Milan has perhaps the most talked-about nightlife in Italy, partly because it is a young and hip city, and partly because it has such a high-profile events calendar. The fashionable nightlife in Milan radiates primarily from the Brera Gallery and Navigli areas. Centri Sociali is home to an alternative, less expensive entertainment scene. The city offers visitors a vast selection of vibrant bars, restaurants and nightclubs, as well as live music performances.The nightlife kicks off early in Milan, by Italian standards, with Happy Hour starting at about 6pm. The evening drinking session, called the apertivito, is an important social opportunity in Milan, a chance to meet and greet and fashionably mingle. Dance venues usually only get going at about 11pm, with nightclubs closing at about 4am.Although there are a handful of perennial favourites, clubs are likely to change names and owners fairly frequently in Milan, but it is never difficult to find nighttime fun in this glamorous city. Those who want more cultured fun will be spoiled by the opera and theatre scene of Milan.
