Night Clubs Are Dying Off In Europe, Due To A Few Fascinating Factors

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When you imagine young people out on the town for the evening, specifically in Europe, where do you imagine them going? Perhaps to a nightclub? This would not be an unreasonable presumption. Night clubs and discotheques became quite popular in Europe, particularly in Germany which is an epicenter of dance clubs. However, in recent years, night club popularity has been on the wane, and clubs all over Europe are shutting down. According to a report from The Economist, there are a few primary reasons for that.

The number of clubs in the Netherlands dropped by 38 percent between 2001 and 2011. More than a thousand clubs closed in London in the last decade. Even clubs in Berlin are shutting down. So what are the deciding factors? They all seem kind of obvious once you hear them. For starters, cities in Europe are getting more expensive. That makes rent higher for clubs, and also more well-to-do neighbors are less conducive to having loud noise around them at night. The rise of music festivals has also hurt nightclubs. Instead of going to some dingy club in the middle of the night to do drugs and dance, people are going to nice outdoor music festivals to do drugs and dance during the afternoon. However, oddly enough, another aspect of the fall of the night club is that less people in Europe are doing drugs. Ecstasy use, and even alcohol use, is on the wane among young people in European countries.

Night clubs will likely never completely disappear, in Europe or even the United States. The winds of change certain are blowing though. Soon enough spending your night our clubbing may be a niche way to enjoy your evening.

(Via The Economist)

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