Must-see nightlife in Europe

  • Le Network

    Lille

    Central Lille's hottest club has two dance floors, three bars, plenty of flashing lights and space for 700 revellers. On most nights the music is three…

  • GastroMag Café

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    If you can’t attend a concert or fit in a tour at Auditorio de Tenerife, then at the very least you can immerse yourself in the interior architecture by…

  • Poet's Corner Bar

    County Clare

    It's partly the regular trad sessions (Wednesday to Sunday, May to September; Friday and Saturday, October to April), partly the timber panels and snugs,…

  • Škripa Pub

    Novi Sad

    Tucked away in a former home that sits in a residential parking lot 450m southwest of Trg Slobode, 'Screech' pub is just far enough from the centre to…

  • Tinta Roja

    Barcelona

    A succession of nooks and crannies, dotted with flea-market finds and dimly lit in violets, reds and yellows, makes Tinta Roja an intimate spot for a…

  • Heart

    Ibiza Town

    A fabulous collaboration between Canadian Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté and Catalan star chefs Ferran and Albert Adrià, Heart is a creative, high…

  • Pivnica Medvedgrad

    Zagreb

    Sip on one of five house-brewed beers (14KN–17KN), from a hoppy lager to a classic weizenbier, at this fun and bustling bar with a large, chestnut-tree…

  • Ô Chateau

    Paris

    Wine aficionados can thank this young, fun, cosmopolitan wine bar for bringing affordable tasting to Paris. Choose from over 50 grands vins served by the…

  • Savino’s Rock Bar

    Larnaka

    Savino's has been around for years and is still one of the best spots to pull up a stool and enjoy a few beers. With a hardwood bar and pictures of rock…

  • La Pelle Café

    Bordeaux

    With exposed gold-stone walls and a soothing, slate-blue colour palette, this contemporary coffee shop in Bordeaux's vintage wine-merchant district is a…

  • La Monroe

    El Raval

    Peer through the glass walls of this lively LGBTQI-friendly hangout inside the Filmoteca de Catalunya, and you'll spot long wooden tables, rickety chairs,…

  • Al Faro di Portofino

    Portofino

    Situated at the base of Portofino's lighthouse, this terrace bar has mesmerising views over the sea from its clifftop perch. Keep your eyes peeled for…

  • Botanical Club

    Milan

    Milan’s second Botanical Club takes its airy contemporary cue from the Chipperfield-designed MUDEC museum opposite. Its fern- and palm-filled interior,…

  • Nievski

    Catania

    Everyone's favourite red, this left-leaning pub, trattoria and culture hub will have you sipping and supping under the watchful eye of Che. The crowd is…

  • Freud Bar

    The West End

    Make this the first stop on your crawl because there’s no way you’ll make it down (or up) the stairs (not much more than a ladder) after a few drinks. It…

  • Marlette

    Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville

    This snug, two-room ode to good coffee (by Parisian roasters Coutume) in Haut Marais is the latest opening by coffee-shop empire Marlette from Brittany's…

  • George

    Bairro Alto, Chiado & Cais do Sodré

    This popular pub is the top choice for a classier pint among 200-year-old stone archways made all the more atmospheric by strategic lighting and…

  • Old Pharmacy Pub

    Zagreb

    This traditional English pub hides inside an Austro-Hungarian town house, but once you walk in, all the elements are there: a mirror behind the bar,…

  • Dose

    Latin Quarter

    Artisan Breton roastery Caffè Cataldi supplies the beans for a potent dose of caffeine at this hip coffee shop and organic juice bar. Plump for a lovely…

  • Why Not?

    Chueca

    Underground, narrow and packed with bodies, gay-friendly Why Not? is the sort of place where nothing’s left to the imagination (the gay and straight crowd…

  • Rosati

    Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale

    Overlooking the vast disc of Piazza del Popolo, this historic 1922 cafe was once the hang-out of the left-wing chattering classes. Authors Italo Calvino…

  • Hummingbird

    Medieval Centre & Red Light District

    A hummingbird by Brazilian street artist L7matrix covers one wall of this hip cafe, with local art also for sale. Small-batch roasts (London's Kiss the…

  • Café København

    Zealand

    There are several cafes, bars and an Irish pub on the central square but Café København is the pick of the crop for its views across the lake towards the…

  • Fairytale Bar

    Prenzlauer Berg

    Once upon a time there was (is) a bar in Berlin that whisked you into a cabinet of curiosities with bewitchingly costumed staff and a 'talking' drinks…

  • Golubaya Ustritsa

    St Petersburg

    Loud, lewd and lots of fun, this is the coolest gay place in town. Take your pick from the main bar, where the uninhibited crowd is often quite literally…

  • Bar des Ferrailleurs

    Paris

    Steampunk-style vintage bric-a-brac forms an organised state of chaos at this throbbing dive bar, one of the busiest on bar-lined rue de Lappe near…

  • Cahoots

    The West End

    Tricked up to look like a disused Underground station, Cahoots is a retro cocktail bar channelling the spirit of London during WWII and its aftermath…

  • Bar Cock

    Chueca

    With a name like this, Bar Cock could go either way, but it’s definitely cock as in ‘rooster’. The decor evokes an old gentlemen’s club and the feeling is…

  • Ocean Coffee

    Nørrebro & Østerbro

    Straddling Nordhavn's pedestrianised harbourfront, this tiny neighbourhood coffee shop is handy if you're checking out the burgeoning district's cutting…

  • Cantina del Bonsignore

    Emilia-Romagna

    This classy bottleshop and enoteca tucked down a photogenic lane is the best spot in town to try local wines. Friendly owner Matteo (and an in-house…

  • Ithaki

    Nicosia (Lefkosia)

    This decidedly unflashy bar-club is one of the granddaddies of the Old City scene, having been in the business of providing a fun night out since 1998…

  • City of London Distillery

    London

    The first gin distillery to be opened in the City for nearly 200 years, this small-batch micro-distillery has brought back the art of 'mother's ruin'. Sip…

  • Haratsi

    Nicosia (Lefkosia)

    The joy of this traditional coffee shop dating from the 1930s is that little has changed. There's no chill-out background music, no cutting-edge decor and…

  • Café Gusco

    Bordeaux

    From the miniature bouquets of dried flowers wedged in coffee beans in glass vases on the tables to the peppermint-green walls and wicker lampshades,…

  • Gibson

    Clerkenwell, Shoreditch & Spitalfields

    Hope you packed your explorer's hat, because the Gibson will take you on an adventure. The cocktail menu hops through the calendar month by month, and you…

  • Satan's Coffee Corner

    La Rambla & Barri Gòtic

    All ocean-blue walls, pounding beats and punk-inspired style, Satan's is firmly about the coffee (no wi-fi, no prams!) Local small-scale roaster Right…

  • Caffè degli Artigiani

    Oltrarno

    Sitting on one of Florence's most atmospheric little piazzas, this quaintly countrified cafe pulls in local artisans in need of an espresso hit or nip of…

  • Le Corneille

    Nantes

    Squirreled behind the imposing Théâtre Graslin on a tiny car-free street, the festive pavement terrace of this neighbourhood cafe with orange awning…

  • Fríttole

    Perugia

    Lilla and Lillo are wonderful hosts at this intimate, old-school wine bar serving up a relaxed, local vibe and a wide selection of Italian labels, mostly…

  • Apollonik's

    Side

    Right beside the Temples of Apollo and Athena, Side's oldest bar remains its most popular local hang-out and a favourite sunset spot. It does classically…

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