Merchants in Interlaken have always known how to inject their town with enough razzle-dazzle to keep visitors coming back. As such, Interlaken boasts one of the highest per-capita rates of nightclubs of any town its size in Switzerland. The town's business is so transient -- composed mostly of short-term visitors on their way to somewhere else -- the clientele of any particular bar or club is likely to change virtually every week. Given that, here's a roster of those that at this writing were the most animated and/or fun.
Summer nightlife is livened up by a multitude of international guests. Backpackers in particular give the scene a good-natured boost.
In winter the focus is on winter sports resorts. And in terms of live music, the region has already made history with the Goldenen Anker in Interlaken.
You'll usually find a drinking buddy in the folksy, amiably kitschy Victoria Bar in the town's stateliest hotel, the Victoria-Jungfrau, Höheweg 41 (tel. 033/828-28-28). The Sternen Bar, set amid a cluster of shops on the all-pedestrian precinct of Jungfraustrasse (tel. 033/822-34-25), is the closest thing to a big-city wine bar in Interlaken, complete with the requisite platters of food and an alpine version of daytime soap-opera intrigue. Buddy's Pub, in the Hotel Splendid, Höheweg 33 (tel. 033/822-76-12), provides a cozy, richly paneled setting that evokes an upscale version of a smoke-stained pub in Ireland.
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