Must-see nightlife in Europe

  • Mleczarnia

    Mleczarnia

    Kraków

    Wins the prize for best little beer garden – located across the street from the cafe. Shady trees and blooming roses make this place tops for a sunny…

  • Pâine și Vin

    Bucharest

    As its name (Bread and Wine) suggests, this stylish wine bar serves tapas-style platters to share. With its minimalist look of wood seating and sleek…

  • Ai Tre Scalini in Rome is a classic eatery with a warmly decorated interior serving pasta & meat plates, plus a large wine list.

    Ai Tre Scalini

    Monti, Esquilino & San Lorenzo

    A firm favourite since 1895, the 'Three Steps' is inevitably packed with young patrons spilling out of its two-room interior and into the street. Its a…

  • Café Noorderlicht is located in Amsterdam Noord

    Café Noorderlicht

    Amsterdam Noord

    The original Café Noorderlicht was in a boat, which burned down. Safely ensconced in a soaring greenhouse, with grassy waterside lawns outside and a…

  • 32.05

    Moscow

    The biggest drinking and eating establishment in Hermitage Gardens, this veranda positioned at the back of the park's main building looks a bit like a…

  • The vintage cosmetic display at Arthur Mayne

    Arthur Mayne's Pharmacy

    Cork City

    This unusual wine bar's former life as a pharmacy has been lovingly preserved – the window displays are full of vintage cosmetics and memorabilia. The…

  • Gogol

    Moscow

    Fun, informal and affordable (so surprising on swanky Stoleshnikov), Gogol is great for food, drinks and music. The underground club takes its bunker…

  • Noel

    Athens

    One of the best of Athens' breed of maximalist-designed cafe-bars, Noel's slogan is 'where it's always Christmas' – meaning the candlelit cocktail-party…

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    North Bar

    Leeds

    This narrow bar has long been an institution in Leeds as a haven of international craft beers. It now brews its own under the banner North Brewing Co, and…

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    Hello, Kristof

    Bairro Alto, Chiado & Cais do Sodré

    Located among antique shops and family-owned grocery stores is this small, cosy neighbourhood coffee house with a Scandinavian atmosphere. The quiet…

  • Le Caveau interior.

    Le Caveau

    Prague

    This charming French cafe, perched on a corner of náměstí Jiřího z Poděbrad, is a perfect spot to relax with a coffee or French wine. It also serves…

  • Monk back room

    Monk

    Brussels

    Dark wood, a piano and opal lights set the mood of this classic Belgian pub. Mostly attended by Flemish locals, Monk serves a wide array of reasonably…

  • Opulent cafe opening onto St Mark's Square, dating from 1638, serving coffee, martinis & snacks.

    Grancaffè Quadri

    Venice

    Powdered wigs seem appropriate inside this baroque bar-cafe that's been serving happy hours since 1638. During Carnevale, costumed Quadri revellers party…

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    Culture Box

    Copenhagen

    Electronica connoisseurs swarm to Culture Box, known for its impressive local and international DJ line-ups and sharp sessions of electro, techno, house…

  • Galaxy

    Syntagma & Plaka

    Once upon a time (1972 to be exact), this was a modern bar – the sort with an actual European-style bar. Now it's a worn-at-the-edges but atmospheric time…

  • The dark and cosy Oval bar.

    The Oval

    Cork City

    Come early to grab the seats by the crackling open fire, but even if you’re not lucky this time round, it’s still a great place to park for a few hours…

  • High Angle View Of Person At Mixing Desk In Party

    Ritter Butzke

    Kreuzberg

    Ritter Butzke has origins as an illegal club but is now a Kreuzberg party circuit fixture. Wrinkle-free folk hit the four floors in a former bathroom…

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    Oliveira

    Prague

    Cosy, corner wine bar specialising in excellent Portuguese wines, spirits and coffees, with a small tapas menu (bruschetta, spicy chorizo sausages) in…

  • Inside entrance of Tyris on Tap.

    Tyris on Tap

    Valencia

    White-painted industrial brick, long-drop pendant lights and no-frills decor lend an air of warehouse chic to this bar. It's an outlet for a local…

  • Open Baladin in Rome bar

    Open Baladin

    Centro Storico

    This modern pub near Campo de’ Fiori has long been a leading light in Rome’s craft-beer scene, and with 40 beers on tap and up to 100 bottled brews (many…

  • Frog & Underground, interior

    Frog & Underground

    Paris

    FrogPubs has been brewing in Paris since 1993, and this central rue Montmartre venue is its best yet. Spread over a cavernous ground floor and opening to…

  • Grădina Eden

    Bucharest

    A delightful summertime drinking garden hidden behind the derelict Știrbey Palace. To find it, enter the gate to the palace and follow a worn footpath…

  • Bluebird, exterior (day)

    Bluebird

    Paris

    The ultimate neighbourhood hang-out, Bluebird is styled like a 1950s apartment with retro decor, a giant fish tank along one wall, and a soundtrack of…

  • Mary Pickford

    Piraeus

    This seaside rooftop bar in the Mikrolimano district offers a bit of Hollywood style and views that stretch past the harbour towards the Acropolis and…

  • Kelet Cafe & Gallery

    Budapest

    This super-cool cafe moonlights as a used-book exchange on the ground floor and boasts a large, bright gallery with additional seating upstairs. There are…

  • The entrance to the tiny Malvasia all'Adriatico Mar

    Malvasia all'Adriatico Mar

    Venice

    Wine lovers should stake out a place in this small, upmarket and extremely welcoming bar and let owner Francesco guide them through the range of naturally…

  • Pot Still

    Glasgow

    The cheeriest and cosiest of places, the Pot Still has a time-warp feel with its creaky floor and old-style wrought-iron-legged tables. There's a superb…

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    Moustache

    Aliados & Bolhão

    Ease into the day gently or wind it out over drinks and mellow beats at this urban-cool cafe with cultural edge. The armchairs are perfect for dawdling…

  • Brussels Beer Project

    Brussels

    With sumptuous beers and a constant flow of new brews taste-tested by the public, this democratic microbrewery and bar is one of the most innovative…

  • Old Crow, exterior

    Old Crow

    Zürich

    This atmospheric backstreet bar boasts more than 1600 rare spirits, with a particular focus on whiskies handpicked from the owner’s personal collection…

  • Parovoz

    Kyiv

    Hidden in the basement of the Kyiv Cinema, this is Kyiv's original speakeasy and a legend among Kyiv's bars. Whereas the bartenders at most top cocktail…

  • Espressoholic

    Kyiv

    A tiny but immensely popular coffee shop in Podil with high-quality caffeinated beverages, friendly baristas and low prices. The action spills out into…

  • The main entrance into the Cave bar

    Cave Bar More

    Dubrovnik

    This little beach bar serves coffee, snacks and cocktails to bathers reclining by the dazzlingly clear waters of Lapad Bay, but that's not the half of it …

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    Blatouch

    Prague

    At this popular retro cafe Prague locals, young and old, mingle from morning until evening sipping espresso, then toasting mugs of beer. The vibe is…

  • Linea / Closer to the Moon

    Bucharest

    At the top of Victoria department store, Linea/Closer to the Moon is Bucharest’s most popular rooftop bar, displaying an ingenious cosmic theme and…

  • Six d.o.g.s.

    Athens

    The core of this super-creative events space is a rustic, multilevel back garden, a great place for quiet daytime chats over coffee or a relaxed drink…

  • Origo

    Bucharest

    Some of the best coffee in town and the best place to hang out in the morning, grab a table and gab with friends. Lots of special coffee roasts and an…

  • Entrance to Fonderie Milanesi

    Fonderie Milanesi

    Milan

    Hard-to-find Fonderie Milanesi, a former metal foundry, is tucked down the bottom of an industrial yard off Via Giovenale. Locals love it for its stripped…

  • Brettos Bar in Plaka has brewed their own spitits for over 100 years.

    Brettos

    Syntagma & Plaka

    Plaka is short on bars in general, but Brettos, both a bar and a distillery, makes up for it. More than a century old, its walls glow with stacks of…

  • People in students pub Alchemia, Kazimierz, Krakau, Poland, Europe

    Alchemia

    Kraków

    This landmark Kazimierz cafe set the district's shabby-cool aesthetic of candlelit tables and a companionable gloom years ago and is still going strong…

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