Une Douche ou Un Bain?

Unsure of whether I was going to get clean or dirty on the dance floor, I slipped into Les Bains Douches club on Saturday night.

A venue with a history -- Bains Douches was originally a municipal bathhouse turned bar, notably a home for Parisian new wave.

Andy Warhol would come to see the Dead Kennedys and Psychedelic Furs perform. Not to mention, Joy Division recorded an album of the same name, right here in 1979.

At the present day, Bains Douches has taken on a sound system (the club is the first to be equipped with Funktion-one, the same sound and installation concept you'd find at the Space in Ibiza).

To get in, look fresh and clean and you'll make it past the bouncers.

Inside, you'll be faced with a choice between a Britney marathon upstairs or house music, disco-dancing and free-energy-drink-refuel, on the lower level.

Check in your coat and dive into the crowd.

Les Bains Douches
7, Rue du Bourg-l'Abbé
75003 Paris