Best nightclubs Budapest

Budapest's most popular student club, a hangout for foreign students. It's guaranteed to be packed every day until late at night. Vintage advertisements are plastered all over the rooms (including one karaoke room), and the two dance floors - one "retro Hungarian" and the other mixing more current international hits - are packed on Friday and Saturday nights. The music isn't very inventive, but who cares? Add to this a large terrace and a billiard table (for a fee) and you've got yourself a tough wake-up call.

Both a disco and a bar on two floors (the three bars occupy the basement) in an rococo decor, the Alterego is the gay disco where you must be seen. Varied evenings from the disco party to the transvestites show and the Lady Gaga Special. Very busy on the weekend to dance to the sound of DJ's. The entrance gorillas are not very welcoming but useful to get away from the homophobic and smokers too noisy…

The ex-Trafó bar-tango, En basement, redesigned and renamed Mappa, is also very festive, even though it seems to have some difficulty finding its audience and increasingly open…

A good discotheque in the heart of Budapest that attracts a large number of tourists. Locals also go here. The atmosphere is festive and the music varied. It's the ideal place for those who like to "get their groove on" on the dance floor, while having access to armchairs for a rest or a drink. Many special evenings are organized. A must in Budapest to do with friends. Great atmosphere and dynamic service due to the crowds, but very well looked after. See the program on the Peaches and Cream website.

One of the best-known clubs, but also a victim of its own success, with not always pleasant crowds (depending on your opinion). As soon as evening falls, we head down to the club's dance floor. It's located in the bar's basement, and offers a varied program of DJ, rock and underground music. The crowd is fairly young and the atmosphere warm. The darkened dance floor is lit by blue, red and white neon lights. Excellent bar service. We come here to enjoy it until the wee hours of the morning on weekend nights.

It is the body that produces the famous fiestas in the baths. Visit the website for dates and programming. Also organizes Szecska evenings.

A bar-club frequented more by forty-somethings, where you can have a pretty good time. You won't want to miss 101Klub, with its big white sign at the entrance. In the afternoons, people come here simply for a drink, while in the evenings, the atmosphere gradually rises with a varied musical program. Special theme evenings are regularly organized, such as the traditional New Year's Eve party. Ruined bar" atmosphere. Friendly service and, of course, a festive place that's far from quiet.

Very popular monthly gay and lesbian evenings and "hot" one Saturday a month, in Akvárium or at Vadm Design Center. Entrance 2 000 Ft, arrive before midnight, because waiting can take long later.

On the Buda side, here's a club that's popular with locals, but also attracts tourists looking to party the night away in sophisticated surroundings. The Lock Budapest, far from being a run-down bar, organizes themed evenings on a regular basis (check the website): funk, disco, girls' night... Good beers and cocktails are served (a little more expensive than in classic bars). The average age is between thirty and forty-somethings. There's a well-managed VIP area. Pleasant staff.

An oasis of human warmth and good music in the middle of a residential area. The house organizes táncház (a folk dance session preceded by a class), concerts and sells the CDs of its own label (THE reference in folk music), especially on Wednesdays. Initiate yourself with or without a partner on that day! Young and old alike come to the Fonó to dance to the rhythm of traditional dances from the Carpathian Basin and the rest of Europe. Food and drinks are available in the café at lunchtime and in the evening.

The most musically extreme of all ruined bars! An average of twenty concerts a month: drum'n'bass, hip-hop, hard rock, minimal techno, you name it. The audience here is sometimes teenagers one night, forty-somethings the next, which means that, depending on the day, the Dürer Kert has managed to unite all generations. A vast melting pot in summer. The only drawback is that the bar is a little far from the center. But don't hesitate to come and enjoy the place and its varied musical program.