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Nightlife

Nightlife
The Lithuanian capital’s disparate nightlife options run the breadth of all things imaginable for any taste and budget, from quiet cafés full of serious-looking men huddled over a game of chess to steamy underground caverns dedicated to the time-honoured pursuit of getting ordinarily level-headed businessmen so horribly drunk that they willingly empty the contents of their bank account inside a stripper’s knickers. Now that the city’s wine-drinking crowd have been given their own places to imbibe, Vilnius’ nightlife entrepreneurs are turning their attention to the subject of beer, namely with the regular opening of a new place selling warm brown froth made in small microbreweries around the country. The best are of course listed here. Clubs remain almost exclusively mainstream, whilst the city’s gay and lesbian scene is almost as far underground as a Soviet nuclear test site. With the exception of perhaps Pyongyang, no capital city in the world is without its more sinister side, and that includes Vilnius. Violence and alcohol occasionally combust into fisticuffs, and with wages to make a sweatshop worker stay in bed it’s no surprise to learn that wallets, mobile phones and even the occasional camera disappear from ineptly attended tables, pockets and bags. Finally, face control is ever on the rise. If yours doesn’t fit, forget it. Have fun!