Lviv
Post is the theme of this cafe with a huge collection of old postboxes, postcards, stamps and other postal paraphenalia adorning the walls. You can even…
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Lahemaa National Park
This tavern has a scuffed wooden interior and a broad outdoor terrace, perfect for catching the late-afternoon sun. The menu offers predictable pub fare…
Sofia
This popular, upscale venue – the name translates as ‘Lipstick’ – is situated in Sofia's Military Club. The guest DJs, themed party nights and live acts…
Veliko Târnovo
A dubious arrangement of totem poles and tribal masks does its best to detract from the enjoyment of this cafe-bar. Otherwise, Geronimo's interior is an…
Kaunas
Great for beers and a boisterous atmosphere, Skliautas bursts with energy at most times of the day and night. Go in the early evening for a relatively…
Zagreb
This artsy venue in an old pharmaceutical factory calls itself an ‘autonomous cultural centre’. It’s the city’s first legalised squat, with a program of…
Pakleni Islands
This place offers quite the heady Med-glam experience, with family-friendly beach fun during the day and all-night parties after dark. Boat transfers…
Burgas
Pleasant wine and beer bar, located on the side of one the city's main squares. Wide selection of draught beers, including reputedly the only place in…
Zadar
Filling half the square (another cafe fills the other half), Lovre is good for a light breakfast: munch a croissant, sip a cappuccino and soak up the…
St Petersburg
This is one of the city's most hidden bars – you don’t know the exact address until about two hours before the reservation. It has about 50 types of…
Skopje
Established by an American expat baker, this quiet little coffee-and-cake spot has a cute terrace tucked up a steep cobbled street in the Čaršija. Its…
Western Estonia & the Islands
This late-19th-century dance hall has been transformed into a spacious countrified beer hall with a large terrace at the back. An older mix of tourists…
Chişinău
A basement cocktail bar with a tantalising (if pricey) drinks menu and bartenders who toss around flaming bottles on occasion like Tom Cruise and Bryan…
Western European Russia
Set on the Volga River (opposite City Garden's Ferris wheel on the other side of the river) the popular Kafe Vremya (Cafe Time) is a great spot for a…
Sarajevo
This cavernous club in an old cinema caters to an excitable, predominantly student crowd dancing around inexplicably placed stool-tables. Monday nights…
Western European Russia
Taking a stab at re-creating a traditional Japanese teahouse, this place has floor seating, screens and low tables. An excellent range of tea is on offer …
St Petersburg
This is the joint that kicked off the whole Dumskaya dive-bar scene in 2004. We'd say it's showing its age, but truth is that it was never about keeping…
Zagreb
In a former factory on the banks of the Sava River, south of the centre, ‘Swamp’ is one of Zagreb's best venues for the cream of alternative music and…
Dubrovnik
Set in blissful gardens with a tinkling fountain, the terrace bar of the Villa Oršula is a wonderful place to dress up, sip cocktails and watch the sun as…
Zadar
If all you want is a simple coffee-and-cake stop, this unpretentious cafe serves excellent coffee and sweet treats, and piles the sladoled (gelato) high…
Plovdiv
Hard rock and metal set this bar vibrating – when the football's not on, that is. It's only Download's pre-midnight closing time that doesn't feel rock 'n…
Korčula Island
The place to be in Korčula at sunset, this adults-only bar is lodged in the turret of the Zakerjan Tower and is accessible only by ladder; the drinks are…
Sarajevo
Close to the Yellow Fortress, this airy little cafe-bar surveys a fine sweep of city through waving curtains of foliage from its double-layered terrace…
Zagreb
This cavernous former ironmonger's store is now a swish coffee-drinking hang-out during the day and a buzzing American-style bar with DJ music come…
Split
Come to this smoky little cave for coffee, cocktails or a quiet beer, but be prepared for haphazard service. On the same square are a couple of other bars…
Bulgaria
Enjoy freshly pressed juices, cocktails (6 lv) and loud chalga (Bulgarian folk-pop) music? This easy-going cafe-bar, just off the pedestrianised part of…
Zagreb
Past its heyday but still fun, this lakeside club has a series of rooms that open onto a huge terrace. House and techno are the standard fare but there…
Bucharest
Just about anything goes at this popular old town dance club. Try to arrive early, around 11pm, since it can get crowded later. La Muse draws everyone…
Pula
This slick bar on the harbour, next to the rowing club, really comes into its own late on summer weekends when it stays open till 5am. During the day,…
Western European Russia
If you're into Hard Rock Cafe–style mainstream bars, you'll enjoy this place with sports on the huge screen, international flags dangling, live music most…
St Petersburg
This shabby dive bar, one of many crammed into the Dumskaya/Lomonosova block, specialises in rock-and-roll karaoke. Lubricate your vocal chords with cheap…
Yakutsk
Bar Onegin whips up tasty salads, sushi, pastas and grilled fish dishes (mains R350 to R650), but it mainly serves as a bar. It's a fairly stylish spot,…
Zagreb
‘Apple’ is an old-time fave, with 1980s hits played to a thirty-something crowd that reminisces about the good old days when they were young and…
Western Estonia & the Islands
Despite the cheesy name and bland hotel-bar vibe, the superb sea views from this venue make it the perfect setting for a sundowner cocktail or a nightcap,…
Pula
Après-beach fun is on the menu at this beach bar in Saccorgiana Bay on Verudela. Inside, large photos of revolutionaries (Che, Tito, Ho Chi Minh, Michael…
Budva
The top cat of Montenegro's summer party scene attracts up to 5000 revellers to its open-air club atop Topliš Hill, offering them top-notch sound and…
Sakhalin Island
In the basement of the Rubin Hotel, this expat haven is popular for its huge Russian business lunch (noon to 3pm, R300). Later on, stop in for pub grub …
Cluj-Napoca
With its oxblood walls ornamented with Rat Pack prints and musical instruments, and an ever-changing calendar of live music, this nostalgic joint is a…
Western European Russia
This compact basement bar combines a bit of Soviet-era kitsch and propaganda with a modern-day enthusiasm for televised sports; join the armchair athletes…
Northern European Russia
Branches of this appealing chain pepper the city. Great for tea, coffee, milkshakes, imaginative cocktails, sweet and savoury bliny (wheat pancakes),…
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