5 Best Bars in Heidelberg and the Neckar Valley, Germany

This restaurant and bar is popular with university students, and has live music most Thursdays. Specialty drinks include cocktails made with local apple cider. There also are a few small, efficiently decorated, budget-priced rooms upstairs.

The old railway freight terminal has been reborn as an art gallery and music club for concerts and dance parties. There's a beach atmosphere in summer on the outdoor patio. Concerts generally begin at 8 pm, dance parties at 11 pm or later.

This destination for music, theater, cabaret, and cinema has moved from downtown to an outer area of Heidelberg, which city planners are creating into an events center. New is an on-site restaurant. What has not changed is that ticket prices vary, starting at around €15.

This trendy bar has moved into the former space of Die Kelter jazz club. There's no more live music, but there are inventive drinks and bar bites, and it's also open as a coffee shop at lunchtime.

In the same location since 1703, it was a favorite of the Burschenschaften, or dueling fraternities, for two centuries. These days it's popular with Heidelberg's university students, locals, and visitors for its traditional ambience and well-priced food and beer that starts flowing at 7:30 am daily. The wood-panel walls are filled with historic photos and maps. There also are budget-price rooms upstairs.