Cologne
The brainchild of artist Odo Rumpf, this subculture playground is creative lab, beer garden, concert venue, club, art centre, alfresco cinema and urban…
Must-see nightlife in Central Europe
Warsaw
We'll leave it up to you how many merry evenings you spend here working your way through the nearly 80 on tap beers, plus over a hundred more bottled ones…
Vienna
One of the last remaining grand Viennese coffee houses on the Ringstrasse, this 1861 beauty has chandelier-lit vaulted ceilings, wood-panelled walls,…
Budapest
This temple to craft beer, which takes its odd name from the slaughtered pig (note the wooden portrait on the wall) in the iconic Hungarian 1969 film A…
Düsseldorf
At one of Germany's most progressive dance clubs, the music skews heavily towards non-mainstream electronic and improvisational acts, which makes for a…
Vienna
Opened in 1939 by Leopold and Josefine Hawelka, whose son Günter and grandsons Amir and Michael still bake the house-speciality Buchteln (jam-filled,…
Stuttgart
Jazz creates a mellow mood at this slinky little cocktail bar, with barrel-vaulted ceilings, stone walls and dim lighting. The mixologists seem to put a…
Ljubljana
This rabbit warren of a watering hole at the foot of the funicular to Ljubljana Castle is so chilled there’s practically frost on the windows. The decor…
Bacharach
Dating from 1421, this olde-worlde tavern serves some of Bacharach’s best whites; the Weinkarussel (€22.50) lets you sample 15 of them. Its nearby Weingut…
Friedrichshain
At this gritty multifloor party pen with lots of nooks and crannies, a steady line-up of top DJs feeds a diverse bunch of revellers with dance-worthy…
City West & Charlottenburg
Christian Gentemann's liquid playground at the art deco Hotel am Steinplatz was crowned 'Hotel Bar of the Year' in 2016 and 2017, and for good reason The…
Vienna
A multiple title holder of Austrian Barista of the year, GOTA is worth a cross-town trip for its third-wave coffee creations made from carefully sourced…
Baden-Baden
You can sure smell the coffee as you approach Kaffeesack, tucked away in Baden-Baden's backstreets. Born in Germany to Italian parents, Maurizio is the…
Prenzlauer Berg
Berlin’s oldest beer garden has seen beer-soaked days and nights since 1837 and is still a charismatic spot for guzzling a custom-brewed Prater pilsner …
Vienna
Retaining original decor from the 1920s and ’30s, this dimly lit, wood-panelled American-style bar is a legend in Vienna, furnished with leather…
Prater & East of the Danube
Wow, what a view! Take the lift to Das Loft on the Sofitel's 18th floor to reduce Vienna to toy-town scale. From this slinky, glass-walled lounge, you can…
Upper Austria
Suchan's coffee has become so popular throughout Austria and even Berlin that it's expanded its roasting operation just outside town, using unmixed …
Prater & East of the Danube
Every Viennese coffee house ought to be just like the wood-panelled, poster-plastered, fantastically eccentric Sperlhof, which opened in 1923. It still…
Vienna
Retro-styled Needle Vinyl Bar has bare-brick walls, mismatched furniture, light fittings made from vintage gramophones, and a vinyl library of jazz, blues…
Erzsébetváros & the Jewish Quarter
A low-lit 'speakeasy' serving expertly mixed cocktails (1950Ft to 5950Ft) using fresh juices and an educated selection of craft spirits. For something…
Łódź
With its open-door policy, this renowned pub/club attracts a broad cross-section of Łódź society. The unusual decor – stripped-back walls covered in…
Poznań
Brovaria has a lot of different aces up its sleeve. As well as being a hotel and restaurant, it is a microbrewery serving pilsner, honey, dark, wheat and…
Budapest
We love this ambitious, spacious and bohemian cafe-bar tucked down a backstreet off Rákóczi út. Food is available, from breakfast (990Ft to 2190Ft) to…
Fribourg, Drei-Seen-Land and The Jura
Sip absinthe or cocktails with names like Bambi Alien Blood at this insanely trippy cafe-by-day/bar for a few hours, kitted out in the style of theHR…
Frankfurt am Main
Noise levels aren't a problem at this spectacular club, which occupies an 1808 villa surrounded by manicured gardens with fountains, ponds and lounges…
Prague
This bar is to beer what the Bodleian Library is to books – wall-to-wall shelves lined with more than 200 varieties of bottled beer from all over the…
Vienna
Farm-direct beans roasted on-site at this third-wave coffee specialist are utilised in espresso, pour-over, Aeropress, ice-drip and cold-brew techniques…
Vienna
Loos is the spot in the Innere Stadt (city centre) for a classic cocktail such as its signature dry martini, expertly whipped up by talented mixologists…
Vienna
Friendly Robert Gruber is one of Vienna's coffee legends and his infectious passion ripples through this beautifully rambling, lab-like space. POC stands…
Salzburg
Making coffee really is rocket science at this vintage-cool cafe by the river, which spotlights high-quality, fair-trade, single-origin beans. Talented…
Moselle Valley
Wine bars don't come cuter than this crooked half-timbered building (the Moselle's oldest, dating from 1416), which resembles a giant bird house: its…
Zürich
Secluded behind a fence along the Sihl River, this bar at the Männerbad public baths is one of Zürich's most inviting open-air drinking spots. Its vast…
Vienna
Within sight of the Hofburg, this elegant and regal cafe has a gorgeous rococo-period salon. Demel’s specialities include the Annatorte (a calorie-bomb of…
Prague
An industrial club in every sense: the setting in an industrial zone; the thumping music (both DJs and live acts); and the structure – a must-see maze of…
Cologne
A large, leafy park has one of Cologne's best places for a drink: a community-run beer garden. Tables sprawl under huge old trees, while simple snacks…
High Tatras
Tumble straight from the cable-car base station into this big, wood-beamed club, diner and cocktail bar. There's an outdoor deck to bask in late-afternoon…
Düsseldorf
Local colour by the bucketful (despite the high tourist contingent) is what awaits at this cavernous Altbier brewpub. The suds flow so quickly from giant…
Ljubljana
This central upscale tasting room is the perfect choice for sampling wines from around Slovenia. The owner is a winemaker and has a knowledgeable palate…
Weimar
The circular Kasseturm took on a new identity in 1962, when students of the Bauhaus University converted this stout survivor of Weimar's 16th-century…
Budapest
If you need to impress someone – even yourself – lead them up to this rooftop bar above the Aria Hotel. With your noses stuck into the dome of the…
