Partying in Beijing

There are two main clubs in Wudaokou ( the area I live in), Sensation and Propaganda. Everyone goes there because it's cheap and close. Open bar on every wednesday cost 50 for guys and 30 for girls. Every thursday is ladies night, and we get 3 free drinks. (You will actually get 6 free drinks, 3 in Sensation and 3 in Propaganda). It doesn't cost anything to enter, and you can leave your clothes and bags there for free. Every Friday is shot night in sensation, 5yuan for kamikaze or tequila, and during the weekends is so packed, there won't be any space to dance! And I like to have some space when I dance, so it's actually much better to go there early in the night, during the weekdays. The clubs won't be so crowded, and you get free drinking tickets if you go there on a monday or tuesday.

My friends like to go to Sensation more than Propaganda, but it's the same for me. Both places looks the same, got the same prices of drinks and shots, same music, same events, and even the decorations inside are the same. 

Propaganda

Me and Ricardo in Propaganda

Pyros Pizza, La Bamba or Helens Cafe are good places for pre-drinks and having a fun time with friends before going to night clubs, or for just a chill night out.

La Bamba

45 yuan for 3 liters beer at Helen's

Helen's

If we don't want to party in Wudaokou, we go to Sanlitun in Chaoyang district. Sanlitun is the number one party place in Beijing. Usually we go to a club called VICS on thursdays, because it's open bar. 100 yuan for guys, and 60 for girls. There is one big dancefloor+ bar in one room, and a smaller dancefloor+ bar in another room. The music is quite good, toilets are really clean, and we always have fun there. However, the alcohol is really bad. Im gonna write an own post about that later. MIX is the club opposite to VICS, where all the Chinese people go. It is supposely more expensive than VICS, where all the foreigners party. MIX and VICS looks the same inside and outside, with the same music, but I think MIX is bigger.

MIX

On saturdays we like to go to a club called Juicy ( its in Chaoyang, but not in Sanlitun), if it is open bar. There it costs 30 for girls and 60 for guys if you have a Juicy card. If not, it costs 50 and 100. Every saturday there is a competition; bikini, wet t-shirt, best halloween outfit, best dancing competition and so on. The winner gets 1000 yuan and a bottle of wine or champagne.

Juicy, Wet t-shirt contest

Earlier in autumn, we used to go to a club called Kokomo, which is a rooftoop club. But it is too cold to go there now. In the same building which Kokomo is in, there are 4 other bars/clubs. I think two of them are gay bars, because one time me and Ricardo went into one of the bars, started dancing, and the guys there were looking weirdly at us. Two guys started to dance on the pole, and a few guys came up to Ricardo. We went into the next bar, and the same thing happened. This time we noticed that there were lots of guys, all dressed up, and then we figured it might be a gay bar..

Kokomo

Some saturdays we also go to Salsa Caribe, which is supposed to be the best place for salsa. There is a liveband which plays there for 1 hours every saturday, and that is the only salsa music they play. Usually it's just normal clubbing music and reggaeton. The drinks are also really expensive, so we like to go to Nanjie bar (the bar opposite to Salsa Caribe) to drink there first, and then go dancing. But I would not recommend Salsa Caribe for salsa dancing. In sanlitun there is soo many different bars and clubs, but I haven't been to that many yet.

The flower guy which is always outside of Salsa Caribe

Nanjie bar

Salsa Caribe: my latinos

Salsa Caribe. Elizabeth won the contest, and got a bottle of red wine. (The girl with long hair in black and white)

Every second Saturday there is a Latin Party at Pyro Pizza, so all the latinos go there. It's a night full of reggaeton, bachata, salsa, merengue and lots of Colombian music! (the DJ is Columbian).

Latin Party at Pyro Pizza