Bars and clubs
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Great gigs – plus fresh fruit and veg: tune in to Cork's magical barCork bar and shop, Levis Corner House, in Ballydehob, has kept locals in stout and groceries for 100 years – now it also provides musical entertainment
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Gay bars are not only places to have fun, they are havens of freedom and reliefAfter the Orlando shootings, novelist Colm Tóibín recalls the night he grasped the civilising influence of the gay bar
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'The people there became a kind of family': what gay bars mean to youPulse was a ‘haven’ and ‘bastion’ of the gay community before Sunday’s attack. Here readers tell us about their own places of sanctuary and self-discovery
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Bali’s new bar and skatepark: get some ink where you drinkPretty Poison is so much more than the hottest underground bar on the island – it’s the place for live music, to get a tattoo and to go skateboarding, too
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10 of the best community-run pubs, restaurants and museums in the UKWho better than passionate locals to run pubs, restaurants and museums?
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Oakland city guide: what to see plus the best bars, hotels and restaurantsThe city across the bay has shed its inferiority complex and offers plenty of reasons to visit. In fact you can skip San Francisco altogether, and fly to Oakland direct from the UK
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Called to the bars: a negroni tour of LondonA new London drinking tour focusing on the gin-vermouth-Campari magic that is the negroni takes in clubs, hotels and speakeasies across the city
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Mexico City’s grandest neighbourhood is back in vogueThe formerly wealthy Colonia Juárez, close to Mexico City’s historic centre, is getting its groove back, with new restaurants, bars and art galleries
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Havana rising: the millennials pushing Cuba forwardForget trying to see Cuba before it changes: the change is going on right now
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Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice: Burton-themed bar opens in New YorkThe director’s film work has been translated into cocktail format – and the gothed-up customers seemed to be finding it just as potent
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Amsterdam Noord: the best galleries, bars, restaurants and hotelsA’DAM Toren, a new multi-venue tower, is the latest addition to Amsterdam’s creative hub, where a former shipyard and warehouses have been transformed into the city’s coolest waterfront district
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Barbecue and beats in Cape Town’s Gugulethu townshipTina Walsh loves the party atmosphere of Mzoli’s, an open-air barbecue joint and bar that draws huge crowds of Capetonians
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10 of the best industrial-chic spaces worldwideAt these cool conceptual spaces, the design is just as compelling as what’s on offer at the shopping, exhibition, dining and drinking venues
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Edinburgh city guide: what to see plus the best hotels, bars and restaurantsDodge the tartan and tour groups with Vonny Moyes’s guide to Edinburgh’s contemporary culture, bars brimming with personality, and great-value places to eat and stay
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10 of the best alternative club nights in the UKAs Butlins, of all places, prepares to stage a festival of alternative club nights, we round up some of the best parties, from Hip Hop Karaoke to Rebel Bingo
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Top 10 wine bars and tasting rooms in Buenos AiresArgentina’s taste for wine is on the rise, as is its capital’s bar scene. Here, we pick 10 places to discover hundreds of quality labels from as little as £1.60 a glass
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Berlin’s classy cocktail pioneer: raise a glass to the Victoria BarThe west Berlin bar is famed for its Sunday afternoon lectures; now, thanks to a companion book in English, non-German speakers can educate themselves while sampling its extensive cocktail list
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