Clubs & Nightlife in St. Petersburg

Author: Dimitry Paranyushkin (on 04 Feb 2015)
St Petersburg was the first city in Russia to adapt club culture in the late 80s. The club movement started with underground rock clubs and art centers and expanded later, in the beginning of 90s, to rave clubs.
However, it was in the middle of 90s when the club culture really started to boom, and that was when the most famous clubs, like FishFabrique, Moloko, Mama started to become popular.
Nowadays, St. Petersburg is the place to go for live alternative and rock music concerts, as well as for jazz and "arty" clubs, where you can have a beer and meet a lot of people over one evening. Dance clubs are also popular, but are not as good as in Moscow (maybe St. Petersburg'ers think otherwise...). Another difference from Moscow is that a lot of places seem to be less pretentious, thus having a relaxed and easy-going atmosphere.

 

Bar 812

This cocktail bar has somewhat bad choice in music on Fridays & Saturdays but simply the best selection of alcohol and fantastic drinks in St.

Clean Plates Society Café

Clean Plates Society is owned by the same guys as Mishka (page 423), this cafe is a bit more chilled due to the absence of music and night bar (they close at 1 or 2 am).

Dom Beat Club

A hip and relaxed club opened by the owners of the Moscow's Solyanka club.

Krysha Bar

A nondescript simple and slightly hidden place located on a roof of a building with an amazing city view and friendly crowd.

Loft Proyekt Etazhi

Home to several creative bureaus, a cafe, an entertainment center for kids, a cafe, a gallery space and a hostel.

Mayak Bar

Rymochnaya Mayak is a drinking place where you can have vodka for as low as 40 R (€1) a shot.

Mishka Bar

A small hipster bar located in a basement, hosts packed dance parties on weekends and can be a lot of fun if you’re lucky with the crowd and music.

Pif Paf Bar

More like a bar, Pif Paf is a good place to dance, although a bit small.

Pushkinskaya 10 Art Space

Squatted by a collective of artists in 1989, Pushkinskaya 10 is one of the first independent art centers in Russia.

Stackenschneider Bar

Located at Architector art cluster, Stackenschneider Bar hosts all-night house and electronic music parties.

Taiga Platform and Creaitve Space

Taiga is a whole house that hosts several design and architecture bureaus, a vegetarian cafe, an exhibition and event space, several small creative bureaus, a radio station, a book shop and even a hostel.

Terminal Bar

A small and popular bar that calls itself “the territory of free interaction”.

Union Bar

A new bar on with tasty burgers, a lot of space, nice design (a bit New York-ish), good drinks and friendly atmosphere.

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