The 25 Best Nightclubs In The World

The best nightclubs in the world play host to some of the world’s biggest names in dance music, using the best sound systems and lighting rigs the industry has to offer.

Often set in idyllic locations such as beach fronts or unique old buildings, these popular clubs are some of the most exciting places to listen to music.

In this guide, we’ll break down the hottest nightclub venues you can visit, covering the music they specialize in and what makes these venues such incredible places.

 

The 25 Best Nightclubs In The World

To bring you this list of the coolest clubs from around the world, we’ve drawn upon DJ Mag’s list of the top 100 clubs in the world.

In addition to covering the various resident and guest DJs featured at these venues, we’ve also explored the architecture, history, and surrounding area that adds to their appeal.

Without further ado, here’s our list of the 25 best clubs in the world:

 

25. Yalta

Location: Sofia, Bulgaria 

Since its inception in 1991, Yalta Club in Sofia, Bulgaria, has forged a reputation as one of the best nightclubs in the region.

Boasting a Meyer Sound system, the spacious dancefloor and balconies of Room 1 have hosted some of the best DJs in the world, including Tiesto, Paul Oakenfold, and Axwell.

Room 2’s concrete aesthetics and industrial atmosphere offer more adventurous clubbers innovative DJ sets from forward-thinking, experimental artists.

With its friendly clientele and bouncing vibe, Yalta is a must for dance music fans looking for an unforgettable night out in the Balkans. 

 

24. Aquarius

Location: Zrće Beach, Croatia

Croatia’s leading venue Aquarius sits in a prime location on Zrće Beach, surrounded by exceptional sea views on one side and mountains on the other.

The 2000-capacity open-air venue hosts a broad range of events, with their Hard Island Festival and Hideout Festival drawing huge crowds.

Located on one of Europe’s most popular beaches, Aquarius has played host to the likes of Afrojack, Axwell, and Sven Vath, with events dedicated to various genres.

Clubbers looking for gorgeous weather and the option to go for a dip in the ocean will feel completely at home on a night out at Aquarius.

 

23. DC-10

Location: Ibiza, Spain

DC-10 has a long and illustrious history as one of Ibiza’s most popular and enduring venues, where house music came to be defined.

Taking its name from the airplane previously housed in the hangar, which now serves as the nightclub, it has embodied the spirit of hedonism since it first opened in 1999.

Big-name DJs such as Carl Cox have served as resident DJs at DC-10, and it has played host to some of the best female DJs in the world, including Amelie Lens and Peggy Gou.

It’s the go-to club on the Balearic Island for the best parties in the region and something of a Mecca for hardcore clubbers.

 

22. Culture Club Revelin

Location: Dubrovnik, Croatia

Another exceptional venue you can visit in Croatia is the Culture Club Revelin, ditching the sun-kissed vibes of Aquarius in favor of a medieval fortress.

With an atmosphere reminiscent of a basement club, Culture Club Revelin is a multi-room venue rammed to the rafters with lasers, lights, and booming speakers.

Revelers visiting the club can expect pounding music from leading acts on the dance floor of the main room, with lighter fare in the upstairs space.

Resident DJs cover techno and house music, and previous guests include Claptone, Miss Monique, and Gorgon City.

 

21. Warung Beach Club

Location: Santa Catarina, Brazil

Located in Santa Catarina in southern Brazil, Warung Beach Club is another vibrant beachfront venue with a dance floor illuminated by the rising sun.

The venue’s unique acoustics come from its construction from wood, thatch, and other natural materials that give it an overall warm and welcoming feel.

It’s limited in its opening times, so there’s no native speaker system; instead, custom rigs are brought into the club space when it opens to the public.

Dance music lovers looking for VIP clubs that play the best summer songs in a suitably warm and breezy climate will feel completely at home at Warung Beach Club.

 

20. Motion & Marble Factory

Location: Bristol, UK

The United Kingdom might lack the same appealing climate as Brazil, but the British have led the charge with electronic music since its inception.

Bristol has several great venues, but Motion & Marble Factory is one of the go-to clubs if you want to listen to high-end DJs surrounded by a massive crowd.

With a year-round line-up and stages indoors and outdoors, they’ve hosted acts such as Rudimental, Disclosure, and Mr. Scruff.

If you prefer live music, Motion & Marble Factory also caters to these events, making it an excellent venue for clubbers with eclectic taste in music.

 

19. Play House

Location: Chengdu, China

China may be relatively new to the nightclub scene, but its venue owners and promoters have come a long way in a short time.

The 3000-capacity Play House club, based in Chengdu, is an award-winning venue hosting festival-sized events across its 7,500 square meters of space.

The sound system is cutting edge, with amazing shows enhanced by the meta-universe stage design, complex lights, and motion graphics displays.

Adventurous clubbers looking to head farther afield and who plan on visiting China will find Play House one of the country’s best nightclubs.

 

18. Pacha

Location: Ibiza, Spain

Like DC-10, Ibiza’s Pacha has established a legendary reputation over the decades, becoming a global brand with clubs in metropolises, including New York and Moscow.

Established in 1973, it became another Mecca for house music fans under the residency of Pete Tong, with EDM luminaries such as Steve Aoki bringing it into the 21st century.

A converted farmhouse with pristine white walls that match the island’s vibe, Pacha pumps out bassy dance music through its d&b audiotechnik sound installation.

It’s a must-visit venue for anyone’s Ibiza itinerary, renowned for its powerful music and welcoming atmosphere.

 

17. 1/3 One Third

Location: Beijing, China

Returning to China, this time for the 1/3 One Third club, located in one of the most populated cities in the country, Beijing.

Its futuristic interior design runs consistently throughout its ten executive rooms and open booths, with four private rooms available for wealthy clientele.

Known for its willingness to branch out with music genres, One Third is a venue as comfortable playing hip-hop and K-pop as it is pumping out EDM classics.

With a regular line-up of themed parties and indoor festivals, it’s a bold and daring clubbing experience for anyone visiting China’s capital city.

 

16. Avant Gardner & The Brooklyn Mirage

Location: Brooklyn, New York City, USA

Located in the heart of the Big Apple, Avant Gardner & the Brooklyn Mirage is one of the biggest venues in the city, with enough space for over 8000 visitors.

High-profile DJs, including David Guetta, Derrick Carter, and Tiesto, have all played here over the venue’s mind-blowing KV2 Audio sound system.

If you prefer to take your dancing outdoors, the Brooklyn Mirage space replicates the sound quality and overall atmosphere with its mezzanine and balconies.

This combination of excellent DJ gear, stunning visuals, and world-class DJs makes Avant Gardner & the Brooklyn Mirage one of the best clubs in America.

 

15. Illuzion

Location: Phuket, Thailand

Thailand has long established its reputation as one of the world’s best countries for nightclubs, with Illuzion dominating Phuket’s Patong Beach.

It plays host to artists and DJs from all walks of life, covering the most popular music genres in addition to Thailand’s leading hip-hop performers.

International acts are drawn to the club’s spacious dance floor in the main room, which features a bass-pounding Funktion One sound system and a giant LED wall.

A party hotspot with a capacity of over 5000 people, Illuzion fully deserves its reputation as one of South-East Asia’s leading nightclubs.

 

14. Zouk

Location: Singapore

Singapore’s Zouk club brings the industrial aesthetics and futuristic music typically found in the best clubs in Berlin and New York to South-East Asia.

Within its cavernous, warehouse-like interior, the club is divided into four main spaces, including a main room with a capacity of approximately 2000 people.

If you prefer hip-hop and drum and bass, the smaller Phuture room caters to these genres, while the Capital room offers a more laid-back space with multiple bars.

It’s an impressive mix of neo-futuristic opulence, which offers a great selection of styles to cater to all tastes in music.

 

13. Fabric

Location: London, UK

Few nightclubs have achieved quite the same legacy as London’s Fabric, which has played host to producers who have worked with some of the biggest record labels in the world.

A former meat storage cellar, Fabric embodies the dark, atmospheric vibe typically associated with hardcore techno venues, complete with a minimalist concrete DJ booth and a strict no-photography policy.

Residents such as Terry Francis, Craig Richards, and Tapefeed deliver impeccable sets to warm things up for headline acts, including Ricardo Villalobos and Juan Atkins.

Taking things to the next level with the bodysonic dance floor, it’s a venue to visit if you truly want to feel the music coursing through your body.

 

12. Berghain

Location: Berlin, Germany

Location: Berlin, Germany

Berlin’s Berghain nightclub is frequently cited as one of the best nightclubs in the world, curating the best electronic music from world-class DJs.

The venue resembles an underground techno dungeon, sporting a high-ceiling dancefloor decked out with masses of concrete and steel.

There’s also the smaller Panorama Bar for chilling out with a drink, decorated with enormous photographs taken by iconic German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans.

Hardcore music fans who have yet to pay a visit to the “church of techno” should immediately add this to their clubbing bucket list.

 

11. Exchange LA

Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Los Angeles has long been at the center of the EDM scene, with vibrant clubs such as Exchange LA hosting acts that include Calvin Harris, Deadmau5, and Kaskade.

Housed inside the former Los Angeles Stock Exchange building, Exchange features some of the best DJ lights of any venue, including an enormous Oracle LED video wall.

Thanks to its partnership with Insomniac, Exchange LA puts on regular events with brands such as Dreamstate, Factory93, and Bassrush.

The icing on the cake is its projection-mapped visuals, which light up the building to further immerse dancers into the rhythm of the music.

 

10. Papaya Club

Location: Novalja, Croatia

Returning once again to Zrce Beach in Croatia for the Papaya Club, surrounded by palm trees and complete with a swimming pool and open-air dancefloors.

This idyllic environment is complemented by boat rides on the Adriatic Sea during sunset and restaurants where you can take a break from dancing.

Headline acts such as Will Sparks, Meduza, and Fedde Le Grand are some of the big names who’ve graced the venue’s main stage over the years.

More than just a nightclub, the Papaya Club is a full beach holiday experience that manages to throw in high-spec speakers and lasers to boot.

 

9. Laroc Club

Location: Valinhos, Brazil

The Laroc Club is another fantastic open-air venue in Brazil, located in Sao Paulo, near the Valinhos countryside.

The 50,000-square-foot venue draws in hardcore clubbers and tourists alike, thanks to its gorgeous climate and gigantic main stage.

They hosted many popular performers like Tiësto and Deadmau5, bringing an additional party vibe with their use of pyrotechnic displays and confetti explosions.

Whether you’re a casual backpacker looking to party or a committed raver traveling Latin America, Laroc Club delivers an unforgettable night out.

 

8. The Warehouse Project

Location: Manchester, U.K.

Manchester’s The Warehouse Project is a trailblazer in British nightclubs, renowned for its explosive New Year’s Eve parties.

Its diverse approach to music that leaves you wondering where DJs get their music from has seen bookings including eclectic DJs such as Aphex Twin and Jeff Mills.

The venue is in an expansive industrial complex, broken up into multiple zones with different DJs, food, and music.

If you want to see what the Warehouse Project offers, you need to book early, as gigs at this hugely popular venue consistently sell out.

 

7. Amnesia

Location: Ibiza, Spain

Like the Ibiza nightclub Pacha, Amnesia has been around since the 1970s, but it became the go-to venue for electronic music in the 1990s.

Featuring its own custom-made speaker system and an enclosed greenhouse terrace, it captures the sun-kissed vibe that has become synonymous with Ibiza.

Resident Jamie Jones has significantly impacted Amnesia in recent years, with his forward-thinking Paradise nights proving to be incredibly popular.

Seasoned ravers who haven’t yet visited Amnesia will find it an unforgettable experience that’s on par with the best Ibiza offers.

 

6. Ushuaïa

Ibiza continues its streak as home to many of the best nightclubs in the world, with Ushuaïa, a multi-functional venue, first opened in 2008.

In addition to a club, Ushuaïa features a hotel along with several restaurants and bars, but it’s the poolside stage that serves as the biggest draw for clientele.

An Adamson multi-diffusion sound system serves guest DJs who have included Armin Van Buuren, Calvin Harris, and Swedish House Mafia.

It’s yet another paradisical venue found on Spain’s Balearic island, known for hosting some of the most hotly sought-after DJs working today.

 

5. Bootshaus

Location: Ibiza, Spain

Berlin’s industrial shipyard district is the home for Bootshaus, another club that dominates the techno world with its booming Funktion One sound system.

More recently, the club has expanded its repertoire to include big room and plays host to Blacklist, responsible for the best bass songs and one of Cologne’s leading brands.

Recent upgrades to the venue include a completely redesigned outdoor area, and you can also visit Bootshaus in the Metaverse via Bootshaus XR.

Bootshaus’s combination of stunning-sounding music and a welcoming crowd of regulars makes it an essential club to add to your checklist when visiting Germany.

 

4. Printworks

Location: London, U.K.

Perhaps the closest rival to Fabric in England’s club-packed capital city is Printworks, which takes on the expansive warehouse aesthetics of Manchester’s Warehouse Project.

Founded by Matt Clark in 2003, Printworks has been designed in collaboration with the London-based collective United Visual Artists.

The result is a superb combination of well-orchestrated lights that maximize the impact of its cavernous spaces and impressive architecture.

Celebrated artists who have performed here include Charlotte De Witte, Critical Sound, and Derrick Carter, making it the go-to club for top-tier artists.

 

3. Green Valley

Location: Balneário Camboriú, Brazil

Brazilian nightclub Green Valley was completely destroyed in June 2020 and was restructured from the ground up before reopening in 2021.

The result is a brand new main stage, chill-out area, bars, and a tented covering that considerably improves over what came before.

Its use of multiple spaces and vibrant, colorful artwork adorning its walls makes Green Valley an experience for the sense.

One of the crowning achievements of nightclubs in Brazil, Green Valley, has helped place Camboriú firmly on the map.

 

2. Echostage

Location: Washington D.C., USA

Washington, D.C. might be better known for politics than its lively nightlife, but the club Echostage has helped give it a reputation among electronic music fans around America.

The largest venue in the area at 30,000 square feet, it offers festival-level audio and visual production values with top-tier DJs

Carl Cox and Eric Prydz regularly appear on the roster, along with a long list of other internationally-renowned DJs from a wide range of genres.

The large dance floor is flanked by two long bars, giving the clientele a great vantage point over the space.

If you’re feeling flush, you can enjoy a truly premium evening out by picking up a ticket for the VIP mezzanine.

 

1. Hï

Location: Ibiza, Spain

Ibiza’s Hï venue lands the top spot as the best club in the world, and it’s not hard to see why when examining its incredible light array and overall stunning venue design.

Influenced by an Italian amphitheater, the dance floor is encircled by a raised terrace, and BB4 lasers combine with a CO2 Megatron for an assault on the senses.

Guest acts include some of the richest DJs in the world, and David Guetta bolstered his growing reputation with an 18-week residency.

Everything about Hï screams state-of-the-art, making it an essential venue and the best nightclub in the world, whatever your taste in music.

 

Summary

So there you have it, our complete guide exploring the music genres, guest DJs, and venue aesthetics of the best nightclubs in the world.

These world-class clubs offer something for everyone, delivering stunning sound quality matched with jaw-dropping visuals and animated wall screens.

With venues constantly upgrading their spaces and changing their lineups, the future remains bright for hardcore clubbers and tourists looking for a great night out.

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