Nightlife in Madrid

9 clubs, live music venues and late-night spots in Madrid.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

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El Inti de Oro
For something different, try this great Peruvian restaurant a short walk from Sol. Be sure to order some of their ceviche and try the Pisco Sour cocktail.
Daily 13:30-16:00 20:30-00:00
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El Junco Jazz Club
Smallish venue, starts the night with live jazz, later on morphs into relaxed night club. Not cheap (once inside, beer still €5.50, mixed drink €8.50), so attracts older crowd than others nearby.
From 23:00 to 05:30AM weekdays, to 06:00AM weekends€6 with beer, €9 with mixed drink
DrinkRetiro-Paseo del Arte
Kapital
Enormous club with 7 floors. However, despite its popularity this club is usually not worth visiting. The owner has a policy to try to limit the number of foreigners in the club so if you are from anywhere except Spain, you will likely get bad treatment.
€10-20
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Museo Chicote
Voted the Best European Bar 2004 by MTV-Campari. Extensive cocktail list. Claims to have served drinks to many famous celebrities, including, Ava Gardner, Frank Sinatra, Lana Turner, Gary Cooper, Orson Wells, Yul Brynner and Ernest Hemingway, Catherine Zeta Jones, Hugh Grant and Tim Robbins. They only serve drinks.
Mon-Thu 19:00-03:00, Fri Sat 19:00-04:00, Sun 16:00-01:00
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Ohm
Popular Commercial House club with a mixed young straight/gay crowd.
From 00:00 to 07:00€10-20 with mixed drink
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Real Madrid
For football fanatics, a trip to the Santiago Bernabeu, the home of local club Real Madrid is not to be missed. Real Madrid is the most successful football club in Spain and Europe, having been crowned Spanish champions a record 32 times and European champions a record 11 times. Their biggest rivals by far are FC Barcelona, with which it contests matches known popularly as El Clásico at least twice a year. The rivalry between the two sides is by far the biggest in Spain and one of the most intense in the world, and stems from the longstanding traditional rivalry between the Spanish and Catalan speaking parts of Spain. As such, tickets for such matches often sell out very quickly. In case you arrive in Madrid on non-match periods, you can take a self-guided tour of the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. It includes tours around the field, the dressing rooms, the Press Room and the Real Madrid Museum where the trophies and other memorabilia are kept. Without a loyalty card, the typical fees for adults is €35 (online, €38 at the ticket office). However, a few days before a match, the chances are you will not be able to take the full tour, but only a part of it, with at least the Real Madrid Museum, at a reduced price.
€35+
DoNorthern Suburbs
Real Madrid
They play soccer in La Liga, the top tier, and are the most successful football club not only in Spain but in Europe, having been Spanish champions 32 times and European champions 14 times. Their biggest rivals are FC Barcelona, and these twice-yearly El Clásico matches sell out quickly, as does El Derbi against local rivals Atlético de Madrid. Their stadium, the Santiago Bernabéu, has a capacity of 81,000. It's one km south of Chamartin railway station and has its own Metro stop. On non-match days you can take a self-guided tour, adult €25, which includes the pitch, dressing rooms, Press Room and trophy museum. On days close to matches there is reduced access & entry price but the museum remains open. (The women's team play in Liga F their top tier at Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium towards the airport.) Real Madrid also runs a basketball team known as Real Madrid Baloncesto, which like its illustrious football counterpart is the most successful in Spain and Europe, having won a record 34 Spanish league titles and 10 EuroLeague titles.
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Café Central
Café by day, live jazz music at night.
Mon-Thu 12:30-02:30, Fri 12:30-03:30, Sat 11:30-03:30, Sun 11:30-02:30
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Stardust
Powerful Techno/House club popular within the younger crowd.
Fri 23:45-06:00€10-20 with mixed drink

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Madrid (CC BY-SA 4.0).