Part II: 5 Exceptional and Dream-like Stations for Ravers

Top 5 fascinating raver series of venues makes its return once again.

The rave culture composed by music lovers, who brings their energy and creativity together, from all over the world, gathers in different centers and creates a fascinating atmosphere every single time. In this meeting, cross cultures as well as all dance music genres come to the fore ,thus the rave spirit emerges. Here, the world’s most popular parties and the top 5 venues, where this rave enthusiasm reaches its peak, are brought together.


Amsterdam – Netherlands

When it comes to nightlife in Amsterdam, there are venues, dance festivals and club nights to suit every taste! DJs and live artists keep the crowd going with everything from techno and house to hip-hop, funk and jazz.

Amsterdam has grown to become one of Europe’s hottest city to party. Festivals and institutions like Dekmantel and old club De Trouw helped make this shift happen. Curating some of the best line-ups with international DJs, the capital of The Netherlands is indeed one hell of a city to party! Old warehouse, bunker, abandoned church or funeral home – discover the best clubs in Amsterdam for a techno weekend.

Located in a former technical school, De School hosts top DJs from around the world in their basement. There’s also a concert venue, a gallery, a fabulous restaurant, a garden with terrace and a yoga and fitness school, so more than enough entertainment to fill the 24 hours in a day.

(De School, Amsterdam, Netherlands)


Barcelona – Spain

The enchanting Mediterranean city, famous for its world-class gastronomy, modern culture and unique architecture, is also home to some of Europe’s best venues in terms of electronic music. The melting pot that the Catalan capital has turned into has enabled the perfect atmosphere for the development of the scene. In the past few years, Barcelona has become a central part of Europe’s techno scene, with a handful of artists and labels moving to the city.

Attracted by the good weather and a generally well-educated crowd in terms of music, these artists have started to call Barcelona their home. If you’re an avid clubber looking for the finest tech-house, techno, electro, disco and house music, this is your list. The following clubs are a must visit if you’re in Barcelona, which is now a city that can be compared to heavyweights like London, Paris and even Ibiza.

Razzmatazz is arguably Barcelona’s one and only super club. It contains five different club spaces in one massive warehouse style building. You could go to this club, choose one room and feel like you’d been in your own club all night. Alternatively, you can take an adventure – get lost in the maze of pumping dance floors and confusing corridors.

(Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain)


London – United Kingdom

London is a thriving powerhouse of techno, regularly drawing in some of the biggest names in the scene while also nurturing some of the newest talents.

If a night of raving to relentless, thudding grooves in a dimly lit room represents your idea of a banging night out, we have got the venues you need to have on your radar. Whether it is a marathon of entrancing minimal or shedload of earsplitting industrial you’re after, London’s techno scene has got it all.

Undoubtedly the best known club in London and an ever-reliable port of call for some ribcage-rattling techno is Fabric. In fact, it’s good for just about any type of electronic music you want to spend the night dancing to. The soundsystems are world-beating and it’s easy to get lost within the humongous space for what feels like days, especially as the DJ sets have a tendency to run throughout the night and then well past sunrise.

(Fabric, London, UK)


Berlin – Germany

Berlin’s club scene is known around the world, and for good reason – this city took techno to new heights. If you want to experience the techno-club scene yourself, you won’t be lacking for spaces to dance the night away.

Disorientating, mind blowing, brutal, fun, surprising, longlasting and freaky, Berlin is probably the best clubbing city in Europe. The clubber culture has become a life style and music is a religion. You may wonder why the nightlife is so intense in this city. Berlin’s transformation into the world techno capital is very much linked to the German reunification and the fall of the Berlin Wall. As the wall came down, so did all the previous patterns of behaviour.

People were taking advantage of their recently acquired freedom, which is why the clubbing scene developed in such a unique way and over such a short period of time. Inside abandoned factories and commercial buildings that had to be taken down, clubs started to mushroom at full speed. Looking to express themselves, Berliners found inside those clubs a new identity. As we all know, most great clubbing nights start off with a chill few drinks to get the party started, before heading on to the clubs.

Berghain is one of the most famous clubs in the world. It is housed in a massive steel and concrete building, surrounded by a large property in Berlin’s Friedrichshain district — a great party location because there are no direct neighbors. Since 2004, party people from all over the world have flocked to what was once an East German heat and power plant.

(Berghain, Berlin, Germany)


Ibiza – Spain

Ibiza is renowned for its nightlife, so you won’t have to look far to find nightclubs that offer the perfect experience with a stunning atmosphere, sound and music. Local nightclubs come in many different shapes and sizes allowing you to cater your experience as you see fit.

Quite a few different genres of music can be heard across the island’s clubs, so you don’t have to settle for anything except for what you like the most. From superclubs to small clubs and everything in between, find endless fun at the 9 best nightclubs in Ibiza.

Amnesia is known as the temple of music where you can enjoy revelry across techno, house, bass and Latin genres with some extra gimmicks. The dance floor is massive, yet the crowd still manages to make the experience feel intimate and communal.

(Amnesia, Ibiza, Spain)