Le Lido

This characterful venue in central Lausanne hosts a wide range of entertainment, from comedy and cabaret to karaoke and improv, plus regular club nights on weekends. Its shabby chic style – all mismatched furniture, vintage lampshades and granddad armchairs – creates an intimate, boudoir feel, and indeed this is no flashy club but a quirky venue that doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s also the Lausanne home of the International Comedy Club, which presents big name English-speaking comedians from Reg D Hunter to Alan Davies in a regular season.