50 editor picks across every TableJourney city.
50 dance clubs worth the trip across every TableJourney city. Editor-ranked. Techno, house and electronic clubs with serious dancefloors.
Berghain occupies a former Vattenfall power plant in Friedrichshain and remains the canonical Berlin techno club, with Sven Marquardt's door and Klubnacht.
TipNo phones inside, no logo'd clothes, no big groups. Klubnacht queue moves all weekend; small groups in black after 04:00 fare better than 23:00 lines.
Smartbar, Chicago's independent nightclub at 3730 N Clark Street, has spent over 40 years showcasing new dance music and cutting edge DJs from the globe.
TipSmartbar is 21 and over without exception; tickets at the door are cash only, and students get $5 off before 12AM.
First Avenue in Minneapolis has been the downtown danceteria since 1970. The 1,550-capacity Mainroom hosted Prince's Purple Rain shows and still books.
TipCapacity is 1,550 on the Mainroom floor. The connected Depot Tavern opens at 16:00 most show days; the same building holds 7th St Entry.
The Queen at Fort Lapin 25 in Bruges is a lounge and dance bar serving cocktails and tapas, with 70s, 80s and 90s music and French chansons till late.
TipCocktails are prepared à la minute, and multicultural tapas are served as well.
Blitz Club opened in 2017 in the former congress hall of the Deutsches Museum on Museumsinsel, with a four-point custom VOID sound system and beech-panelled.
TipNo phones inside. The lease ends in September 2026 and a relocation within Munich is planned, so check the calendar before travel.
La Cuba, a sushi restaurant and cocktail bar at Viale Francesco Scaduto 8 in Palermo, has held events with DJ sets in the city for over twenty years.
TipIt is open on Friday and Saturday from 19:00 to 2:00; Monday to Thursday it opens by reservation only.
The 1999-opened Farringdon warehouse with three rooms and a Bodysonic dancefloor is still the global benchmark for how a serious dance club should sound, programme and last the night.
TipBuy in advance, the door queues on Saturday curl down Charterhouse Street by midnight. Room One is the bass-rattled main floor.
Grelle Forelle is a nightlife venue at Spittelauer Lände 12, 1090 Wien.
Sisyphos took over a former dog-biscuit factory on Hauptstrasse in Rummelsburg and runs a non-stop weekend party with three indoor floors, a lake.
TipRuns continuously Friday night through Monday morning; bring layers, sunglasses and a swimsuit for the lake. S-Bahn to Rummelsburg is the easy way in.
Razzmatazz occupies a former industrial complex in Poblenou and runs five themed rooms across two weekend nights: RazzClub indie, Fuego urban, Human techno, Torax house and the rotating Pop Bar.
TipDoors at 01:00 Friday and Saturday; the five rooms share one wristband. Marina L1 or Bogatell L4 are the metro stops; queues are shorter at the Carrer de Pamplona 88 entrance for rooms 2 and 3.
The White Horse on Comal Street in East Austin is the honky-tonk where two-step lessons run nightly, a wood floor and live country bands until 02:00.
TipTwo-step lesson at 19:00 with no cover, live bands from 20:30. Cash and card both work; food trucks park out back through last call.
XS Nightclub at Encore Las Vegas pours into a poolside courtyard with floating dance floor, gold-leaf ceiling and Friday through Sunday EDM headliner residencies from the Wynn nightlife roster.
TipBuy tickets through the Wynn nightlife app before midnight to skip the queue. The pool deck opens around 23:30 once the indoor floor fills.
Nowadays, at 56-06 Cooper Avenue near Wyckoff Avenue in Ridgewood, hosts parties on Thursday, Friday and Saturday after 10pm and all day on Sunday.
TipCovers tend to be in the $25 range and the outdoors is always free aside from Sundays; water and earplugs are always free.
Revolver Upstairs on Chapel Street is Melbourne's most enduring dance club: a 36-hour weekend licence, a multiple-room layout across a terrace building and a booking history that spans everyone from local DJs to international electronic acts.
Fuse is a club at Rue Blaes 208 in Brussels, open on most Friday and Saturday nights from 11pm, with a strict no-phone policy on the dancefloor.
TipA presale ticket does not guarantee entrance, as security can refuse you, and camera stickers go on your device when you enter.
D-Edge has run São Paulo's reference techno room in Barra Funda since 2003, with two dance floors that have hosted over 700 international DJs.
TipThe terrace facing the Memorial da América Latina is the spot to cool off between sets on the main floor.
Culture Box is a club at Kronprinsessegade 54 and a central hub for the electronic music scene in Denmark, open Fridays and Saturdays from 22:00 to 08:00.
TipJackets, coats and bags other than small handbags go to the wardrobe at DKK 25 per item; a lost ticket costs DKK 50.
Le Sucre is a club and cultural venue with 780 places on a rooftop at 50 Quai Rambaud in Lyon, hosting club nights, concerts, aperitifs and events all year.
TipLe Sucre and its terrace are accessible to people with disabilities; tram T1 stops at Hôtel de Région and bus S1 at La Sucrière.
Cabaret Aléatoire in Marseille's 3e is the SMAC-labelled concert hall and club nested inside La Friche Belle de Mai, a 45,000m2 former tobacco factory turned.
TipTickets on Shotgun or the venue site, €15-25 most club nights; entry via the Friche through Rue Jobin or Rue François Simon.
Rex Club, at 5 Boulevard Poissonnière in Paris, calls itself a pioneer of electronic music and reopened in 2023 with an updated multi-diffusion sound system.
Tresor moved from its original Leipziger Platz vault to the Kraftwerk powerhouse on Koepenicker Strasse in 2007 and still books the harder end of Berlin.
TipThe Globus floor upstairs runs broader house; the cavernous Tresor floor downstairs is where the kick-drum lives. Cash only at the bar.
Molotow on Nobistor in Hamburg's St Pauli has booked indie, punk and post-rock since 1990, with The Killers, White Stripes, Black Keys and Mumford and Sons early shows.
TipMoved to the old Top Ten Club location in March 2025; lease secured to 2037.
A38 Ship is a concert hall, cultural center, bar and bistro at Petőfi híd, budai hídfő, with a boat tour that shows behind-the-scenes secrets.
TipAt the door the barcode on your ticket is scanned, so keep your ticket with you in a readable form.
Link is an independent multimedia lab and landmark for the promotion of cultural events, at Via Francesco Fantoni 21 in Bologna, with concerts and DJ sets.
TipEvery event needs a membership card, which you can collect at via Fantoni 21 for 8 euros; it stays valid until the following 31 August.
Tenax was born in September 1981 on Via Pratese and hosts Nobody's Perfect on Saturdays, a house music night with a different DJ every week.
Volt Club is at Via Molino delle Armi 16, with tickets sold at the door only. Ticket prices typically range from €25 to €80, depending on the event.
TipArrive early for the best chance to get in; classic and formal attire is unwelcome.
Womb in Tokyo's Shibuya is the four-floor electronic club anchoring the Maruyama-cho cluster since 2000. International techno and house headliners.
TipDoors typically 23:00. Bring photo ID, smart casual, cash for cover. The Friday Womb Adventure series is the technical-techno regular.
Shelter is a nightclub at Overhoeksplein 3 in Amsterdam Noord, reached by the free ferry from Centraal, with line-ups of house, techno, trance and disco.
TipTake the free F3 ferry from behind Amsterdam Centraal to Buiksloterweg. On regular club nights doors close at 04:00, so arrive before then.
A monumental grain elevator converted into Rotterdam's most spectacular club space, Maassilo attracts international techno and house acts to its industrial.
Utrecht's main concert and club venue. Five halls from intimate to 3,000-capacity; TivoliVredenburg hosts international DJs and live acts nightly.
TipCheck the monthly agenda; the Pandora hall hosts the best electronic club nights with international bookings.
Smolna is a music club at ul. Smolna 38, 00-375 Warsaw whose site lists events, tickets and merch, as well as DJ Pass and Smolna Academy options.
Paradise Club is a club and restaurant on Strada Selari in Centrul Vechi, dedicated to joy and happiness, with a different party every day and weekend DJs.
TipOn Thursdays, entry costs 50 lei per person after 22:30, so arrive earlier.
Sala Apolo is the 1940s theatre on Carrer Nou de la Rambla in Poble Sec that runs Barcelona's longest-standing club nights, including the indie-rock Nasty Mondays running every Monday since 2004.
TipNasty Mondays runs 00:30-05:00 every Monday with indie, rock and 80s pop. The smaller La 2 venue downstairs runs parallel programming on the same nights.
Bataplán Disco is a disco at Paseo de la Kontxa 12 in Centro, San Sebastian.
Sneaky Pete's is an Edinburgh nightclub and venue at 73 Cowgate, EH1 1JW, that is open and busy every night, with a show listed on most evenings.
TipListed shows mostly start at 7.00pm, with Sunday shows starting earlier at 6.00pm.
Sub Club is a 3,500-square-foot basement night club at 22 Jamaica Street in Glasgow, founded April 1st 1987, for up to 410 people with two separate bar areas.
TipDoors open at 11pm and close at 4am unless stated; it is open every Friday and Saturday (Subculture) and often Thursday and Sunday.
TV Lounge on Grand River Avenue is Detroit's longest-running electronic music club. Multi-room with an outdoor patio and two stages; the city's house.
TipOutdoor patio runs all summer; the back room runs techno from the Detroit underground.
E11EVEN in Downtown Miami runs as a 24-hour ultraclub, the rare American room open around the clock with circus performers, aerialists and headline DJs working the floor every night of the week.
TipCover hits hard on weekend peaks; sunrise sets after 04:00 are the cheaper entry and quieter dance floor. ID and 21+ enforced.
House of Yes is a club at 2 Wyckoff Ave in Bushwick, Brooklyn, built as a temple of expression, with shows every Friday and Saturday, sometimes Thursday.
TipEvents often sell out, so buy tickets in advance; the entrance is around the corner at 408 Jefferson Street.
Public Records fills the historic ASPCA headquarters in Gowanus, Brooklyn with five spaces, from the Sound Room club venue to a vegan cafe and a cocktail bar.
TipUpstairs is the intimate listening lounge and cocktail bar, and The Atrium is the restaurant and music lounge.
Holocene sits in a former auto-parts warehouse on SE 10th and Morrison, with 25-foot ceilings, white walls and a sound system tuned to the kind of minimal techno that took root in Berlin.
TipWeekend nights start at 21:00 and most parties run to 02:00; ticketed events sell out, so grab in advance rather than chancing the door.
The Stud reopened on Folsom Street in April 2024 as the city's oldest queer bar, founded in 1966 and now collectively owned with drag, dance and cabaret.
TipTheme nights drive the cover and the crowd. Sunday drag brunches and Tuesday Drag Alive shows are the soft entry points before the weekend.
Kremwerk on Minor Avenue is the underground queer club that pairs with Timbre Room and Cherry to run a three space complex of techno, house, drum and bass and drag near Capitol Hill.
TipDoors Friday and Saturday 18:00, programming through 02:00. Buy advance tickets via Dice; the complex sells out on big bookings.
New Guernica in a Corrs Lane basement is Melbourne's specialist techno club: a dark, low-ceiling room with a function-first sound system and a booking policy that consistently brings serious international and local electronic acts.
Vooruit is a 1914 socialist arts palace that hosts Ghent's most culturally ambitious club nights: electronic acts, hip-hop and experimental sound in a grand art-nouveau ballroom.
TipCheck the Vooruit website ahead of your visit; the programme mixes everything from jazz concerts to techno club nights, and nights vary weekly.
Cross Club fills a labyrinth of rooms in a Holešovice industrial building near Nádraží Holešovice, with sculpted scrap-metal interiors and a programme of drum and bass, dubstep, techno and live alternative acts across two stages. The cafe upstairs runs all day; the underground club opens nightly from 20:00.
TipThe smaller second stage opens earlier than the main floor. Tram or metro C to Nádraží Holešovice is two minutes away; cash bar.
Warehouse is the big electronic room of Nantes at the Hangar à Bananes, three nights a week of techno, house and Latin programming until dawn.
TipTram C5 stops at Hangar à Bananes and there are 1,000 free parking spaces, which matters at a 06:30 finish.
About Blank runs next to Ostkreuz S-Bahn as a collectively-run club and garden, programming queer-leaning techno, breaks and electro across an indoor floor.
TipThe garden runs through the warm months and is the reason to arrive at sundown. Awareness team active; no phones on the floors.
RSO opened in 2021 in Niederschoeneweide as the successor crew to the shuttered Griessmuehle, and it now anchors the harder, darker end of Berlin techno.
TipTen minutes on foot from S Schoeneweide. The room peaks 04:00 onward; a quiet 02:00 floor is normal here, not a sign of a slow night.
Else is the Renate crew's open-air club at Treptower Park S-Bahn, opening every May for the summer season with house and slow-techno across a sandy.
TipOpen-air only; Else closes for winter and reopens in May. Bring sunglasses, sunscreen and patience for the cash bar.
