Quieter Night Ideas

quIeter nIghts: the authorItatIve guIde - thomas BrItton

Oxford nightlife is great, but it’s not the only way to enjoy an evening in the city, and come 5th week you may well want some ideas for a relaxing night...

go For a meal: Not necessarily too expensive if you pick the right place, going out for a proper meal with your mates is a great way to relax and enjoy yourself. There are so many options for great food places around the city that you’ll never run out, and there’s something for every taste; from authentic East Asian food, to Italian, to vegetarian-speciality places, and from cafes and coffee-places, to proper restaurants. See page 26 for some ideas. thIrstY meePles: This board game cafe offers a selection of games so broad that you start to wonder whether it can be classed as the Bodleian of Board Games. Take a group of friends, and either play one of the classics or pick one at random and question how they even came up with the idea for such a weird game.

see a FIlm: Oxford has a number of great cinemas, from the swanky Curzon on the roof terrace of Westgate to the more historic and indie Phoenix off in Jericho. There’s nothing like a trip to the cinema to see the most recently released film to distract a group of highly-stressed Oxford students from their assignments - and with a student discount, it’s not too pricey either. A wise idea is to find the film nerd in your friend group and go with them because, while you think you’re just watching a film, after it finishes you’ll be enlightened as to why the use of camera angles means it’s the greatest masterpiece ever created/a disaster that should never have been allowed within a hundred miles of a screen.

ICe skatIng: The ice rink is just beyond Westgate, and well worth the effort. During term time, it offers cheap entry late at night (around 10/11 PM, until 12 or 1 AM) for students. Even if you’re a novice, within a couple of hours basically everyone gets the hang of it.