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Drinking & Nightlife
X Club
CLUB
( 3213467; Rua Osualdo Vieira)
At X (pronounced 'sheesh') Club, join the odd assembly of
hard-working UN staff, shady businessmen and sparkling party folk on their glitzy trip
through the night.
Insonias
CLUB
Get lost among the plastic palm trees and plastic people at Insonias, a bizarrely decorated
club popular with the NGO and UN crowd at weekends. Open until dawn.
Saboura
CLUB
Guineans and expats head to Saboura (in Pilom) to dance until the sun comes up. The
place is usually teeming on Thursday nights.
Centre Culturel Franco-
Bissao-Guinéen
PERFORMING ARTS
( 3206816; Praça Ché Guevera; 9am-10pm Mon-Fri; )
This bright, modern centre houses a
library/workspace, an art gallery, a performance space and a small cafe. There are regular
performances by dance and theatre groups and the centre hosts film screenings. The cafe
does coffees, breakfast sandwiches and great-value mains for lunch. Specials include