Top clubs in Barcelona
Going clubbing requires planning and premeditation, but sometimes it just doesn’t happen that way. You start out with a few innocent beers and plenty of good intentions, and end up struggling to find your way home. It’s a familiar story in Barcelona where drinks with work colleagues can easily segue into a 7am breakfast of samosas outside Apolo club. A rough game plan for a lost Friday night might start at what’s called the ‘afterwork’ session at Collage, with its top-notch cocktails and free tapas. Then, as it’s next door, how about a stand-up supper at Bar del Pla? Try the oxtail with foie gras – it’s delicious, sustaining and comes in small portions (after three cocktails at Collage you won’t have room for much more). You’re on a roll, so mosey across the Born to the venerable Magic Club to dance to punk, rock and new wave until 6am. Now it really is time for bed, but on the way home, drop in at Xurreria San Roman and stave off the inevitable hangover with churros con chocolate. Or one last beer, who knows?
Here is a list of our favourite clubs in Barcelona by Timeout:
- Trill at Razzmatazz: They call it ‘Internet club music’. Spain’s biggest Future Beats club night takes over Barcelona’s five-room Razzmatazz club every Saturday evening, and features the up-and-coming stars o fthe hardcore continuum
- Libido at Nitsa Club: With an upbeat soundtrack of ’90s house, served with plentiful helpings of disco, boogie and soul, Libido has become an institution.
- Switch Bar: If you end up at Switch, you might well find Sunny Graves, Fede Erdán, Abu Sou or Nehuen at the decks. At this half-bar, half-club hybrid hangout, which is managed by the impeccable Deckard, they serve generous cocktails that you can enjoy in two connected spaces
- 33/45: The ideal place for a quick drink before the night really gets going – but don’t be surprised if you get stuck.
- Club Marabú in Sala Upload: Sala Upload in Poble Espanyol is the electronic club night Barcelona needed. With a ’90s aesthetic, promoters Canada and Drakis have devised a party whose USPs are musical eclecticism and an out-of-control dance floor.
- Duets at Nitsa Club: Nitsa’s claim to be Barcelona’s top club night for electronic music is undisputed, but if you can time your visit to coincide with Duets you’re doubly fortunate
- Wednesdays at Moog: The city’s pocket-sized Berghain keeps delivering big names in international techno, with the most authentic atmosphere in Barcelona.
- Dirty at Razzmatazz: Competing with Nasty Mondays at Apolo for the title of the wildest party in town, El Dirty at Razzmatazz has a tag line that says it all: ‘All the hits you can imagine mixed all together (now!)’. With all the attitude and energy of a gay-friendly party night, it’s ideal for clubbers who can’t wait until the weekend.
- Churros con Chocolate: It features a playlist that’s a potpourri of kitsch (from commercial radio hits to mariachi hymns) plus an anarchic, up-for-it atmosphere.
- VenTú: Nomadic Sunday party VenTú has redefined the concept of the afternoon vermouth for a new generation.
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Article from Timeout Barcelona