Must-see nightlife in Central Europe

  • Krakowskie Zakąski

    Kraków

    With few seats inside, the main draw here is the cosy courtyard beer garden. Zakąski is often overlooked compared to the neighbouring establishments,…

  • Café Knuth

    Hamburg

    Students, creative types and work colleagues come to chat in its split-level lounge areas. Or grab a picnic table outside and enjoy your drinks in the…

  • Prinzenbar

    St Pauli & Reeperbahn

    With its cheeky cherubs, stucco flourishes and sparkling chandeliers, this intimate club has luxe looks but is in fact a former cinema that now hosts…

  • Golden Cut Club

    Hamburg

    One of Hamburg's top clubs, Golden Cut has a pretty strict door policy and lines can be long. The stage acts can be wild and some of the best DJs in town…

  • Louisengarten

    Dresden

    This boho-flavoured beer garden takes the go-local concept to the limit. Wind down the day with beer (Lenin's Hanf, aka Lenin's Hemp) supplied by the…

  • Unikum Sky

    Salzburg

    For knockout fortress views and a full-on Salzburg panorama, head up to this sun-kissed terrace atop the Unipark Nonntal campus, 300m south of…

  • Stadtcafe Ulrich

    Krems an der Donau

    Krems’ busiest cafe is this elegantly high-ceilinged, open-all-hours Viennese job next to the Steinertor (the medieval gateway into the old town). The…

  • Irrenhouse

    Kreuzberg

    The name means ‘insane asylum’, and that’s no joke. Hostess with the mostest, trash queen Nina Queer, puts on this nutty, naughty party on two floors that…

  • Club Koralle

    Dresden

    This underground institution is where a young crowd searching for electronic music comes to dance each weekend. It's small and can get sweaty down there,…

  • Del Fiore

    Munich

    Come to this buzzing Italian coffeehouse, the only one with outdoor seating on the Gärtnerplatz, where there's standing room only from the first rays of…

  • Reh Bar

    Hamburg

    If you could somehow bottle the Altona spirit and turn it into a bar, Reh Bar would come close. Cosy and welcoming, as good for a morning coffee as for a…

  • Kafemat

    Prague

    This little hole-in-the-wall reputedly serves some of the city's best coffee. Order at the bar and take one of the few seats scattered around, or grab…

  • Rialto

    Bernese Oberland

    DJs spin to an upbeat crowd at weekends at this super-central bar, graced with blown-up prints of Hollywood legends. Wine pairs nicely with the tasting…

  • Cafe Zeitgeist

    Munich

    Go with the zeitgeist and take a pew at this perfect spot where you can enjoy a hearty breakfast or pore over coffee and cake as you watch, from a shady…

  • Familien-Eck

    Hamburg

    It's just a hole in the wall, but this Altona classic is everything a good Hamburg neighbourhood joint should be: friendly, unassuming, yet always ready…

  • Osho Diskothek

    Hanover

    Fondly nicknamed ‘Baggi’ by the Hanoverians, Osho offers classic disco hits for the over-25s. It runs mainly at weekends but occasionally a pre-holiday…

  • Park Haus Cafe

    Klagenfurt

    An all-day hang-out for Klagenfurt's young and interesting, with a line-up of sofas inside and a sunny terrace overlooking the park outside. While its by…

  • Bobule

    Slovakia

    A sophisticated little hideaway off of Banská Bystrica's main square, Bobule offers excellent coffee and more than 100 varieties of wine, many of which…

  • Zephyr Bar

    Munich

    At one of Munich's best bars, Alex Schmaltz whips up courageous potions with unusual ingredients such as homemade cucumber-dill juice, sesame oil or…

  • Café Dolce Vita

    Moravia

    Tasty cakes and coffee are served up in a clean, comfortable setting on the main square, just beside the road leading up to Mikulov Chateau. There's good…

  • U Richarda

    Brno

    This microbrewery is highly popular with students, who come for the great house-brewed, unpasteurised yeast beers, including a rare cherry-flavoured lager…

  • Cafe Geyer

    St Pauli & Reeperbahn

    You could come here for the breakfast, or the reasonable meals. But we love it in spring when the sun is shining and the view of the blossom trees from…

  • Apfelwein Klaus

    Frankfurt am Main

    Over a century old, this charming little stone vaulted cellar has communal benches where you can strike up a conversation with locals over a jug of apple…

  • Cargo Bar

    Basel

    Art installations, live gigs, video shows and DJ performances pepper this art bar’s busy calendar. In summer, tables spill onto the pavement out front,…

  • Historische Weinwirtschaft

    Rhine Valley

    A half-timbered, slate-walled house with exposed timber ceiling beams and creaky timber floors is a fantastically atmospheric setting for sampling local…

  • E Wedel Cafe

    Szczecin

    Housed in the baroque Royal Gate, another fragment of lost history, this franchise hot-chocolate cafe is an authentically historical place to have a drink…

  • Destille

    Heidelberg

    An enormous tree frames the bar of this mellow pub, which is famed for its Warmer Erpel ('warm duck'; spicy schnapps). It also serves various other…

  • Hausbrauerei Feierling

    Freiburg

    This stream-side microbrewery and beer garden is a relaxed spot to quaff a cold one under the chestnut trees in summer or next to the copper vats in…

  • Sternbräu

    Salzburg

    While it's quite firmly on the tourist trail, this massive beer garden remains a decent place to guzzle homebrews and people-watch in the Altstadt. It has…

  • Theresienbräu

    Innsbruck

    Copper vats gleam and rock plays at this lively microbrewery, which opens onto a garden seating 120 beer guzzlers and pretzel munchers. The ceiling is…

  • Double Shot

    Budapest

    With an unfinished, grungy look, and break-your-neck stairs to the small seating area upstairs, this thimble-sized coffee shop is serious about java. The …

  • Chantals House of Shame

    Friedrichshain

    Now in new digs, trash diva Chantal’s louche lair has been a beloved gay party institution since 1999, as much for the glam factor as for the over-the-top…

  • Optimolwerke

    Munich

    Just behind Kultfabrik, Optimol is a real clubber's nirvana, with around 10 venues after dark. Latin lovers flock to Do Brasil, while Die Burg keeps the…

  • Taps

    Tyrol

    Taps is a pumping après-ski place with the cheapest beer on the mountain and DJs keeping the party in full swing. There’s a huge sun terrace for chilling…

  • Alt Wien

    Vienna

    The enticing aroma of coffee wafts from Alt Wien. It roasts organic, fair-trade beans in Vienna's 23rd district, from where it's delivered each day, and…

  • Beyerhaus

    Leipzig

    Just off the Karli, this large but extremely cosy pub is popular with a studenty, alternative crowd, who come here to drink beer under the two enormous…

  • Weinhaus Minarski

    Trier

    Whites, reds, rosés and sparkling wines from local and regional vineyards are available by the glass or bottle at this stylish city-centre wine bar…

  • Kamienica

    Gdańsk

    The pick of the bunch on ul Mariacka is this excellent two-level cafe with a calm, sophisticated atmosphere and the best patio on the block. As popular…

  • Coffee Room

    Prague

    A tiny speciality coffee shop with a variety of brews, including hand brew and batch brew, and seasonal specials. It also put avocado toast on Prague's…

  • Kavarna SEM

    Ljubljana

    This delightful cafe attached to the Slovenian Ethnographic Museum is all glass and modern art with views of the attached pottery workshop. Live swing…

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