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If you like your beer with a bit of nature, head for the Stadtgarten. The venue is popular with students and has a bar, a beer garden complete with shady trees, concert hall, nightclub and a friendly clientele. It's a 15-minute walk from the city centre. It will be showing games for the 2006 World Cup.
Venloer Strasse 40, tel: 9529 9433; www.stadtgarten.de/Information.htm
A very nice beer garden, where you can drink the local 'Kölsch'. It also features a restaurant/cafe, concert hall and the very popular, slightly trendy club Studio 672.
Venloer Str. 40
50672
www.stadtgarten.de/Studio.htm
This club/concert hall is a fun place with an interesting mix of people, an eclectic range of musical nights and concerts, and very reasonable prices.
Deutz-Mülheimer Strasse 127-129;
tel: 0221 814637;
www.gebaeude9.de/info01.html
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