Top Picks For After-Hour Drinks & Casual Late-Night Bars It's a very European thing, gathering with a friend or two (or a few) after work for drinks at a casual sidewalk cafe. People watching is part of the process and it starts late in the afternoon and can go until dark. In Basel, a small city in Switzerland that's on the border with both Germany and … [Read more...]
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Why Paddy Reilly’s In Basel, Switzerland Is One Of Europe’s Best Irish Bars
A Lively Pub & Club In Switzerland's City On The Rhine One would think – think! – that Europe's best Irish bars are all in, well, Ireland. Scattered about Dublin like empty keg of Guinness. But that's not the case. In fact, one of the best is in the vibrant mid-sized city of Basel, Switzerland. It's Paddy Reilly's and all you have to do is go in on a Friday … [Read more...]
Things To Do In Basel: A Private Cruise On The Rhine
Sightseeing In Style In Switzerland (With Swiss Wine!) If you want to cruise the Rhine River while in Basel, Switzerland but don't want to be on one of those big cruise boats to do it – after all, this is a dynamic little city much more worthy than a brief shore excursion – then the solution is simple. Take your own boat! Using the Rhytaxi, you can do this by taking a … [Read more...]
Ibiza Beaches Best Beach Bars Sunsets At Cafe del Mar & Party Tips
Playa D'en Bossa, Formentera Beach (Pujols), Figueras Beach And Las Salinas Ibiza. Just the sound of the place makes one's soul shake with excitement. And no wonder – it has all the things single travelers desire – hot scene on the sand, clear blue water to cool off, spring break-style bars on the beach, spectacular sunsets – and more single travelers. Of … [Read more...]
Ibiza Bars Nightlife Top Party Scene Late-Night Clubs Tips Travel Guide
The Ultimate Adventure To This Partying Island In Spain It's one of the wildest islands on Earth, a place where daytime beach activities are only a prelude to an all-night party that often lasts clear through to the next beach day. Ibiza is like a sister island to Mykonos in Greece, which is to say wild, uninhibited and clothing optional on the beaches. First … [Read more...]
Zurich Street Parade World’s Largest Techno Party – A Complete Guide
In New Orleans, there's Mardi Gras. In San Francisco, there's Bay to Breakers. In Berlin, there's the Love Parade. And in Zurich, one of Europe's most dynamic cities, there's the Street Parade. The 2023 Zurich Street Parade is Aug. 12. It starts at 1 p.m., and goes until 10 at night. Beer and food vendors line the event for all 10 hours. In fact, it's the world's largest … [Read more...]
Zurich Nightlife Reviews Bars, Clubs, Pubs & The Famous Piano Bar
Complete Guide To Old Town & Zurich West Nightclubs By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Zurich. There's something about the name that sounds exciting. Energizing. Exotic. Add the work "nightlife" to it and it becomes, well, intoxicating to the soul. So just imagine what Zurich nightlife is really like to experience. In short, it can be … [Read more...]
King’s Day, Once Called Queen’s Day, Is The Biggest Party In Amsterdam
Top Tips On How To Join This Party Celebration What used to be Queen's Day is now King's Day but for anyone who is there, it's a royal party. Amsterdam is a crazy place to begin with, but have what is basically a citywide block party and it's the wildest time in the city, even surpassing New Year's Eve. This annual party takes place on April 30, and it's Amsterdam's … [Read more...]
A Guide To Amsterdam’s Top Coffee Shops: Smoking Pot Legally In Amsterdam
Everything You Need To Know About Legal – and Illegal – Drugs A haven for some and an oddity for others, coffee shops are unique Amsterdam establishments where it's okay to smoke a joint. The brew they serve comes not in a cup but in a bowl, digestible as joints, space cakes or through a bong. All About The Coffee Shops Walking into one of these joints is a trip all … [Read more...]
Amsterdam Bars, Nightlife & Coffee Shops Top Drinking & Party Tips
The Drugs, The Tiny Hineys And Getting Past The Doormen With cafes, pubs, clubs, bars and hemp hangouts. Amsterdam is a PubClubber's fantasy come to life. And come to life it does. Cafes start serving drinks at lunch and after-hours parties go on until noon. There are so many pubs and clubs, one could cover much of Europe in the time it would take to visit all the drinking … [Read more...]
Top Tips For Spending A Fun Weekend In Amsterdam
Sightseeing, Drinking , Partying & Enjoying Europe's Sin City Amsterdam is Europe's Sin City, a place that, unlike America's Sin City doesn't tease with sex and drugs. It puts it front and center, in fact in windows where you can shop for it as you do for wardrobe in Las Vegas. But there's more to Amsterdam than that, and here's PubClub.com's guide to spending a … [Read more...]
Top 10 Ways To Know You Are Drinking In Amsterdam
Partying In The Leidseplein, Rembrandtplein And Red Light District Amsterdam is a place like no other, and it's easy to lose your bearings. So in case you wake up in a daze, here's 10 ways to know you are partying in Amsterdam. 1.) You're Buzzed And Haven't Had A Drink Yet. Before hitting the bars you decided to stop into one of those coffee houses in the Red Light … [Read more...]
Ultimate Sightseeing Guide And Top Things To Do In Amsterdam
The Museums, Heineken Brewery Tour, Marijuana Hemp Museum & More While it is possible – and probable for many – to spend the entire Amsterdam experience probing through the bars, clubs and coffeeshops, the city does offer extensive daytime activities for those so inclined. And we're not just talking about the sex shops and hemp museums. During warm sunny days, consider … [Read more...]
Mr. Amsterdam The Ultimate Tour Guide To Nightlife & The Red Light District
Blogger Goes Into The Bars And Has Many Smiles & Small Beers There's something about Amsterdam that stirs one's soul. What other city lights up people's faces at the mere mention of its name? Where else can you smoke a joint in a public place, visit a sex museum and drink a beer in a 300-year-old building, all in one evening? Amsterdam is a place so bold in its … [Read more...]
Why Basel Switzerland Is One Of Europe’s Top Secret Nightlife Destinations
Dynamic Swiss City Has Lively Cafes, Pubs And Clubs If you're looking for an off-the-beaten-path party place in Europe, a destination that has invigorating nightlife that puts and keeps you in a lively mood, then I highly recommend Basel, Switzerland. Basel – a mid-sized, manageable city in the northwestern part of Switzerland on the border of both France and … [Read more...]
Paris Travel Blog: Walking The City of Lights, Drinking Wine And Eating In Cafes
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger À votre santé! My first look at Paris upon emerging from the Metro onto the streets of Paris was of a McDonalds. Great, I thought. Here I am in one of the world's most vibrant and oldest cities and the first thing I see is America's great contribution to world culture, the fast-food hamburger franchise. A day later, I was … [Read more...]
Berlin On My Bucket List Of Places To Party
German City Seems To Be Hip, Busy, Fun And Casual All At The Same Time Rooftop lounges, 400 nightclubs and even beach bars. Beach bars? In Berlin!? Apparently, or so I was told by Berlin tourism, Visit Berlin, during a media luncheon it held for Southern California travel journalists at the SoHo restaurant, which is high over the Sunset Strip in Los … [Read more...]
Basel & Zurich Are Two Fun European Party Destinations
Fun-Seeking Travelers Should Visit These Two Switzerland Cities Amsterdam? Of course. The Greek Islands? Most certainly. Berlin? That's definitely on my party radar, a destination I'm looking forward to visiting in the future. But there are two other places that summer party travelers should have on their destination list: Zurich and Basel, Switzerland. I know … [Read more...]
What It’s Really Like in Amsterdam’s Coffee Shops The Legal Pot Bars
It's a Weed Wonderland But The Drug Hangouts in the Red Light District Are Not Nearly As Lively as the Bars By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger The idea is great. Legally smoking pot in public. In a bar! No looking over the shoulder, no hiding to light up or discreetly taking hits. They are the coffee shops of Amsterdam, and they are nothing … [Read more...]