Drink

La Ruche Club

The Hive

A very popular place to dance on minimal music, there's sometimes psychedelic trance. A strange place, attended by a lot of very weird kinds of insects. "On s'retrouve à la ruche!" they say. Upstairs is the associated Café Hydromel (hydromel is a kind of mead).

nightlife

Address: Rue de la tour 41
Website: la-ruche.ch (opens in a new tab)

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Drink
La Mise En Bière
Craft beer bar with a rotation of ~30 beers on tap foreign & domestic. Also has a well stocked store next door. Staff mostly speak English. Closes very early, so plan ahead.
Mon-Fri 15:00-22:00, Sat 11:00-22:00, Sun closed
Do
Espace de Terreaux
The local council of Protestant churches has de-consecrated the chapel located across the street from the Metropole 2000 shopping centre and now uses it to present weekly concerts with a mix of sacred and profane acts ranging from American gospel singers through Eastern European Klezmer bands to puppet theatre for children.
Eat
La Croquignole
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