Klapper 33 is a late-night dive bar in Sachsenhausen, Frankfurt.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Cash only in spirit if not in fact; this is where Sachsenhausen's bar staff drink after their own shifts end.
Address: Klappergasse 33, 60594 Frankfurt am Main
Balalaika's nightly music squeezes into a candlelit Sachsenhausen room, Frankfurt's smallest stage and its most devoted audience packed close.
Tip: There is no setlist and no stage to speak of; the night finds its own music, usually after midnight.
O'Reilly's works the graveyard shift opposite Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof, pints and stray travellers until 03:00 on Saturday nights and first trains.
Tip: Between a missed connection and the first morning train, this room has sheltered generations of the stranded.
Tanzhaus West drives Frankfurt techno through an old industrial complex on Gutleutstraße, marathon weekend sets running past sunrise into Sunday.
Tip: Events like the 28-hour season openers run through the morning; check the programme and buy ahead for anniversary nights.
Chinaski packs a bar-sized dancefloor near Frankfurt's Opernplatz, the late-week club for people who wanted a bar until midnight and then changed their minds.
Tip: Thursday is the local secret; Saturday queues build after 01:00 when the Opernplatz bars empty out.
The Jazzkeller has run jazz down 19 stone steps off Frankfurt's Fressgass since 1952, founded by trumpeter Carlo Bohländer and still programming new players.
Tip: The monthly Junge Szene Frankfurt night ends in a jam session; the cellar is small, so buy concert tickets ahead.
Balalaika's nightly music squeezes into a candlelit Sachsenhausen room, Frankfurt's smallest stage and its most devoted audience packed close.
Tip: There is no setlist and no stage to speak of; the night finds its own music, usually after midnight.
The MAIN TOWER lounge pours cocktails on the 53rd floor of Frankfurt's only publicly accessible skyscraper, 200 metres over the banking mile.
Tip: The lounge takes over from 21:00; a drinks reservation is the cheap way to get the starred restaurant's view.
