Drinking in Kiev: Clubs

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Kiev has a nice club scene. Ranging from very cheap to overly-expensive you can find what you want.

• Tsar Project is an upscale lively place located close to the Water Museum. Expensive and pretentious, full of good-looking people though (beware of the face control, e.g. no sport shoes allowed).
• Patipa is one of Kiev's dinosaurs, but still one of the most trendy and best visited clubs in Kiev.
• Faberge also an upscale club, address Rybalska 22, similar to Chaikovsky Deluxe
• A few popular venues are located at the Mandarin Plaza shopping mall (Arena Entertainment complex), rumored to be owned by Klitschko bros. The clubs include Arena, Sky Bar, Barsky and Grotesque. It's right next to Bessarabsky market, most of the clubs are accessible from the court.
• Art Club 44 (see above) is packed on Friday and Saturday nights. Live music, mixed crowd of expats and local students.
• Shooters, located on Moskovskaya 22, is currently one of the more traveler and X-pat friendly clubs (it belongs to a group of Scottish X-pats).Particuarly foreigner friendly.
• Xlib-club brings what is called cutting-edge music to Kiev. The club is neither expensive nor pretencious and exceedingly crowded on Friday and Saturday nights. Located in Podil - one of the most romantic districts in Kiev near the Dnieper river. Address Frunze 12.

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