Irish Nightlife versus other countries nightlife

inkwell · 17-08-2011 04:44PM

What I HATE is Tv's in pubs, when see one I head back. Is should be illegal!

jester77 · 17-08-2011 04:47PM

Hamburg kicks ass compared to anywhere in Ireland. Transport runs 24/7, no need for expensive taxis. Pubs are open all night, no need to pay into a nightclub unless you want to actually go for the music. Nightclubs are not full of people off their heads drunk and actually play good music. Strips clubs are excellent and have a 50/50 mix of men/women and you don't feel like a sleaze when in there. Beers can be had for €2 a bottle. You can finish up drinking Sun morning at 5 AM and head down to the fish market at the harbour for live music and freshly caught fish.

Don Juan DeMagoo · 17-08-2011 05:03PM

Been on nights out in America, Canada, England, Scotland, Germany, France, Spain, Poland, Russia, Japan and Korea.

Ireland nights out suck. They are overpriced, overcrowded, you can not hear what anyone is saying the volume is so high. There is no real variation in music. Closing time is a joke. Ask anyone where the had the most fun and they normally say the smoking area (sad). There are a couple of nightclubs that now have bars in the smoking areas???? lol

Nowadays I much prefer going out for a few to a late bar then heading to a house party with some friends.

The only thing I found bad about nightlife abroad was England as i found it is seriously dangerous in some spots (Liverpool, Bristol and a few others) very dodgy places and people. But sure I am probably a bit of a snob

Made the mistake in Poland on a night out with some mates in Krakow to ask the taxi man to bring us to a nightclub. Lets just say they have not the same meaning of the word. Remember as Chris Rock said "No matter what a stripper tells you, there's no sex in the champagne room"

biko · 17-08-2011 05:06PM

Where's the option "Better than other places"?
There are two option for how bad it is but non for how good it is.

Biggins · 17-08-2011 05:06PM

We can make the most out of what we have but as regards quality from the leisure businesses here, too many of them are "Absolute shoite".

Don Juan DeMagoo · 17-08-2011 05:08PM

jester77 wrote: »

Hamburg kicks ass compared to anywhere in Ireland. Transport runs 24/7, no need for expensive taxis. Pubs are open all night, no need to pay into a nightclub unless you want to actually go for the music. Nightclubs are not full of people off their heads drunk and actually play good music. Strips clubs are excellent and have a 50/50 mix of men/women and you don't feel like a sleaze when in there. Beers can be had for €2 a bottle. You can finish up drinking Sun morning at 5 AM and head down to the fish market at the harbour for live music and freshly caught fish.

Will have to check it out, cheers. When is the best time of the year to visit?

jester77 · 17-08-2011 05:14PM

Don Juan DeMagoo wrote: »

Will have to check it out, cheers. When is the best time of the year to visit?

During the Summer when the weather is good is best, you can sit in the parks, along the river or lakes and have beers and BBQ, or at some of the beach bars and you can head to the Fischmarkt on a Sunday morning for beers, food & music. December is also good as the Christmas markets are on.

charlemont · 17-08-2011 05:15PM

UsernameInUse wrote: »

Of course it does.

Owners of these modern "dancehalls" cannot open whatever time they wish. They apply every month to the government for special exemption to open after 12.30am and even at that, they can only go to 2.30. Moreover, the time encourages people to get pissed before they go out, which although not exclusive to Ireland, still is a huge normality to get in, get drunk, get out. Then we have hundreds of people being chucked out all at once and misbehaving on our streets. This legislation also puts limits on sound systems, interior decorations and design etc. Our taxes are another thing. Last year the publicans got together and tried to lobby the government into writing into law that free trade was to be abolished within the beverage selling industry. That is ludicrous. Couple that with the handcuffs we're in trade wise, and you've got yourself overpriced, under-performing ****holes. And all because of an out-dated, idea-less government.

And the Irish people are to blame for tolerating it.

Irish Nightlife versus other countries nightlife

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