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Katowice Nightlife

Katowice Nightlifephoto courtesy Katowice UM
Katowice’s nightlife is improving steadily, with more and more bars and clubs opening that hold themselves to a higher creative standard. While there was a time when a Saturday night on the town felt like creeping quietly through a cemetery, that has all changed in a hurry with the emergence of ul. Mariacka (D-3/4) as the city’s nightlife headquarters. A pedestrianised three-block stretch that was once all strip clubs and shady gay saunas (ok, those are still there), the city has put a lot of energy into cleaning it up and turning it into the high street it should be. Despite some dreadful urban design decisions including ugly, uncomfortable benches and strange sculptures, the city is finally seeing results with a plethora of restaurants, cafes, cocktail bars and clubs moving in to give the city centre some buzz. In summer, Mariacka is full of outdoor seating and flooded with people, but there are plenty of other hedonist hideouts to discover elsewhere with the help of this guide. The venues we list below are located throughout the Silesian Metropolis, with the name of the town added to the end of the address after a comma (with a map reference if applicable) if it is not in Katowice proper; districts of Katowice are shown in brackets. The opening hours we list are flexible; basically if people are drinking, the barman is pouring. Below is a list of recommendations depending on what you're looking for.


ELITE

Katowice isn’t exactly the place to take your twenty-something arm trophy for a romantic weekend, but you can probably pick one up while you’re here. To that end try the smart Archibar, sophisticated Cocktail Bar or taxi out to Chorzów’s catty Czekolada. Early evening recs go to the always classy Monopol (see Cafes) and sunset views from the top of Altus Tower in Sky Bar.
 

LADS

Foreign funboys can mix with the locals in the context of their own culture in the likes of Longman and Spencer, before drinking enough Guinness to lurk across the lively dancefloors of the newly opened Rajzefiber, the classic City Pub (more Guinness!), or lascivious Lemoniada. Bierhalle microbrewery is also ideal for team piss-ups.
 

STUDENTS 

Not the most discerning demographic, students will go anywhere there’s fun music and cheap drinks, namely Klub Pomarańcza, Carpe Diem and Cotton Club; those with more intent to impress will try Lemoniada, City Pub, Genesis or Trendy Club.


COUPLES 

Couples looking for romance should find it by sneaking up to 27th floor of the Altus Tower for a sunset drink in Sky Bar, or ruby your lips in Chorzów’s Manana (see International Restaurants), before retreating to the fashionable confines of Cocktail Bar or the cosy cushions of Fanaberia (see Cafes).


ALTERNATIVE 

Katowice has a fair number of cult venues with the hard-living Śruba i Przyjaciele, careless Gugalander, sepia-spirited Kredens and artsy-DIY Kato being among the best offbeat boozers in the city. Leatherheads and rockers will flock to Café Zaszyta and hipsters and beer loving backpackers gravitate to Redakcja (see Cafes) and Biała Małpa respectively. Those with more elevated musical tastes will find few finer clubs than Hipnoza, whether there’s a live concert on or not.

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