Germany

Munich star DJ Nikias Hofmann founded this black-and-red marble nightclub in the former home of Aubergine, Munich's much-missed three-star restaurant on the...more

Life is still a cabaret at this legendary venue, where song-and-dance routines, comedies, operettas, and full-scale musicals are performed beneath a beautiful...more

This colossal wee-hours nightspot along an isolated stretch of the Spree River was once a power plant for the city's eastern districts. Now long lines of...more

Home to towering blondes and ascot-wearing slicksters, Brenner is a perfect distillation of the Munich nightlife ethos. Located in a courtyard off...more

Canapé's white leather seating, black decor intermixed with bamboo screens, Buddha heads, and water pipe in the back room, admittedly give out a few...more

A prime pickup joint for lonely yet light-on-their-feet Berliners since 1913, Clärchen's Ballhaus reopened in 2005 after a year of closed doors. But it...more

Although located in Berlin's Friedrichshain neighborhood—known for its youthful, punky attitude and low rents—CSA is designed within an inch of its...more

A designer-duds crowd fills the multi-leveled space at the East hotel, in an unassuming street right off the main drag of the Reeperbahn. Designed to within an...more

Frank's is an old-fashioned cocktail bar with terra-cotta walls, tile floors, and Gershwin on the stereo. The patrons who choose from the encyclopedic book of...more

Hamburg's history of tolerance makes it, unsurprisingly, something of a gay mecca. Nightlife is split largely between raucous St. Pauli and slightly quieter...more