Must-see nightlife in Gdańsk & Pomerania

  • Józef K

    Gdańsk

    Is it a bar or a junk shop? You decide as you relax with a cocktail or a glass of excellent Polish perry on one of the battered sofas, illuminated by an…

  • Flisak '76

    Gdańsk

    Around for over 40 years, this is Gdańsk's longest-established cocktail bar and still, according to many, the best. The funky retro interior complements…

  • Koliba

    Sopot

    A beach hike or bike ride north along the Baltic, this totally incongruous, traditional Tatran mountain chalet is a restaurant by day, but at 9.30pm from…

  • Młody Byron

    Sopot

    Far from the lubricated wannabes on ul BMC, this elegant minipalace houses a quaint little coffeehouse (the former U Hrabiego), where more bookish types…

  • Probiernia Win

    Gdańsk

    Finally someone has come up with a use for the huge space beneath the Great Arsenal, filling the mammoth building's cavernous underbelly with this superb…

  • Cafe Ferber

    Gdańsk

    It’s startling to step straight from Gdańsk’s historic main street into this very modern cafe-bar, dominated by bright red panels, a suspended ceiling and…

  • Degustatornia Dom Piwa

    Gdańsk

    If beer brings you cheer, then the 180 types of ale, lager, porter and other hop-based concoctions will have you ecstatic. Tens of Polish bottled beers…

  • Kozlovna Złota Brama

    Gdańsk

    Typical Czech franchise pub belonging to the Pilsner Urquell brewery with a clean-cut, goat-themed interior ('kozel' means billy-goat in Czech), big jugs…

  • Christopher Columbus

    Szczecin

    Pass the large bloody-mouthed plastic shark strung up outside to discover Szczecin’s best beer garden wrapped around a wooden pavilion. The place offers…

  • Spatif

    Sopot

    Head up the steps off ul BMC to find this unmissable, avant-garde place packed with charity-shop leftovers and backstage kitsch. The crowd ranges from…

  • Cafe Wieża

    Gdańsk & Pomerania

    Occupying the ground and 1st floor of a church tower that lost its church in WWII, this tiny cafe has just two tables next to a real fire downstairs and a…

  • Brovarnia

    Gdańsk

    Pomerania's best microbrewery cooks up award-winning dark, wheat and lager beers in polished copper vats amid sepia photos of old Gdańsk. Tables are…

  • Stara Komenda

    Szczecin

    Szczecin's very own microbrewery concocts four of its very own beers and has quickly become the city's premier elbow-bending venue for orthodox fans of…

  • Literacka

    Gdańsk

    This intimate, two-level wine bar stocks reds and whites from all over the world, including – wait for it – Poland! Staff know their Dornfelder from their…

  • Cafe Lamus

    Gdańsk

    This fun retro-style bar has a random scattering of 1970s sofas and armchairs (and deckchairs outside), big-print wallpaper from the same period, and a…

  • Miasto Aniołów

    Gdańsk

    The 'City of Angels' covers all the bases – late-night revellers can hit the spacious dance floor, crash in the chill-out area or hang around the…

  • E Wedel Cafe

    Szczecin

    Housed in the baroque Royal Gate, another fragment of lost history, this franchise hot-chocolate cafe is an authentically historical place to have a drink…

  • Kamienica

    Gdańsk

    The pick of the bunch on ul Mariacka is this excellent two-level cafe with a calm, sophisticated atmosphere and the best patio on the block. As popular…

  • City Hall

    Szczecin

    This impressive space in the basement of the massive red-brick former Town Hall just off ul Maja packs in up to 400 clubbers for some of the biggest…

  • Zaścianek

    Sopot

    Delightful olde-worlde hideaway full of antique bric-a-brac, potted plants, oil paintings and intimate tables for two run by friendly owners. Popular with…

  • Pikawa

    Gdańsk

    One of the early postcommunist originals, this well-worn, aromatic coffeehouse is still worth a shot for the expertly barristered brews and the huge blown…

  • Klub Atelier

    Sopot

    Classic Sopot club with beach access, a different big-name DJ every night and a cool, well-to-do Baltic feel attracting the Tri-City's beautiful people.

  • Kawodajnia

    Gdańsk & Pomerania

    Down a set of steps off busy al Sienkiewicza, Caffeteria Retro is one of the town’s more characterful spots to grab a cuppa joe.

  • Parlament

    Gdańsk

    Popular mainstream club with strutting nights devoted to the hits of yesteryear, pop, dance, R & B, electronic and hip-hop.

  • Scena

    Sopot

    Eclectic beach club with a calendar of jazz, DJs, live music and special events. One of Sopot's best.

  • Cafe Absinthe

    Gdańsk

    By day this unassuming bar occupying an inconspicuous corner of the Teatr Wybrzeże building is the haunt of a few coffee-cradling newspaper readers. But…