Bar Ludwig - Go before it’s all over

Down by the Rhine and opposite the Werkstattbühne is Bar Ludwig, currently one of the hottest (night) spots in the city. Formerly the bar and restaurant of the now condemned Hotel Beethoven, Bar Ludwig has been taken over by an outfit called Moving Locations that now runs club nights every Thursday to Saturday until the entire premises are torn down in February or March next year to make way for luxury flats. Most evenings start with a culture show and later transition to a dance/club event with well-known DJs and bands. Bar Ludwig still features the restaurant’s original 1950s décor, and the managers have installed several cinema seats from the now defunct Metropol cinema round the corner. The dancefloor is situated in what used to be the hotel kitchen, still fitted out with the original tiled floors and walls. It's very smoky, very crowded, and very cool.

Bar Ludwig
Rheingasse 26, 53113 Bonn
www.bar-ludwig-bonn.de
Text: Karin Walker