Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville
Behind its charming chambray-blue façade, this creative wine bar named after a Jacques Roubaud novel fuses shelf after shelf of literary novels with an…
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Príncipe Real, Santos & Estrela
This delightful bar time warps you back to the more glamorous age of art nouveau, with its dark wood, red velvet walls, soft lamp lighting and vintage…
Kraków
Just what Kraków needed: a warehouse-sized craft beer emporium with something like 25 craft beers on tap and enough space to handle loud, rowdy groups. It…
San Sebastián
Everyone's favourite indie venue, Dabadaba is a fine spot to escape the old-town crowds, with a laid-back ambiance, good craft brews and an inviting…
Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale
Enjoy fine views of the Spanish Steps over an expertly shaken cocktail at this terrace bar. Ride the lift up from the discreet entrance on narrow Vicolo…
Vienna
Time warping you back to the 1950s with its formica tables, terrazzo floor, red-leather banquettes and vintage bar, this retro cafe is a relaxed spot for…
Baku
Small and wonderfully understated, this wine shop with tasting bar is run by real experts who know all there is to know about Azerbaijani vintages.
Varna
This centrally located pub and microbrewery is always hopping. Stop by to try out the house brew, Zlatna Varna, or nibble on some very decent pub grub…
Kaunas
Inside an old blue wooden house, this friendly bar caters to genuine beer connoisseurs. There are usually 10 rotating brews of tap, from the latest in…
Petrovac
Sip a cocktail and enjoy the romantic panorama over the parapets of the Venetian fortress. DJs spark up both on the terrace and downstairs in the club…
Thessaloniki
This ultrapopular cocktail bar is all industrial interiors and serious attitudes – when it comes to cocktails. Thankfully the welcome comes without…
Vienna
One of the oldest Heurigen in Vienna, Zahel occupies a 250-year-old farmhouse. Its whites are considered some of Vienna's best, and Viennese and seasonal…
Rovinj
Clinging to the old-town sea cliffs, this gorgeous little bar feels like a secret. It's not, of course – Rovinj's fashionable set are already here,…
Toledo
A few steps from the cathedral, this neighbourhood drinking den has a creative soul, with eclectic furnishings (cheese grater lamps, a drip-painted bar),…
Budapest
At the northern foot of Széchenyi Chain Bridge on the Pest side sits this fair-weather boozer with seating directly on the Danube 'beach' and in a stilted…
Murcia
A quite incredible selection of rums greets you on entering this bar. There are nearly a thousand available, with Caribbean travel videos playing to get…
Miragaia
A little bubble of bohemian warmth in the heart of Porto, Pinguim attracts an alternative crowd. Stone walls and dim lighting create a cosy, intimate…
Lemesos (Limassol)
This lively place mixes up killer cocktails in cool industrial-chic surrounds, and although it's not quite the microbrewery it claims to be (there is only…
Thessaloniki
Locals consider this darkly stylish cocktail bar to be the best in town. If you like your drinks fancy and shaken, you'll enjoy poring over a long menu of…
Thessaloniki
This punk- and alternative-oriented dive bar is the place to come for beer, good company and three-minute, three-chord rock songs. If you're not there…
The South
Vík's hippest hang-out is warehouse-style with grey walls, windows looking onto the brewing room and blackboards displaying 10 craft beers on tap. Hop…
Lyon
A fantastic addition to Lyon's nightlife scene, La Maison M has three separate spaces: a tropical-style bar near the entrance, a dance floor to the left…
Venice
Get here early for first crack at marinated artichokes and sarde in saor (sardines in sweet and sour sauce), and to claim a few square inches of ledge for…
Belfast
Named for the Belfast poet and socialist, the John Hewitt is one of those treasured bars that has no TV or gaming machines, just the murmur of…
Cardiff
Inspired by prohibition-era bars, this swanky speakeasy is hidden behind a narrow lane in the city centre. Find the bell with a feather painted nearby (it…
Nice
The most atmospheric spot for a tipple in the old town, whether you’re after one of the many beers on tap or a local wine by the glass. Brick-lined and…
Aalborg
It’s almost too beautiful a setting in which to get sloshed. Inside a 17th-century building loaded with timber carvings and stained glass, this cheerful…
Wrocław
Cafe by day, cocktail bar by night, this split-level book-lined hang-out next to a library will attract the literary minded. The interior is a cosy blend…
Central Montenegro
This hip-n-happening place is about as close to Cetinje gets to a club, with cheap cocktails, mega-danceable DJ sets and a young, cool crowd intent on…
Príncipe Real, Santos & Estrela
Take an award-winning London-born mixologist, Dave Palethorpe, add a candlelit, turquoise-kissed setting and give it a funky twist – et voilà – you have…
Grenoble
This welcoming coffee joint might just brew the best cup in Grenoble. The decor is pure New Zealand kitsch, and food follows the same theme (try avocado…
Klagenfurt
This original 20th-century Klagenfurt Kaffeehaus (coffee house) is a true retro affair, with 1960s/70s vintage furniture and decor. It attracts the city's…
Kaş
A hole-in-the-wall specialist cafe with the full gamut of caffeine options, including cold brews and filtered coffee using beans from across the globe…
Athens
This chic cafe-bar with double-height ceilings is as fine a spot for a seriously good coffee (they roast their own beans on the premises daily) as it is…
Krems an der Donau
An assorted crowd of students, local office workers and mellow jazz types pack in tightly at this lively and off-beat pub. It does a couple of local…
Miragaia
Up the steep flight of steps from the river is one of the finest roof terraces in Porto: Mirajazz. Sunset is prime time for sipping a porto tónico or a…
Moscow
Amid the craft-beer mayhem, a good old – and not-so-fake – Irish pub feels like a welcome refuge. Occupying a vast cellar space with vaulting bare brick…
Positano
This is one of the town’s few genuine nightspots and one of the best clubs on the coast. The venue is dramatically carved into the tower at the eastern…
Gothenburg
With ye olde maps of Scandinavia on the walls and a glassed-over beer patio with birch tree stumps for stools, this bar takes its Nordic beers very…
Vilnius
The cool black interior lets you focus on the bubbly in your glass as you sample one (or two, or seven…) or the dozens of champagne, crémant, cava and…
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