entertainment

Nightlife

In the North

Sugar water and aspirin's (5 sites) Main Street 100 # 47-35 Phone 271-0546 Live music
Arcana Carrera 5 N º. 119-11 Phone: 214-2678
Amaranta Calle 93 B N º. 11A-34
Andres Carne de Res (Restaurant and Dance) Calle 3 N º. 11A -56 Phone: 863-7880 (Chia) Live music
Almirante Padilla Calle 82 N º. 12-21 Phone: 257-9040 - Electronic music / popular
Antiphon Coffee Bar Calle 85 N º. 11-38 Phone: 530-2656
Carrera 11A No. Africafé. 93 to 93 Phone: 616-5058
Blue Café Calle 93 A N º. 12-73 Phone: 640-7421 - Arabic

Bacci Carrera 15 N º. 97-22 Phone: 218-2587 Live music
Bar No. Carrera7 Antarctica. 117-30
Bar Casa Brava Usaquén Heights La Calera 4.5 km Phone: 874-1012
Bar Shambara Calle 95 N º. 13 to 36 Phone: 400-7373
Bariya Walnut Street Cafe Bar Restaurant 77A No. .12-26 Phone: 346-1404
Barbarella Bar Carrera 14 N º. 83 to 49 Phone: 256-9372
Beer Station No. 116th Street. 17 to 89 Phone: 215-4800

Coffee Art Anatevka Carrera 23 N º. 140 -13 Phone: 216-4875
Shamu Café Avenida 19 N º. 114-70
Café Milan Carrera 15 N º. 88 to 94 Phone: 236-6785
Coffee and Crepes Carrera 16 N º. 82 to 17 Phone: 236-2688
Coffee Roasting Carrera 12 N º. 93-64 Phone: 257-7976
Camerino Calle 93 N º. 13 -85 Phone: 236-0422
Beer House Park 93. Calle 94 and Carrera 13
Chamois Calle 85 N º. 11-69 Phone: 218-3285 Mexican music and rock
Chivarumba.com (various locations) Phone: 346-6908
Citron Carrera 13 N º. 93 -24 Phone: 621-5807
Crow No. 93 B Street. 11A - 34 Phone: 600-8044
Fourth St. Alexis Transversal 17 N º. 120-48 Phone: 214-2331

Dynamo Calle 93A N º. 13 to 25 Phone: 616-1299

Eight Bells pub Español Calle 120 A No.. 6-23 (Usaquén)
The Cafe del Mono Nuñez Calle 93 B N º. 13 to 61 Phone: 609-0170
El Jardin de las Delicias Calle 80 N º. 11-16 Phone: 236-9207 Electronic music
El Salto del Angel Club and Restaurant Carrera 13 N º. 93A - 45 Phone: 236-3139
Site Carrera 11 A N º. 93-52 Phone: 530-5050
El Toro Blue Carrera 11A N º. 93 to 18 Phone: 256 7080
Flora D.C. Carrera 15 N º. 88-63 Phone: 257-7105
Forum Café Calle 93A N º. 13A -49 Phone: 531-0969
Four Rooms Carrera 14 N º. 82 to 50 Phone: 218-0727 Electronic music
Funky Carrera 14 N º. 83 to 44 Phone: 610-6931

Gaira Café Calle 96 N º. 13/04 Phone: 623 15 51
Ganesh Carrera 11 N º. 93A - 85 Phone: 601-9606
Black Cat Street No. 93A. 11A - 47 Phone: 530-3385
G-Spot Calle 93 B N º. 11 A-14, 2nd Floor Phone: 616-0048 Electronic music
Guarana Coffee Bar Calle 83 N º. 14-13 Phone: 623 7811 Electronic music

Hard Rock Café Calle 81 N º. 13/05 Local 011 Phone: 530 7328
H. Sasson Wok and Satay Bar Calle 83 N º. 12-49 Phone: 616-4520 Rock Music
Houston's Carrera 17 N º. 93 to 17 Phone: 236-4722 Mexican and Rock Music

Icarus Café Carrera 13 N º. 93-60 Phone: 623-3223 Mexican music and popular
Carrera 11A No. Indigo. 93B-27Teléfono: 691-5004 Rock Music
Infatti Ristorante Cafe Bar No. Calle119. 5-84 Phone: 619-6014 (Italiano)
Jawa Calle 118 N º. 26 to 33 Phone: 213-7486
John Cantina Bar Calle 85 N º. 11-53 int. 6 Phone: 258-0521
Juan Tama Bar and Restaurant Calle 170 N º. 64 to 47 Phone: 600-7715

Kaoba Calle 82 No 12 - 42 Phone: 621-8009, Electronic music - rock

La Bombonera Carrera 7 N º. 117-30 Phone: 620-0280 Send varied
The Beer House Calle 140 N º. 22-19 Phone: 648-4255
La Cuadra Carrera 12 A No 83-29 Phone: 616-3674 Mexican Music / Rock
The Legend Carrera 13 N º. 93 to 76 Phone: 636-4512 "Vallenato" Live music
The Board Race. No. 14A. 83 to 44 Phone: 618-0410 Live music
The Tea Avenue 15 N º. 108-08 floor 2 Phone: 214-4151
Lazarus Calle 108 N º. 15 to 80 Phone: 213-8811 Music Rock, salsa, tropical
Lord Gamba Carrera 14 N º. 82 -26 Phone: 691-4965 Rock Music
Luna bar Calle 116 N º. 17 to 59 Phone: 619-2215

Matina Carrera 15 N º. 94-49 Phone: 610-5373 Music Jazz / Blues
Mister Babilla Calle 82 N º. 12-15 Phone: 218-9570
Mizu Carrera 11 N º. 80-11 Phone: 256-7039 Electronic music
Tequila Museum Carrera 13A N º. 86A-18 Phone: 531-3756 bohemian Mexican Music
Mystic Avenue 19 N º. 139-14 Phone: 626-4761 Send bohemia
Nabu Bar Calle 82 N º. Electronic music and Rock 13-26
Nick Havana Calle 122 N º. 25-59 Phone: 214-2083 Cuban and Spanish Music
Node Bar Calle 81 N º. 12 -70 Phone: 257-6203

OM Bar Street No. 84bis. 14A-10 Phone: 310-4156
Ovejo Carrera 14 N º. 83-72 Phone: 611-2496 Rock Music
Ozy Pub Calle 85 N º. 11 to 53 interior 3

Palos de Moguer Avenida 82 N º. 12/09 Phone: 218-803 Spanish Music, International, Rock
G-Spot Bar - Restaurant Calle 94 N º. 11-46 Phone: 616-7046 Shows
Pravda Carrera 12 N º. 83 to 10 Phone: 236-5055

Ramón Antigua Calle 93 A N º. 13 B-56 Phone: 691-8700
Ricuras Carrera 15 N º. 76-59 Phone: 691-1058
Rio d 'January bar / restaurant Calle 104 N º 20 A-18 Phone: 522-0182
Rock Garden Pub Carrera 13 N º. 81-37. English pub Salamyra
Avenida 15 N º. 102-45 Phone: 616-3055
Variety of music Salome Pagana Carrera 14 N º. 82-16
Phone: 218-4076 Salsateca. Salsa Music
VIP Lounge Calle 100 N º. 21 A-40 (Cosmos Hotel) Phone: 621-7750
Live music.
San Libardo Carrera 13 N º. 81-36 Phone: 610-6590 Rock Music
San Sebastian Carrera 13 N º. 93 B-48 Phone: 621-3284
Sarao Music Bar Diagonal 109 N º. 19A-65
Sayaka Carrera 11 N º. 80-11 Phone: 236-9207
Carrera 15 No. Sheyka. 95-80
Syldavia Carrera 11 N º. 79 -75 Phone: 255-4873

Tabatinga Calle 170 N º. 39 -09 Phone: 678-5246
Bavarian Tavern Atlantis Plaza Mall Phone: 530-7519
Carrera 11A No. taboo. 93B - 12 Phone: 236-1019
Takuba Restaurantee Bar Carrera 13 N º. 81-46 Phone: 236-0584

The Red Lion Pub Español Carrera 12 N º. 93 to 64 Phone: 691 7938 Rock Music
Store sugar water and aspirin's Calle 100 N º. 47-35 (5 sites) Phone: 271-0546
Live music
Tresor Bar Carrera 13 N º. 81-40 Phone: 257-4986
Tropical Cocktails Calle 93 A N º. 13A - 31 Phone: 257-1333 Electronic music

Vahi Carrera 12 N º. 93 to 43 2nd floor Phone: 493-6195
Verona Carrera 15 N º. 94 to 49 Phone: 634-9732
Villa Margarita Carrera 15 N º. 93B - 08 - 18 Phone: 610-2982 Mexican Music


On or after areas of the city

At the Center

Bar Restaurant Bonaparte Creperie - Avenida Jiménez N º. 4-48
Phone: 283-8788
The Goce Pagano Carrera 1 N º. 20.04
El Viejo Almacen Calle 15 N º. 4.30. Phone: 2433356. Music Argentina (tango)
Avenida Jiménez No. Sanalejo. 3-73 Phone: 334-6171 Music Jazz / Blues, Rock


Chapinero and around

The Plaza Carrera 13 N º. 66-42 Phone: 235-0866
The Model Calle 41 N º. 8 to 55 Telephone: 245-6858 Live music
Casa Buena Vista Carrera. 6 N º. 35-37 Phone: 245-4427
Bohemian Cafe Music Carrera 15 A N º. 46-36 Phone: 232-6585
Caribbean Club Carrera 28 N º. 52 -36 Phone: 211-1554 Salsa and Tropical Music
Palermo Carrera 15 A N º. 46-38 Phone: 285-8318

West
Tambó rumba, cinema and coffee Avenida Boyaca No.. 48-49 Phone: 252-7206
The Tavern Restaurant Cantinazo Avenida Boyaca No.. 49 to 63
Phone: 263-5779 Colombian Music
Northwest

Avenida Suba No. Fertig.net. 108-58 Phone: 624-0166 Rock Music
Havana Club Avenida Calle 68 No 73-68 Tel: 252 8231 Cuban Music
Hacienda La Margarita Restaurant and Club Street 222 N º. 46-03
Phone: 676-5015 Colombian Music
The North Farra Carrera 45A N º. 197-75 Phone: 203-7878

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History

Three and a half centuries after Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada founded Bogotá, the Spanish writer Marcelino Menendez y Pelayo referred to the city as "The Athens of South America." Needless to say, Quesada's intention was not precisely to reproduce ancient Greece in the New World. Like his fellow Spanish conquistadors, he arrived in search of riches. Although he returned home without finding El Dorado, the city he founded eventually became famous for precisely the reasons he stood out himself. Jimenez de Quesada was no violent man; he was a law graduate, a writer, and one might even say, a poet.

When Quesada landed in 1538, he immediately understood he was on good land. Impressed by the savannah, with its rivers protected by enormous hills, he immediately decided this would be the site for the city. Not even the difficulties in building at such altitude and such distance from the sea could dissuade him. Thus, on August 6, 1538, Santa Fe was founded on the West Range of the Andes, at 2640 meters (8661 feet) above sea level, 700 kilometers (435 miles) from the Atlantic Ocean and 370 kilometers (230 miles) from the Pacific. The city was named after Santa Fe in Granada, Spain, where Quesada was from. Soon after "de Bogotá" was added to the name, after "Bacatá," the name the natives gave to the place. In 1819 it became simply "Bogotá."

Santa Fe did not remain a quiet place for long, at first because seekers of El Dorado came and went incessantly and later because the city remained almost ungoverned. The city changed hands, from Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic) to Lima (the capital of the viceroyalty of Peru) in 1550. The great distances between Nueva Granada (as Colombia was then known) and the centers of power in Hispanic America meant that the local governors worked more or less independently and at times anarchically.

For this reason, a new viceroyalty was established in Santa Fe in 1739. Thus began the cultural flourishing of the city, which reached its height toward the end of the 18th Century, with the Ilustración Granadina or, Granadan Enlightenment. Figures appeared such as Celestino Mutis, who taught Newtonian physics and founded the Jardín Botánico and the Observatorio Astronómico, and Antonio Nariño, precursor of Colombia's independence.

Santa Fe was the cradle of the independence movements. The first insurrection took place on July 20, 1810, the first step toward New Granada's independence. The revolutionaries won a brief independence in 1813, but Santa Fe fell under Spanish rule once again in 1816. The following period of terror finally ended on the August 7, 1816, with Simón Bolívar's triumph in the Battle of Boyacá. Bolívar's plans included making Santa Fe the capital of Gran Colombia, a confederation of states that stretched over most of the continent. But Bolívar's dream was never realized, and the city assumed the more modest role as capital of the Republic of New Granada, which was renamed Colombia in the second half of the 19th Century.

After independence, Bogotá became Colombia's historical as well as geographical center, witnessing further fights and battles. Civil wars toward the end of the 19th Century between federalists and centralists would feed later disputes between the Liberal and Conservative parties. During this period the ambiguous feelings toward everything Spanish became palpable, feelings that moved between familiarity and resentment, between a desire to imitate and a desire to break with Spain. Examples of colonial architecture can still be seen in areas such as La Candelaria. At the beginning of the 20th Century, however, several French-style palaces were built nearby. This was the Republican period, by which point the population of the city had reached 100,000. A new cultural flourishing could be seen in the streets, driven by the creation of universities, and a traditional Bogotá character began to develop: men dressed in black gathering to drink coffee and speak about politics and other issues. The streetcar appeared at the same time, and gaps between social classes widened as more people immigrated to the city from the countryside.

Bogotá's cold and drizzle also started to gain a reputation. Bogota's history is, one might say, rather wet. The legend says the mythical Bochica separated two stones to empty the lake that covered the savannah, thus preparing the territory for Jimenez de Quesada to build the city many, many years later. During the Republican period it wasn't the lakes, but the rain which gave the people of Bogotá their identity. While the architecture started acquiring a Parisian feel, the people started looking more and more like Londoners. Historians have written about the rain in Bogotá on many occasions. For a long time, at certain hours of the afternoon, Bogota became a river of umbrellas. However, although it is still rainy and cold, the capital has lost much of this image. Increases in population and pollution have raised the temperature here as in other places.

Modernity arrived in Bogotá thanks to violence. On the April 9, 1948, Colombia's 20th century history was split in two. It all started in the capital, with the murder of the political leader Jorge Eliecer Gaitán, a liberal loved by the people and despised by the governing class. The people took to the streets, raided the shops, and burnt the churches and official buildings. Until that day, the city of 400,000 people had withstood many earthquakes. But the "Bogotazo," as this event is known, left behind a ruined city. That was the end of the streetcar and of the city's aspirations to be like London or Paris. From that time on, the North American influence became clear. The first modern buildings went up, and twenty years later, the first skyscrapers and shopping centers appeared. Migration from the provinces continued, and the contrasts between the rich North and the poor South became even more striking.

Recent local governments have concentrated on bringing people back to the city center and improving a transportation system that takes nine million citizens to and from their destinations every day. At the moment, the underground is being extended; new transport systems are being established; and roads are being built.

Bogotá is a city in which energy and chaos, insecurity and emotion, violence and creativity come together. It is certainly not a quiet place, but then one would never call it boring either. Those who enjoy Bogotá find a strange fascination in its chaos. The city is full of contrasts: gray by day, colorful by night, surrounded by green mountains protecting the vast valley, sunshine announcing rain, professional beggars, abject poverty next to modern shopping centers, and a true synthesis of classes, styles and regions. People sip coffee waiting for the rain to stop. At once, modern, classical and primitive, Bogotá is a unique city.

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Economic:
What improved itself in the Council Distrital from the ends of 2008 as a relief to the users, at last he(she) led to an increase in the tariffs of parking. The lack(mistake) of clarity on the part of the Administration Distrital on having regulated the collection caused a great confusion between(among) the citizens, who from Saturday noticed the increase in the prices.
The reason: in several establishments the VAT was added to the value of the tariff for minute, whereas before this tax was included in the cost of the quarter(room) of hour.

As consequence, for 15 minutes that were costing(worth) 1.300 weight now 1.550 weight is paid. The maximum value of the minute, which was fixed in 87 weight, increased to 101 weight for effect of the VAT.
Before the confusion that was generated in the city, the undersecretary of Mobility, Carlos Jose Herrera, argued yesterday that the District decided to exclude the VAT of the value of the new tariffs per minutes to be of benefit to the formal parkings.

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Important Persons

Samuel Gustavo Moreno Rojas was born the February 11, 1960 is a Colombian American politician, son of former congressman Samuel Moreno Díaz and former presidential candidate María Eugenia Rojas Correa, grandson of former Colombian military dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. His brother Iván Moreno Rojas is a former Mayor of Bucaramanga, minister and senator. In October 28th 2007, Moreno Rojas was elected Mayor of Bogotá representing the Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) for the 2008-2011 term.

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Destination

Bolivar square
The Bolívar Square is located in the heart of the historical area of Bogotá. It has a statue of Simón Bolívar sculpted in 1846 by the Italian Pietro Tenerani, which was the first ever public monument in the city. Plaza Bolívar is also the name given to the main square in every city or town of Venezuela, the native country of Simón Bolívar.

El Campin
Nemesio Camacho "El Campín" Stadium is the main stadium of Bogotá, Colombia. It is the home ground of the Independiente Santa Fe and Millonarios association football teams; it is also the home ground of the Colombia national football team, together with Barranquilla's Estadio Metropolitano.

Simon Bolivar Park
Simón Bolívar Park is located in Bogotá, Colombia. The "Central Simón Bolívar Park" is part of a larger group of surrounding park areas, named the "Metropolitan Simón Bolívar Park". This includes El Lago Park, several sport complexes, a museum, two theme parks and a botanical garden. The Bogotá Palacio de los Deportes, hosting many concerts and events annually, is also part of the Metropolitan Park.


Maloka Museum
The Maloka Museum is an interactive science museum located in Bogotá, Colombia. Visitors interact with a wide variety of exhibits that explore topics in Science and Technology.
The museum has 9 rooms, with different science and technology topics; the Telecomunications Room shows interactive games about Binary System, the Computers' language, How does the cellphone work or what's the communication process.


Museo del Oro
The Gold Museumis a museum located in Bogotá, Colombia. It displays an extraordinary selection of its pre-Hispanic goldwork collection - the biggest in the world - in its exhibition rooms on the second and third floors. Together with other pottery, stone, shell, wood and textile archaeological objects, these items, made of what to indigenous cultures was a sacred metal, testify to the life and thought of different societies which inhabited what is now known as Colombia before contact was made with Europe.


Luis Angel Arango Library
Luis Ángel Arango Library, is a public library located in Bogotá, Colombia. It was founded in 1923 as a small library with a few books on economics. It is currently under the administration of the Bank of the Republic.

La Candelaria
La Candelaria is a historic neighborhood in downtown Bogotá, Colombia. It is the equivalent to the Old City in other cities.[1] The architecture of the old houses, churches and buildings has Spanish Colonial and Baroque styles. It houses several universities, libraries and museums.

La Casa de Nariño
House of Nariñ or Palace of Nariño is the official home and principal workplace of the President of Colombia.

Universidad Nacional
The National University of Colombia also called UNAL or just UN, is a public, national, coeducational, research university, located primarily in Bogotá, Colombia.

http://www.bogotaturismo.gov.co/

culture

bogota,World Book Capital 2007

Virgilio Barco Public Library is located at the geographic heart of Bogota, near the Parque Simón Bolívar. In addition to the library, where this property is located contains a restaurant area, gardens, bike paths and parking areas for vehicles.


General Information Area: 16,092 m²
Capacity: 150,000 volumes
The library was designed by architect Rogelio Salmona and takes the name of a former president Virgilio Barco Vargas. The overall room is three levels and has a reading room, newspaper reading cubicles, computer room, library, audio library as well as digital catalogs, Internet and multimedia. An auditorium with capacity for 500 people, music room, exhibition hall and room information on Bogota. It also has a children's room with capacity for 100 children has workshops, toy library and puppet theater. The Library is considered a milestone in contemporary architecture in Colombia and one of the best works of its author.

In the location of the library are also restaurants, gardens and other attractions downtown.

It was recently stated by the Ministry of Culture of Colombia, together with other works of the late Colombian architect Rogelio Salmona, as a Cultural of National Character.

It is located on Avenida Cra 60 No. 57-60 west of Bogota

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Book_Capital

Art-Important Museums

• The Gold Museum is one of the most important museum in the world it preserves the most important pieces of gold in Colombia.
• The Colombian National Museum is the oldest museum in Colombia it have one of the best collections it have 17 exibition rooms and the permanent exibition is about archaeology and ethnography.
• The Colombian Mint House was created in 1957with works of the first hall of modern art, it has 3500 modern art works.
• The Modern Art Museum of Bogota(MAMBO) have modern art works like paintings, engravings, sculptures, etc; It have another exivitons of some colombian artist like Fernando Botero, Edgar Grau and Alejandro Obregon.

http://www.banrep.org/museo/esp/home.htm