. . . because it belongs to your age and point of view what you’ve written. The nightlife is really down in summertime, when most of the citizens enjoy there vacation abroads. But when you know the right folks and places you can party in summertime too ;-)

I live here since 1965 and I find always something to enjoy, even after 40 years :-) The town is shaking up since the Berlin Wall breakdown in 1989 – it’s worth a visit!

Espacially in summertime it’s really nice because of the lakes surrounding the town, most of them former surface coal mining or gravel pits, where you can do swimming, windsurfing or even sailing.
The climate is kind’a special for the reason of the surrounding lakes – it rains seldom, summer is hotter then the rest of germany and wintertime we often have the lowest temperature.

We have here the only one theatre building in Art Nouveau stile in entyre europe http://www.staatstheater-cottbus.de and the oldest working cinema building also in Art Nouveau stile. http://www.weltspiegel-cottbus.de/

Here is the famous Pückler park and castle with a museum now inside http://www.pueckler-museum.de/index.php?sprache=english

You can surf in at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottbus to get more information or www.cottbus.de , the official town site.