Nargile Bar

About Nargile Bar

The Turkish water pipe Nargile! (Tips on Smoking and Buying) In Turkey the shisha (water pipe) is called Nargile It is one of the last remaining symbols of the ancient Ottoman culture in Turkey. Thanks to the shisha lounges, it has also become a type of cult activity in Germany. In Turkey, you’ll find shops on every street corner in the tourist resorts inviting foreigners to smoke the nargile. Please don’t call them shisha. The salespeople know what you mean by that. Nevertheless, they enjoy hearing you ask for it by its real name. When making your selection, you should pay a little attention to the quality of the Shisha / Nargile. Local shops tend to use better tobacco, and care is taken in maintaining and cleaning the nargile. In general, the Turks are more familiar with the quality. So look for a lounge where a lot of Turks have come to sit and smoke. The nargile (water pipe) in Turkey As in Germany, you can have your Nargile filled with a wide variety of tobacco flavours. From melon to strawberry flavour to chocolate, practically anything is possible. Your choice of tobacco determines the taste and intensity of the smoke. You don’t have to worry about smoke billowing out of the nargile. It is well filtered through the water. I am not a smoker myself. Still, I can take a deep drag on the Nargile without having to cough afterwards.