Best nightclubs Croatia

A former factory on the banks of the Save River, converted into a music hall and club. Here you are at "Swamp", which keeps the dark side of rock. It's a cult place in Zagreb, with a regular schedule of dark rock 80's, metal, balkan music, dub, ska, which has moved on to current music, dancehall, electro indus, hardcore, etc.. To be followed on the website or on social networks. For all partygoers who like to dance and let themselves be a little surprised by the music playing. Very good atmosphere, to last until the end of the night.

In the public garden of Queen Jelena Madijevke, created in the 19th century, this lounge and club bar occupies the entire north wing of the historic park. When it opened a few years ago, the establishment thought big. Low tables and sofas scattered widely in the greenery, staircase terrace, bar and club designed by an architect in a fake cave, ice walls and electro music that increases as the day progresses. In this park, also open during the day, the management offers relaxing breaks in the cool (strong alcohol in low doses)

A good dance trail for techno and progressive.

Here's a real local address that young Croatians love, and so do we! Quasimodo is a small club where there's always something going on. You can take part in a punk, rock or folk concert with Croatian or Balkan musicians, get carried away by a DJ evening, attend a screening or a panel discussion. A wide-ranging program. And don't forget the alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, with something for everyone. See the program on the Klub Facebook page. Please note that the discotheque is closed in summer.

Behind the station, near the Faculty of Science, the Klub Studenata ElektroTehnike (better known as KSET), is a small community hall, which works very well thanks to the energy of the students. The program includes rock and jazz concerts, electronic music, local artists, rap and hip-hop sessions, film club sessions, multimedia animations, etc. All this is thanks to the action of the students who keep the place alive. So it's a surprise every time. As you will have understood, KSET welcomes a young population.

Close to the shipyards, this concert hall and nightclub is an emblematic place of the city. Temporarily closed in 2022 for restoration, the sixty-year-old club, which has seen bands and styles of music, is holding on! Today, it is the Balkan and international rock, the metal, the alternative scene, the pop, the electro which resounds there. Techno nights and mini-festivals are also held in the summer. For the program, check the Facebook page and to eat, with a copious hamburger, the fast-food next door can do the trick!

A bar and discotheque overlooking the port, it has quickly established itself in the region as a meeting place for clubbers who love rap, r'n'b and EDM, with local DJs, gogo dancers and a summertime peak in attendance. You'll find everything you need to relax in the café lounge, dine in the restaurant before hitting the dancefloor late into the night. Low tables, big armchairs and a great cocktail list. The management also owns other beach bars in Poreč, Umag and Rovinj.

In this club, which opens the season with the Zrce Spring Break in May, it'sa bit like La Croisière s'amuse! With its dancefloor, pool on stilts and duckboards, you really feel like you're on a boat. Some people dive off the edge or go bungee jumping. Tourists and young Croatians and Bosnians come here to dance to the sound of local DJs or live concerts. A friendly, festive atmosphere. The Zagreb-based company has inaugurated the Noa Glamping Resort, a luxury hotel complex near Novalja.

The first to open on the beach, this club is also the closest to the pine forest. In the afternoon, the atmosphere is relaxed under the straw huts. Guests enjoy the small pool to the sound of calm music and indulge in a massage. You can come here to relax on the deckchairs without the risk of being sprayed by the sea foam! In the evening, DJs liven up the open-air dancefloor. Drinks and cocktails are quite expensive, so you come for happy hours, then stay to dance and meet new faces and regulars.

"THE place to be at Zrče! ", the professional clubber would tell you. We can go there in the afternoon for after beach parties and switch to electro parties in the evening. In this huge club, the alcoholic cocktails are flowing, young people in bathing suits are having fun in the pool, a giant crane above the club allows you to jump with a rubber band... The electro DJs modulate and give rhythm to the clubbing atmosphere. In the evening, dress code required at the entrance. The Papaya Club is only open in the summer. Go to the website to find out the programming.

The municipality has made a disused military barracks available to artists so that contemporary creation can be expressed in all its forms. Since 1999, the cultural wasteland is officially self-managed. Open to the public, the place works rather well today. On a dozen floors, hundreds of square meters of interior and exterior spaces where talents, new or confirmed, have settled. Several workshops, where there is often an exhibition, photo workshops, but also musical evenings, a festival, a radio channel.

Unmissable on the seafront promenade, just past the amphitheatre and the ferry landing stage for Venice and Rabac (east coast of Istria). The establishment has a wide range of openings. In the early morning, on the terrace, you are served your first coffee, breakfast or brunch. All day long, hot and cold drinks, cocktails, salads, hot dishes, sandwiches, pizzas and ice cream. When evening falls, the sunset over the sea is beautiful. Then, the music rises to liven up the club's dance floor.

Very busy bar that opens from morning to evening and sometimes closes late at night. It's the place to be for soccer fans but also for young people who like rock and beer! Here, we like the colorful decoration, the innumerable souvenirs accumulated on the walls and on the ceiling (superhero figurines, mugs, flags, coasters, photo mosaics, etc.), the very reasonable price of the drinks, the concerts and the bartenders who know how to remain zen in a sometimes overexcited atmosphere.

With its ivy-covered facade, the courtyard of the Academia Ghetto Club invites you to head towards this place that intrigues at first sight. With psychedelic red on the walls and ceilings, it immediately announces the color, arty andgayfriendly tendency of the managers. Here, the watchwords are peace, love and art, they are displayed with suggestive frescos. Upstairs, a gallery for temporary exhibitions, performances while the dancefloor regularly hosts musical evenings (electro, indus, rock, reggae...).

In downtown, this basement club opened in 2019. This historic setting has kept its exposed stone walls and a very contemporary decor with colorful neon and geometric mirrors. The name of the nightclub refers to the year of grace 305, when the emperor Diocletian abdicated and retired to his Splitois palace. A comfortable place but rather small. You have to arrive early to have a chance to enter. You have to pay an entrance fee, but it's cheaper than elsewhere! Without surprise, the DJ mixes EDM music.

A 15-minute walk from the port, the club is located in a residential area, close to hotels and holiday villas. Different spaces extend over a portion of the privatized coast. Its terrace overlooks the beach and the rocks. As soon as the DJ turns up the sound, techno house pushes everyone onto the dance floor with the dancing gogos. On the beach-bar side, it's quieter, lounge atmosphere on the deckchairs with sea view. For brunch or lunch, look for a sofa on the duckboards or a table in the shade under the luxury straw huts.

Just before the Covid-19 pandemic paralyzes the world in May 2019, a discotheque opens in Rovinj. A problem of timing, yet a real need in a region that's so quiet at night! Outside the summer season, clubbers have to go to Pula to find a real dancefloor. So, in a refurbished commercial space, Steel reopened in July 2021, to the delight of fans of electro, techno, Balkan beats, hip-hop and trap music. With resident national and international DJs, themed evenings, dress-code parties, fashion shows and more, the Steel is the place to be.

The Colosseum Lounge is a huge club, with a bar-restaurant on the first floor, a café lounge during the day, the sea just a stone's throw away and a lively atmosphere in the evening. The Colosseum also has the advantage of being located in the city centre. If you're staying in Opatija, there's no problem getting there by car! From the beginning of the season, there are cocktail-bar "before" parties, beach parties and a nightlife that is always very disco house, animated by resident DJs and international guests.