If pumping bass is your thing, these cities and travellers’ haunts come alive at night, and boast friendly hostels when it’s finally time to hit the pillow

Fashion, nightlife and the arts are flourishing in Georgia’s capital, with the seeds of creativity sown by a growing number of young artists and collectives eager to shake up the system

Fill your ears and your year with our pick of the sweetest beats at the best music and clubbing events – from Berlin and Reykjavik to New Orleans and Cape Town

A wave of new electronic festivals are fuelling the clubbing scene in Morocco, traditional culture fuses with contemporary music scenes

House, techno, grime and hip-hop all get ear-space at Paris’s coolest clubs. In this selection, local DJs, producers and promoters share their favourites

Amsterdam’s nightlife is thriving, with three major new clubs adding to the existing scene. We asked local DJs, producers and music writers to name their favourite party venues

If you’re after a well-crafted cocktail or beer, these late-drink hangouts keep the party going across the capital. They’re what the Night Tube was made for

Out in the capital and in need of quality post-pub food? Our experts have selected their favourite after-hours havens for bagels, burgers, pizza, noodles – and yes, kebabs

The show must go on, and whether it’s late-night music, cabaret, queer or circus shows, the stars of the scene know just where to go in London after hours

London’s long-awaited night tube is a gift to the capital’s clubbers. As the Victoria and Central lines start a non-stop weekend service – with other lines to follow in the autumn – we asked the cream of London’s club scene to point us to the party

We go deep into Berlin’s unique nightlife scene, where left-wing politics, gender experimentation, nudity and huge-scale brutalist architecture are the backdrop to the pumping techno of the German capital

As Barcelona gets ready for its annual electronic music festival, Sónar, we hit the streets with some of the city’s top DJs for a tour of the best places to party in the Catalan capital

Copenhagen’s flourishing club scene features a diverse mix of venues, which are as full of character as they are cutting-edge DJs and producers

Belgrade’s underground nightlife scene is thriving, but as DJ Tijana Todorovic explains, you still have to “fight for your right to party”

From Krafty Cuts to Optimo, Moxie to Horse Meat Disco, we asked some of the UK’s biggest DJs to tell us about their favourite clubs around the country

Clubs in the Portuguese capital are bursting with African influences, attracting a diverse crowd to unusual, mainly outdoor venues. Local DJs and musicians give us the lowdown

From Tiga to Trojan Sound System, Hot Since 82 to Kate Simko, Will Coldwell asked top DJs, label managers and promoters to tell us about their favourite places to party in mainland Europe, because if anyone knows about clubbing, it’s this lot

As the Dutch capital readies its decks for the electronic music spectacular that is Amsterdam Dance Event, Will Coldwell joins local DJ Young Marco to explore the city’s dynamic clubbing landscape

We go for a night out in Glasgow with the city’s label and art collective LuckyMe, who produced an exclusive mix for us featuring the best of the city’s club music