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Plaka, Syntagma & historic centre
🪩 19Dybbuk
A large electronic dance club with house and techno nights, known for big production nights and winter-only seasons. Its last known home was the Stadiou 7 arcade near Syntagma, its third location. It opened around 2009 in a Kolonaki basement at Patriarchou Ioakeim 37.
Gazi, Kerameikos & Metaxourgeio
🪩 22SMUT Athens
An underground queer techno club at Vatsaxi 4, in an industrial space in Metaxourgeio, open on Saturday nights. There is a no-camera policy and a consent briefing at the door, as part of its safe-space approach. The look is raw, red-lit Berlin warehouse.
🪩 23Sodade2
A long-running LGBTQ+ dance club in Gazi with two dance floors, one for mainstream and Greek pop, one for house and progressive. It is weekend-focused, late and packed with a younger crowd. One of the first gay clubs in Gazi and still one of the most popular.
🪩 24S-Cape
A large, long-running two-level LGBTQ+ dance club in Gazi with pop and Greek music, drag shows, go-go dancers and themed nights. It has several bars and stages, cheap drinks and a young crowd.
Exarchia, Omonia & north centre
🪩 40Skullbar
An underground bar that is an alternative coffee bar by day and a dance club by night. It is best known for weekend after-hours techno and house parties starting around 05:00.
Kolonaki & Lycabettus
🪩 51Rock'n'Roll
A bar-restaurant by day and early evening (burgers, pizza, tacos), then a crowded late party bar with DJs, party nights and live acts. A Kolonaki institution since 1987, with a mixed-age crowd from the smart Kolonaki set.
Acropolis, Koukaki, Thissio & Petralona
🪩 74Alcatraz (strip club)
A strip and 'show club' on Syngrou Avenue, Athens' traditional strip of nightclubs, open 21:00-09:00 with reservations by phone or online. It is repeatedly reported as a tourist trap, with taxi drivers steering customers there and inflated bills.
Beyond the centre
🪩 79Island (Island Club & Restaurant / Island Athens Riviera)
🍸 cocktail €20 · 🍽️ plate €30–69
An upscale seaside summer restaurant and nightclub on the rocks at Varkiza: sunset dinner, then DJs and partying until early morning, with table and bottle service. It is long-running, with whitewashed Cycladic styling and sea views, a glamorous summer night out on the Riviera.
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🍸 8Cantina Social
🍸 cocktail €6.50–10
An unsigned courtyard and garden bar at the end of an alley off Leokoriou in Psyrri/Thiseio. It is a café by day and a dance bar at night with resident DJs (techno, indie, disco), cheap drinks and late hours. It is set in an old lodge and is a locals' hangout.
🖼️ 43Romantso
A creative hub in the former printing works of 'Romantso' magazine. It combines a start-up incubator, artist studios and residencies with a café-bar and a busy programme of exhibitions, parties and concerts.