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Lütsche Lage
Is a typical alcoholic drink made of beer and korn drinken simultanuously from two seperate glasses.
Cocktail bars
Pepe's
Mexican bar, friesenstrasse 52, tel: +49 511124 6086. a small exotic bar serving delicious food. the cocktail of choice here is the 'caipi', more often known as, 'caipirinha', made with sugar cane spirit and limes or the castro cooler with rum and calvados. the salsa music will have you up on your feet in no time, especially after a few 'caipi'. daily from 6.30pm - 1am.
Bolero Bar
Nikolai str. 3 in front of cinemaxx. bolero bar offers a great variety of cocktails at a reasonable price. the place seems to be always full, including weeknights, so reservations are recommended. the place is rather large and not as smoky as other cocktail bars. happy hour daily 5-7pm: half-price for most cocktails; caipi hour daily 11pm-1am: all caipi variations â¬4.50, jumbo caipi â¬6.90; jumbo hour daily after 7pm: cheaper jumbo cocktails.
Sausalitos
Osterstraãe 38,tel: +49-511-3530919. mexican restaurant that has a great variety of cocktails. usually full during happy hour which last until 8pm.
Loft
Georgstrasse. 50b you will have to go through an alley to find it +49-511-3631376. serves original and different afgani dishes. opens at 12am, and has a happy hour on monday and sunday.
Oscar's
54 georgstrasse, tel: +49 511 235 2434. award wining cocktails. the bar has won a host of awards from publications ranging from playboy to barfã¼hrer, germany's authoritative guide to the best bars in the country. the monthly whisky tasting session attracts connoisseurs from all over germany, and the bar has the most extensive collection of whiskies available locally. prices are appropriately steep, but the atmosphere is not at all stuffy or pompous. it actually has a relaxed and communal feel to it.
Lunablu
Schaufelderstrasse 11, tel: +49 511 13 1001. interior designed by jorge la guardia and the flamenco musician gave it a desintct mediterranean and international feel which has proved to be very popular. whilst sipping on your cocktail try some of the very reasonably priced, exotic dishes. open daily from 10am -1am.
Escenario
Nikolaistr. 12. close to cinemaxx nikolaistr. happy hour 4:30-8pm cocktails â¬3,95. tuesday is ladies night i.e. prosecco for â¬1-1,50.
Beer gardens
Waterloo Biergarten
Waterloo straãe 1, +49-511-5643. gets its name from being close to waterloo square and on waterloo road. huge beer garden surrounded by trees, very busy during the summer. open daily from 11am.
Biercafé Pindopp
Altenbekener damm 9, +49-511-806523. smaller beer garden compared to others hanover has to offer. previews the football games so if you are looking for a place to come and watch a match this is the venue. it also has a pool table, darts and pin ball machines. open daily from 8.30am to 1am.
Hot drinks
Tchibo
Is the best place for a quick sip of coffee. can be found everywhere. there is usually no chance of getting a seat, but there are tables where you can at least rest your drink. some shops also offer cakes.
Holländische Kakao-Stube
Stã¤ndehausstr. 2, +49-511-304100. best place in town for hot chocolate with and without liquor. they also offer the famous sacher chocolate cake imported from hotel sacher in vienna.
Balzac Coffee
Has a great variety of coffee, including cold ones resembling starbucks' frappucino. there are several in hanover, including in front of central station next to saturn electronic shop, steintor, and in old townhall altes rathaus.
Teestübchen
Am ballhof 10, old city area altstadt. +49-511-3631682. offers good variety of tea. a nice place to visit in the afternoon after shopping in the city.
Nightlife
Heartbreak Hotel
Reuterstr 5. one of the newer and fresher nightclubs on the scene. stays open until daybreak if you have the stamina.
Sansibar
Scholvinstr. 7. music spans 3 decades beginning with 60s soul and traveling through the 70s and 80s.
Osho Discothek
Raschplatz 7l. one of the oldest clubs in hanover but has been revamped on several occasions to keep with the times. most notable feature is the huge 90 meter square dance floor calling people to boogie the night away.
Brauhaus Ernst-August
Schmiedestr. 13. a nightclub which also serves food! also has freshly brewed beer. don't be shocked if you see guest dancing on the tables, it is apparently a common sight.