotel upstairs so you dont have to worry about finding your hotel when you have a little too much to drink

Dress Code: casual clothing