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‘As soon as we get to the Sub Club, Luiza, me and Kareem hit the dancefloor. It’s thick with dry ice, which gives the club a real underground vibe. It’s a night called SUB CLUB, Jamaica St Sensu with The Wighnomy Brothers playing techno and house, and we can see it’s full of serious music lovers. People we speak to at the bar are warm and friendly, and happy to tell us about their own favourite nightspots in the city. After dancing into the small hours, we take the short walk back
to our apartment across the Clyde.’
EDINBURGH
7.30PM
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It’s like something out of a fairytale, and you can feel the
‘We take up residence on the mezzanine level of this bar. We love the music - there’s a good mix of hip hop and soul, and it’s a nice place to chill before . going onto somewhere else. We spot a few well dressed people, but ASSEMBLY, Lothlan St compared to the street style in places like l-larajuku or Melbourne, Edinburgh
history wherever you 90- This ‘Some of the guys spotted this place. When we went in, there was a girl bar '5 Pmbab'y 0‘" favounte 9. singing onstage, a guy reciting poetry and a dog wandering around the p'ace '" 50°"an 5° fa} JOh" , crowd. There were candles on the tables and it felt really welcoming. It wallts to know If the Vlntage FOREST CAFE, Bristo PI was unpretentious, genuine and totally different
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raspberry ripple cocktail with hundreds and thousands is , , amazing. Edinburgh seems to ‘We squeeze Into a pnvate booth at the back of have an impressive cocktail . this underground club, and order some drinks culture, and its good to see _ accompanied by some nice Moroccan nibbles. experimentation and MEDINA, Lothlan St After travelling around for six months, Benjarit creativity. There’s a reaih, fun has a theory now that underground venues have atmosphere too, With good the coolest atmospheres. This place gets our thumbs up for good old school hip tunes on the ipodg hop and new funk, and we are soon on the floor, throwing shapes. The Moroccan decor is cool, and we liked the pot plants and cushions scattered around.’
‘We want to keep dancing, so we "" “ ~~ _ 12.15 head to a really cool basement club
just off the Cowgate. It’s a mix of old and new with CABARET VOLTAIRE, Blair St original stone walls, big paintings of guys on decks and a lit-up
dancefloor. It’s Ultragroove tonight, so they’re playing deep house in one room and a mix of grime and dance next door. There’s such a good atmosphere in the place, people in Edinburgh really love to party.’
The verdict: Both cities are fun places to go out in and small enough to explore without getting _lost. We love the variety In both cities and wish we could stay longer in Scotland to see more.
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