

With a distinctly industrial feel (think steel, steel and more steel), it's spread over five rooms – standard procedure involves getting lost at least once on each visit. This cavernous warehouse is one of Barcelona's foremost clubs, and rightly so: it's huge, popular and has great programming. Carrer Arc del Teatre 3, /moog Razzmatazz.Check listings: time it right and you may have the privilege of attending one of the Mutek Barcelona parties. In the smaller mirrored room upstairs an sometimes incongruent selection of pop is provided for the less tech-obsessed crowd. Expect a selection of electronic delights, mainly in the house and techno direction. It's an elegantly designed club in swathes of wood and iron – the elongated downstairs space sports a graceful wooden bar and culminates in a sunken dancefloor lined with cabinets full of spirit bottles. Its stature on the scene surpasses that of many of its larger rivals. Carrer Nou de Sant Francesc 5, MoogĪ tiny club with a big reputation, Moog is respected locally and internationally.Fact and Clubtura on Wednesdays and Thursdays are particularly good. With residencies from the best local talent (DJ Herr, for example) and frequent guests from the international elite (Gui Boratto, Alex Celler and Audiofly were recent visitors), this is an excellent destination for quality, non-commercial dance music. Don't be put off though, as the atmosphere is outstanding, and the music – underground house and techno with pumping bass - habitually sends the crowd into a writhing frenzy. When things get overexcited here, you might end up standing on the DJ's toes – the main booth is in the middle of a very small dancefloor. La Macarena is Barcelona's underground gem – a diminutive, subterranean, rough-around-the-edges sweatbox of a club. Carrer Nou de la Rambla 113, Macarena Club.Weekends reign supreme, with internationally renowned Nitsa parties serving exemplary electronica from the likes of Michael Mayer and Ellen Allien.


Boombox in La on Thursdays is the most bass-heavy night of the week. Club nights run the gamut, from pop-rock at Nasty Mondays, indie and electro at Crappy Tuesdays, and root music on Wednesdays. The accompanying La space is more intimate, with a smaller stage and dancefloor. Sala Apolo and La įormer theatre Sala Apolo retains its thespian roots somewhat indirectly, with perfomers and audience in familiar positions: the DJ takes centre stage, the enthusiasts churn in the stalls, and a more sedate crowd enjoy an elevated view in the galleries. The club has a big stage and declares that they work according to American standards and they have the most exclusive strip in Armenia. Diva works with professional dancers from around the world, most of all from Armenia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Russia. Diva is one of the best night clubs in Yerevan.
