Must-see entertainment in Europe
Bairro Alto, Chiado & Cais do Sodré
This venue stages opera, ballet and theatre.
Bilbao
This popular venue incorporates two separate spaces, Stage Live and the Back Room. Along with local and international bands, it hosts DJs and various…
Bilbao
Restored to its art-nouveau glory and modernised for contemporary productions in 2010, this showpiece was built in 1902. Today, the magnificent venue…
Amsterdam
This high-tech complex (formerly Amsterdam ArenA) with a retractable roof is the home of four-time European champions Ajax, the Netherlands' most famous…
City West & Charlottenburg
Feel like a member of the Prussian court during this series of candlelit classical concerts, where musicians dressed in powdered wigs and historical…
Kyiv
Named after legendary Ukrainian coach Valeriy Lobanovsky (1939–2002), this is the home of Dynamo Kyiv, although they play most of their games in Olympic…
Belgrade
The KCB hosts a miscellany of alternative events, including arthouse film screenings, exhibitions, classical music concerts and various hip happenings, in…
Kyiv
The best of Ukrainian and Russian drama, both classic and contemporary, is shown here, although shows are in Ukrainian. The theatre building was…
Syntagma & Plaka
This Plaka restaurant, established in 1882, has live music from 7pm to 1am. It is now so legendary that it can feel a bit like a film set. The crowd –…
Beyoğlu
Hasnun Galip Sokak in Galatasaray is home to a number of türkü evlerı, Kurdish-owned bars where musicians perform live, emotion-charged halk meziği (folk…
Marseille
Hidden away amongst the garages and graffiti-scrawled walls of a rather unassuming side street, Le Poste à Galène is a rough-and-ready 300-seat venue…
Budapest
The attractive little building on Szent István körút, roughly halfway between the Danube and Nyugati tér, is where comedies (including Shakespearean ones…
Madrid
Fronting onto Plaza de Santa Ana, this theatre (formerly the Teatro del Príncipe) has been here in one form or another since the 16th century and is still…
Kyiv
Not a single club, but rather a collection of bars, brewpubs and nightclubs of all stripes – and we mean all stripes. Not the most wholesome of places,…
Obraztsov Puppet Theatre & Museum
Moscow
The country’s largest puppet theatre performs colourful Russian folk tales and adapted classical plays. Kids can get up close and personal with the…
Belgrade
This rockin' little joint has live music – from rock and metal to pop and '70s hits – almost every night of the week; it's smoky, sweaty, crowded and loud…
Seville
Flamenco meets Broadway at this 400-seat theatre. Its glitzy, highly choreographed flamenco shows are not for purists, but the performers are experts in…
Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theatre
Kyiv
Kyiv's most respected theatre. Shows are in Ukrainian, so may be of little interest to foreign travellers, but it's worth stopping by for a glimpse of the…
Brussels
This 12-screen multiplex opposite the swish Hôtel Métropole is the capital's grande dame. Sip a beer and relax in armchairs while watching the latest…
Cardiff University Students' Union
Cardiff
The students' union hosts regular live gigs by big-name bands, usually of an alternative bent, in its four venues. It also hosts regular comedy, club and…
- placement: fullWidth
- path: Destinations/POIs/superzone
- possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [300, 250], [320, 50], [1, 1],
- targeting:
{ "position": "superzone" }
