Must-see entertainment in Central Europe

  • Malostranská Beseda

    Malá Strana

    A legendary Prague venue, Malá Strana’s four-storey entertainment palace boasts a fabled music club on the 2nd floor, with a lively roster of Czech acts…

  • Astra Kulturhaus

    Friedrichshain

    With space for 1500 in the former cultural hall of a Cold War–era train repair station, Astra is one of Berlin's bigger indie concert venues, yet it often…

  • Kino Syrena

    Warsaw

    From Tuesday to Thursday at 5pm, the 70-minute documentary The River of Treasures about sculptures lying for 350 years at the bottom of the Vistula River…

  • Em Pöötzke

    Düsseldorf

    Reopened in 2015 by saxophonist Peter van der Heusen, this narrow Altstadt burrow presents live and recorded jazz and related sounds every night that it's…

  • Club Cabaret

    Kraków

    This red-velvet club harking back to the 1920s, both in appearance and programme, sponsors all types of shows from cabaret to burlesque, theatre, folk and…

  • Astor Grand

    Hanover

    Hanover's newest premium cinema complex is one of Germany's largest, with 10 screens, luxury seating and state-of-the-art, well, everything. Usually shows…

  • Alfred Ve Dvoře

    Prague

    An artistic treasure in an unlikely spot in Holešovice, the Alfred regularly stages demanding works of drama, dance, cabaret and movement theatre,…

  • Privatclub

    Kreuzberg

    In a former red-brick post office, this retro-styled venue draws an easygoing crowd with concerts and parties that don’t chase the latest trends. Expect a…

  • Kasárna Karlín

    Prague

    Kasárna Karlín is a popular hang-out spot in former barracks facilities. You can enjoy all sorts of activities: outdoor and indoor cinema screenings,…

  • Nachtleben

    Frankfurt am Main

    Tucked away in the southeastern corner of Konstablerwache, Nachtleben has a cafe with a terrace on the ground floor and hosts concerts that showcase…

  • Klub Varšava

    Prague

    Look for the black door marked only with a little sign of a tower, and you've found Varšava, an intimate, underground club for live music. The small stage…

  • Burg Kino

    Vienna

    The Burg Kino shows The Third Man, Orson Welles’ timeless classic set in post-WWII Vienna, at least three times a week in English without subtitles. Most…

  • Münchner Kammerspiele

    Munich

    A venerable theatre with an edgy bent, the Kammerspiele delivers provocative interpretations of the classics as well as works by contemporary playwrights…

  • Kantine am Berghain

    Friedrichshain

    Big bad Berghain's little sister has taken over the former staff canteen of the giant ex-power station. The space holds up to 200 people and mostly puts…

  • Tanzquartier Wien

    Vienna

    Tanzquartier Wien, located in the MuseumsQuartier, is Vienna’s first dance institution. It hosts an array of local and international performances with a…

  • b-Flat

    Berlin

    Cool cats of all ages come out to this jazz and acoustic music venue, where the audience sits within spitting distance of the performers. Big names like…

  • Kino International

    Friedrichshain

    The East German film elite once held its movie premieres in this 1960s cinema, whose glamourous get-up of chandeliers and glitter curtains is a show in…

  • Piano Salon Christophori

    Berlin

    Fancy taking in a piano concert in a former bus and tram repair station in industrial Wedding? The brainchild of Christoph Schreiber, this unusual…

  • Gretchen

    Kreuzberg

    One of Berlin’s finest music venues has set up in the gorgeous slender-columned and brick-vaulted stables of a 19th-century Prussian regiment. The low-key…

  • Techtle Mechtle

    Prague

    A popular cellar dance bar on Vinohrady’s main drag. The name translates to ‘hanky panky’ in Czech, and that’s what most of the swank people who come here…

  • A38

    Budapest

    Moored on the Buda side just south of Petőfi Bridge, the A38 is a decommissioned Ukrainian stone hauler from 1968 that has been recycled as a major live…

  • Roncalli’s Apollo Varieté

    Düsseldorf

    No German language skills are needed to enjoy the enchanting line-up of acrobats, comedians, magicians, artistes and other variety acts performing under…

  • Blue Note

    Dresden

    Small, smoky and smooth, this converted space has concerts featuring regional talent almost nightly (usually jazz, but also blues and rock), then turns…

  • Salzhaus

    Canton of Zürich

    Dance to your favourite '80s tunes or sing along to local or international bands at this popular nightclub and music venue. Set in an old salt warehouse…

  • Junges Theater

    Fairy-Tale Road

    Founded in reaction to mainstream theatre in the 1950s, Göttingen’s Junges Theater has long since professionalised, and enjoys a high reputation…

  • Weserstadion

    Bremen City

    The local Bundesliga team Werder Bremen is less a football team than a sporting religion. Worship takes place at the Weserstadion, where a seat costs €35…

  • Apex

    Fairy-Tale Road

    Started as a cabaret and culture venue in 1971, Apex offers the perfect combination of art gallery, performance venue and restaurant. The food (served 6pm…

  • Oper Leipzig

    Leipzig

    Leipzig’s Opernhaus (opera house) has a 300-year-old pedigree, though the building only went up in the 1950s. The program is an eclectic mix of classics…

  • Garage

    Frankfurt & Southern Rhineland

    Industrial 1920s brick surrounds provide great acoustics at this live music venue, where punk, alternative, metal and rock bands take to the stage…

  • Szpitalna 1

    Kraków

    Awesome live music club and cocktail bar with an eclectic programme of electronica, rock and occasional stand-up comedy nights. The cocktail menu is…

  • Blues Sklep

    Staré Město

    Now an established venue on the capital's jazz scene, the Blues Sklep (sklep means ‘cellar’) is a typical Old Town basement with dark, Gothic-vaulted…

  • Hochhaus-Lichtspiele

    Hanover

    This spacious art-house cinema is on the top floor of a magnificent expressionist building designed by Fritz Höger, the architect of Hamburg’s Chilehaus…

  • Gartenbaukino

    Vienna

    With an interior dating from the 1960s, this cinema seats a whopping 736 people, and is packed during Viennale Film Festival screenings. Its regular…

  • Baden-Baden Theater

    Baden-Baden

    The Baden-Baden Theater is a neo-baroque confection of white-and-red sandstone with a frilly interior that looks like a miniature version of the Opéra…

  • Roxy

    Staré Město

    Set in the ramshackle shell of an art-deco cinema, the legendary Roxy has nurtured the more independent end of Prague’s club spectrum for almost three…

  • Roncher

    Vienna

    First established on this site in 1871 and rebuilt in 1888, this grand theatre has a capacity of 1020. It hosts major musicals and theatre productions,…

  • Kosmos

    Zürich

    Cinema, events hall, bookshop, bistro, bar: Kosmos has many faces. The cinema screens art-house movies, and an extensive events list ranges from readings…

  • Club Bahnhof Ehrenfeld

    Cologne

    An institution in Cologne's alternative scene, this club in the hip cross-cultural Ehrenfeld borough has programming as eclectic as the crowd. Depending…

  • Švandovo Divadlo Na Smíchově

    Prague

    This experimental theatre space, where Czech and international dramatic works are performed, is admired for its commitment to staging ‘English-friendly’…

  • Kunstfabrik Schlot

    Berlin

    Hidden in the Edison-Höfe, a stylishly renovated light-bulb factory, this cellar venue hosts fine jazz and blues concerts (many of them free), as well as…

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