heart, Restaurant/Bar/Club (Munich)

There are some dates in a calender that are set in stone such as Christmas, birthdays and- Oktoberfest in Munich!

Apart from deciding when to go, with whom, in which tent the question remains what to do after the evening at Oktoberfest finishes around 11pm. This year we decided to try h-e-a-r-t, a club/restaurant/bar that just opened in May and came highly recommended. The club's name is actually only the logo of a heart, it does not have a written name.

h-e-a-r-t is located in the old stock exchange building at Lenbachplatz 2a close to Karlsplatz/Stachus. The former Deutsche Bank branch was tranformed into a very stylish bar/restaurant/club.

Upon entering coats can be checked and even the coat tags spot a cute heart.
The first room to enter is where the restaurant is located at. The light is dimmed, the colors palette is brown, golden including wooden flooring. Furniture is sleek. The atmosphere is therefore elegant and mysterious but welcoming.

A huge golden door gives access to the bar/club area which used to be a vault. I was surprised by the size of the room as the bar and the tables in the corners almost fill the room. There is no particular dance area. The ceiling is completely mirrored so the room appears larger. Also it is fun to people-watch.

The colors and materials are the same as in the restaurant. There was still a nice smell of wood from the flooring in the air when we entered early at h-e-a-r-t. Don't know how long that will stay though.

The crowd was very mixed, everybody very much enjoyed themselves and danced the night away to 80ies and 90ies mixed music. Since it was Oktoberfest the dresscode was mainly Dirndl&Lederhosen, it seemed that dressing is mixed on other occasions.

Another thing to mention are the restrooms in the basement: they are very dark, partially unisex and huge. Btw- Entry to h-e-a-r-t is free.

Enjoy!

Reina, Nightclub (Istanbul)

Had a wonderful night at Reina nightclub. This is a really elegant nightclub on the European side of this city that never sleeps. It is directly on Bosporus just underneath one of the bridges that connect the European and Asian part of the city. The club is mostly open-air reminding me a lot of Beirut's sky bar. Sadly curtains are pulled on all large windows facing Bosporus, so after approx. midnight the view onto the opposite shore is gone.

Enjoy!

Lido di Lenno, Beachclub (Lago di Como)

I very much enjoy time at Lago di Como as I perceive it as the nicest and most elegant lake in Northern Italy being not as frequented by tourists as Lago Maggiore and Garda.

I was surprised how hard it is to find a nice place to relax on the shore of the lake and maybe swim a bit. It took me quite some time and a local to do so. Then I found Lido di Lenno which is a beautiful beachclub cum restaurant cum nightclub close to the town of Lenno more or less on the opposite shore of Bellagio.

Lido di Lenno is located at the end of the bay in Via Comoedia 1, a little hidden to be honest. Kind of an artifical beach was set up outside including deckchairs and lake-access to make for a proper beach club. During high season it is wise to book in advance I found out.

At night Lido di Lenno transforms into a club, where it seemed mostly people from Lago di Como area are celebrating: a wild mix of ages and people.

Enjoy!