Best Places for Dancing in the world
1. Berghain, Berlin
Berlin's techno mecca. Famous venue known as much for its sound system as its long lines.
Berlin's techno mecca. Famous venue known as much for its sound system as its long lines.
Overrun by tourists but a view is a view and this one is hard to beat so it's worth the wait. Uniquely Berlin in that it's great to bring kids to during the day, but... you can also party here until 4 am.
This gargantuan venue is known for its extensive beer garden offering a taste of Oktoberfest every day. Serving beers and traditional food, this venue is known to get crowded, and as tradition, every guest will have beer spilled on them.
The tourist trap of all tourist traps but it is central, open 24/7, and has free WiFi so you might, maybe, potentially, could, possibly, inevitably find yourself here. Upstairs theater style seating with a downstairs dance floor.
Think dive bar meets open mic night. They're usually playing live music and when they're not, they'll still put some local artists on the speakers.
Listening bar where shelves of vinyl replace the usual rows of liquor, with funk and soul spinning all night. Cocktails are inventive and precise, using house infusions and hand-carved ice.
Community, 24 hour parties, food trucks, and underground sound - Nowadays is an indoor-outdoor party venue and social hub. The backyard is a beer garden with picnic tables. Inside is a bar and dance floor. Book tickets for large events.
North Brooklyn cocktail bar to underground disco to music hall to sushi – all in one place. Late-night gets really busy and you'll most likely wait in line. Pro tip: book a late-night reservation for some bites and stay for more dancing.
Festival-scale electronic club near RCA running heavy techno and progressive house until nearly dawn. Massive LED screens and intense laser shows flash across the dark room while standing tables pack tight on the main floor.
High-energy Sukhumvit Soi 11 nightclub playing heavy hip-hop and Afrobeat seven nights a week. The main floor packs out right after midnight, with bottle service tables pushing up against the DJ booth.
Underground electronic music collective programming techno and house nights across the city. Its flagship club sits on the 19th floor of an office block, with a dance floor built around a central DJ booth.
Velvet-draped dining room serving modern Indian plates and elaborate cocktails from a long, glowing bar. The space fills with group dinners early in the evening before turning up the volume for late-night DJs and dancing.
Historic 1920s lido on a glacial lake with a sandy beach, wooden pier, and open-water swimming. Towels and volleyball games pack the shore on hot afternoons, while evenings bring DJs, cold drinks, and dancing by the water.
Dark-wood bar lit by candles and a mirrored disco ball above the counter. Vinyl records spin behind the bar while cocktails mix with a haze of indoor smoke.
Quintessential brown café on a canal corner, with walls and ceilings stained dark from decades of smoke. The bar pours mostly beer; on busy nights, the small room empties out onto the street.
Hackney Wick warehouse bar shifting from afternoon record shopping and pizza to loud late-night DJ sets. A custom hi-fi system and red-tiled DJ booth sit in the middle of the room as bartenders pour local craft beer and natural wine.
Retro diner and neighborhood bar rolling from coffee to cocktails in a corner spot lined with red stools. All-day breakfast, burgers, and music stretch from slow mornings to late-night crowds under framed photos from decades past.
Queer-owned tropical nightclub in the Warehouse District pairing heavy bass with frozen drinks across neon-lit dance floors. The multi-level layout splits between intense downstairs DJ rooms and a breezy, open-air skyline rooftop.
Bi-level SoHo restaurant built for long dinners that turn into late nights. Mediterranean plates land on tables under a massive indoor tree upstairs, while a basement lounge takes over with reggaeton and late-night DJ sets.
Three-story Lower East Side club layering heavy, late-night dancing over a ground-floor bistro. The glass-enclosed rooftop runs loud and packed, surrounding the dance floor with tropical plants and Williamsburg Bridge views.
