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Bars & Nightlife The guide was updated: 2024-09-27

Heidelberg is vivacious and full of life, as befits a university town. Nighttime revellers have an endless array of ways and places to congregate, from rustic student pubs to nightclubs, jazz clubs, and music clubs.

Pub Mile "Untere Strasse"

Pub Mile "Untere Strasse"

Untere Strasse ("Lower Street", parallel to Hauptstrasse) is reminiscent of a mediterranean old-town alleyway. Unusual boutiques are side by side with novel student pubs, and night life pulsates here throughout the week.

Vetter's Alt Heidelberger Brauhaus

Vetter's Alt Heidelberger Brauhaus

Right in the heart of the old town, between "Heiliggeistkirche" and the "Old Bridge" is Vetter's Brauhaus. The local beers and the good bourgeois, German cuisine, owes the restaurant, that guests from near and far stop and feel good. Suitable for vegetarians, gluten-free meals.

Roter Ochse

Roter Ochse

The inn "Zum roten Ochsen" is one of the oldest and most traditional student bars in Heidelberg. In a historic ambience, you can enjoy, accompanied by the "man at the piano", home-style cuisine with Heidelberg beer specialties, or a glass of wine.

halle02

halle02

Up to 300 events are held here annually with over 150,000 visitors: exhibitions, concerts, as well as parties, fairs or markets. Until recently, the hall02 was in the middle of an old railway area, surrounded by old railway tracks and embedded in wild tree and bushes. The surrounding suburb "Bahnstadt" was developed as a residential, scientific and research location. Apartments for more than 6,000 people and just under 7,500 jobs are currently being built in the immediate vicinity, as the largest inner-city development measure in Europe. With the opening of the restaurant NEO, the offer of halle02 has been extended.

Max Bar

Max Bar

On Market Square in Heidelberg, "Max Bar" introduces an atmosphere of authentic Parisian charm. Artists, students, workmen and academicians come to Max Bar not only for coffee and the daily papers but also in the evening, when the pace picks up.

Kulturbrauerei

Kulturbrauerei

Hospitality and brewing art. In the heart of the historic old town, the Merz family runs its unique ensemble of hotel, brewery, guesthouse and beer garden. From here you can reach the castle, the Old Bridge and the Philosopher's Walk within walking distance.

Zum Seppl

Zum Seppl

The Wirtshaus zum Seppl belongs to Heidelberg like the castle or the Alte Brücke. Already in the late 17th century students and citizens met here for a mug of beer. German cuisine, suitable for vegetarians.

Karlstorbahnhof

Karlstorbahnhof

Since 1995, the Karlstorbahnhof has developed into an event address with both a national and international reputation. The main hall mostly hosts concerts, DJ events and cabaret cabaret comedy events. The theater offers space for speech and dance theater, lectures and smaller concerts. The Gumbelraum offers optimal opportunities for lectures, courses and interesting discussion forums. And in the cinema, visitors can expect a program that - apart from the mainstream - offers an important counterpoint to the multiplex Hollywood cinema.

Sonderbar

Sonderbar

Bar and grill specialties - Special feature: "supervised drinking" - more than 100 different spirits

Weinloch

Weinloch

Traditional restaurant for locals and visitors.

Destille

Destille

The spectrum of guests is as colorful as the pictures on the wall and as varied as the offer of the drinks menu. Locals and guests from eighteen to eighty are welcome here. Since 1986, exhibitions have made the life of the pubs more artistic.

Palmbräu Gasse

Palmbräu Gasse

The Palmbräu Gasse is located in the heart of Heidelberg's Old Town. Immediately on the main street, in the midst of the old half-timbered houses and narrow streets at the foot of the Heidelberg castle. Here you have the opportunity to sit in a cozy and hearty atmosphere with friends or drink freshly drafted beer. The home-style cuisine entices with typical German and regional specialties such as crispy knuckle, juicy steaks, delicious stir-fries and other delicacies.

Karl

Karl

Music pub, smoking bar. Suitable for groups, beer garden, reservations possible, every Thursday from 19.30 live music

Hemingway’s Heidelberg

Hemingway’s Heidelberg

The scenic bar with a maritime-rustical atmosphere attracts guests and Heidelberg regulars alike for a convivial evening with cocktails, or a beer in the beer garden. Close to the Neckar river and to Convention Hall, a short stroll from Bismarck Square.

Cave 54

Cave 54

In the rustic cellar vaults of the oldest student jazz club, a colourful live program is presented every month. Jazz greats such as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, and Lionel Hampton have honored "Cave 54" with an appearance. Today just as 50 years ago, Cave 54 is a popular meeting place in the Old Town for first-hand experience of good music enjoyed with a glass of wine.

Tangente

Tangente

The Tangente has been known for 30 years as a young, innovative dance club. The small club in the heart of the Old Town has people dancing in no time with its colorful mix of club- and house-sounds.

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