Kraków
Underground bar and nightclub with a modern aspect: split levels, exposed steel frame lighting and a metallic bar. It only really gets going after…
Must-see nightlife in Central Europe
Linz
DJs spin hip-hop, electro and funk at this upbeat bar, where party-goers spill out onto Kirchengasse in summer. Upstairs is rough ’n’ ready Stadtwerk,…
Ljubljana
This welcoming cafe at Ljubljana Castle offers respite on a hot day and is a great place to kick back with a coffee, beer or light meal after a long slog…
Kraków
Scandinavian-inspired coffee joint on a quiet residential street that makes for a handy pop-in and pick-me-up. There are a couple of seats inside, and in…
Ljubljana
This old dive south of the City Museum has been given a complete makeover and it really swings (there are bar-stool swings) most nights but especially on…
Vienna
This supremely child-friendly cafe in Josefstadt serves a remarkable array of fruit juices and offers a menu of cafe staples, all made with organic…
Dresden
When everything else is closed, 'dudes' can still toast the sunrise with a White Russian while the eponymous cult movie reels off in the background. It's…
Prague
Lively coffee house usually packed with students. It’s a perfect spot to curl up with a coffee or a beer, write some postcards, read your book or have a…
Harz Mountains
This sprawling, multilevel pub has a dance floor upstairs on Saturday nights. The Sky sports bar on the 2nd floor is a popular haunt for watching local…
The Julian Alps
This ground-floor cafe in historical Homan House is always busy, especially in the warm weather when tables are set out on Mestni trg under the giant…
Friedrichshain
Charm your way past the attitudinous door staff to join the crowd of self-ironic free-thinkers, under a shower of sweat-inducing electro in the rambling…
Warsaw
One of several popular nightclubs on the nightlife strip of ul Mazowiecka, Room 13 occupies a series of grand, high-ceilinged rooms in a 19th-century…
Vienna
Lovingly renovated Jugendstil decor from the 1920s, giant arched windows and homemade Apfelstrudel make Tirolerhof an atmospheric place for a coffee and…
Lübeck
Tiny and divey in the best possible ways, this little bar is welcoming and utterly pretension-free. Candles flicker on tables. It's at the cool (east) end…
Fribourg, Drei-Seen-Land and The Jura
Called TM Café by day, it becomes Talk Wine by night, when trendies drink, dance and do shots as DJs spin electro or lounge music, dependent on the mood:…
Silesia
A good place for a beer and dance, this friendly (but not very Scottish) venue serves interesting beers, and on Friday and Saturday nights hosts DJs…
Central Germany
This sleek, modern cafe-bar offers a contrast to the historic aspects of Eisleben. As well as serving wine and cocktails (in broad daylight), it does…
Vienna
Don’t let the run-down appearance put you off: it's all part of this dive-bar experience. Blue Box is too small for dance-floor space so guests groove to…
Zürich
A good weekend brunch stop (until 4pm), this is above all a popular place to hang out and drink – anything from coffee to cocktails. In summer, spread out…
Innsbruck
A big black crow guards the bar at this industrial-style pub. It doesn’t make much noise, but the punters do after one drink too many. There are regular…
Warsaw
In the entry lobby to the Warsaw Spire building and with a prime view of Plac Europejski, this unfortunately named cafe is fine for a coffee, a cake or a…
The Julian Alps
We applaud the deal at this wine bar: for €15 you can enjoy five tastes of Slovenian wines, served with pršut (air-dried ham from the Karst), plus local…
Lausanne
If you want sand and a deckchair, head for seasonal Flon Plage – yes, a 'beach' (without water!) – in the heart of the Old Town, but with a bartender…
Wiesbaden
Expats congregate at this sprawling, Irish-run basement establishment for live music (from 9.30pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday), karaoke (from 9.30pm…
Vienna
Why Not? is a fixture of Vienna's gay scene. The small club quickly fills up with mainly young guys; there are three bars and a dance floor. Cover charges…
Zürich
An easygoing lounge-bar arrangement (with a tiny courtyard at the side), the ‘Dani H’ is a cruisy place to start the night. It is hetero-friendly. Note…
Vienna
Little has changed in Bräunerhof from the days when Austria’s seminal writer Thomas Bernhard (1931–89) frequented the premises. Classical music plays from…
Neuchâtel
In the heat of the summer much of the drinking action gravitates towards the water's edge with pop-up bars and drinking spaces such as upcycled, portside…
Vienna
Picnic tables are surrounded by apple trees and vineyards at this simple spot, where whites are the predominant drop. Salads complement its small…
Graz
A young, fashionable student crowd loves this place, which has a patio perfect for warm summer evenings. There's a small admission of around €5 when there…
Geneva
Deep house and mainstream sets have Genevans dancing 'til dawn at this hybrid cocktail club, dance school and nightclub in Pâquis. Those in the know book…
Brno
More than 50 kinds of handmade chocolates and bracing coffee make this an essential mid-morning or mid-afternoon detour. You'll find it inside the small…
The Julian Alps
This enormous pub, next to the Storžič cinema, is popular with students. Weekends bring regular DJ nights and occasional live acts. Drink on the terrace…
Trier
Winny and Morris have presided over this locally loved watering hole for years. Drop by for a Pils and a bite, like crispy chicken wings called 'Flieten'…
Lübeck
Live jazz only plays once a month but the sound system can always be counted on for good tunes at this sleek, glass-fronted bar, which has moodily lit…
Kraków
A legend in its own time, this nightlife giant entices revellers into its labyrinth of passageways, nooks and crannies. It specialises in presenting…
Hanover
Hanover’s most popular beer garden has a lovely stand of trees, low prices and a large screen that shows German football matches – and always the Hannover…
Piran
This nautically themed cafe-bar – named after the jujube (Chinese date) that grows prolifically along the Adriatic – has tables right on the main square.
The Julian Alps
A welcoming cafe-bar in the basement of a 16th-century toll house, with a big terrace backing onto the river, is just the place to relax in Kranj on a…
Graz
M1 is a modern three-storey cafe-bar replete with rooftop terrace. Its spiral staircase can cause a few problems after a couple of the 200 or so cocktails…
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