The Big Apple. The city that never sleeps. Just dive in for a few days and visit all the landmark icons, shop around, go to a theatre and enjoy the NYC gay nightlife in West or East Village or Chelsea.
Gay life is everywhere in New York City. Nightlife is vivid and overwhelming. You can choose from endless variations on gay bars and clubs: from muscle mary clubs to cabaret piano bars, local intimate bars to trendy gay lounges. Most bars are opened from 16h till 4h. On Manhattan, the most interesting part of NYC for (gay) tourists, the gay scene is concentrated in a couple of neighbourhoods. Greenwhich Village lays the origin of gay pride, where the Stonewall riots in Christopher Street awakened gay emancipation. Hence the Christopher Street Days throughout the world. Many gay bars, restaurants and clubs are located here.
A bit more fancy is neighbouring Chelsea in Lower Manhattan west of Park Avenue. Chelsea offers a wide selection of trendy bars, clubs and restaurants which are concentrated around Eighth Avenue.
The East Village is a bit more of the bohemian version of the West Village. Midtown NYC can be well spend for the bars between the Empire State Building and the MoMa on Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Avenue.
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