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Night-Life
Pubs and bars
You can go for just drinks in all but the smartest of restaurants in Poland, but clubs and bars generally dominate the drinking scene. Most of these have table service, but it is perfectly normal to fetch your own drinks at the bar and sit at a table. You will normally pay upfront at the bar, or build up a tab for table service. In either case a tip is not expected but will be welcome - just give a few zlotys every few rounds or when you settle the bill for table service. As mentioned in the Food and Drink section, the range of beer can be quite limited and wine is best avoided. There will always be a range of vodka as well.
In larger towns there is likely to be one or two bars open more or less 24 hours, otherwise they will typically open until between midnight and 3am, depending on their expected clientele.
Nightclubs
Anybody used to clubs in the UK should feel perfectly at home in Poland. They range from cheesy student clubs and nights with cheap entry and even cheaper drinks, to expensive palaces full of beautiful people with brand-name DJs churning out bland rubbish for people who think they are classy. In-between, bigger cities such as Warsaw and Krakow have comfortable trendy hangouts and rough and ready clubs that people only go to for the specialist music.
Most clubs are open until late - often dawn, and as with bars a few are open 24 hours.