Nightlife Venues

Moscow, Moscow

Arma17 is Moscow's most celebrated underground electronic music club — a massive former gas storage facility converted to a 2,000-person capacity techno and house club that has been voted one of the best clubs in the world by Resident Advisor and has hosted virtually every major international electronic music artist. The club's extraordinary industrial aesthetic, its world-class sound system, and its remarkable contribution to Russian electronic music culture create a nightclub of considerable European electronic music heritage significance.

Nizhny Susalniy per. 5, Moscow, 105064

Moscow, Moscow

Gazgolder is Moscow's most important underground hip-hop and electronic music club — an industrial venue that has served as the home of Russia's most successful independent hip-hop label (Gazgolder Records, home of Basta, one of Russia's biggest rap artists) and a vibrant underground music scene. The club's extraordinary role in developing Russian hip-hop culture and its remarkable underground aesthetic in a repurposed industrial space create a nightclub of genuine Russian urban music culture significance.

ul. Baumanskaya 11, Moscow, 105005

Moscow, Moscow

Gipsy is Moscow's most prestigious open-air nightclub — a beautifully designed venue in Gorky Park overlooking the Moscow River that has set the standard for Russian luxury nightlife since its opening, drawing international celebrities, oligarchs, and the most fashionable crowd in one of Europe's largest cities. The club's extraordinary Gorky Park setting (the park was immortalized in Martin Cruz Smith's novel and was closed to the public for decades during the Soviet era before its remarkable 2011 renovation) and its outstanding programming create a nightclub of considerable Russian contemporary culture significance.

Gorky Park, ul. Krymsky Val 9, Moscow, 119049

Moscow, Moscow

Moscow's Kitai-Gorod district nightclub and bar scene represents the most historically atmospheric nightlife zone in Russia — a neighborhood whose name means "China Town" (though it has no Chinese connection) that encompasses some of the oldest streets in Moscow, just meters from the Kremlin walls, where ancient Russian history and contemporary nightlife create an extraordinary atmospheric juxtaposition. Kitai-Gorod's remarkable historical density and its vibrant contemporary entertainment scene create nightclubs of considerable Russian cultural heritage significance.

ul. Maroseika 9/2, Moscow, 101000

Moscow, Moscow

Moscow's Elektrozavodskaya area electronic music club scene represents the most industrially atmospheric face of Russian rave culture — converted Soviet-era factories and industrial spaces that create powerful techno venues in a city whose post-Soviet transformation has produced one of Europe's most dynamic underground music cultures. Moscow's extraordinary scale (the largest city in Europe) and its remarkable electronic music scene create nightclubs of considerable Russian contemporary culture significance.

ul. Elektrozavodskaya 27, Moscow, 107023

Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg's Dumskaya Street nightclub corridor is the most concentrated nightlife district in Russia — a single short street in the historic center where dozens of bars, clubs, and underground venues create one of the most intense and authentic urban nightlife experiences in Eastern Europe. Saint Petersburg's extraordinary cultural identity (Peter the Great's "Window to Europe," capital of the Russian Empire for 200 years, siege survivor, and cultural capital of Russia) creates nightclubs of remarkable historical and atmospheric significance.

Dumskaya ul. 11, Saint Petersburg, 191186

Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

Icon Club on Dumskaya Street in Saint Petersburg is the anchor of Russia's most legendary nightlife street — a multi-format nightclub in a city whose extraordinary cultural heritage (the Hermitage, the Mariinsky, the Nevsky Prospekt) combines with a passionate nightlife culture that has made Saint Petersburg one of the most important electronic music cities in Europe. Dumskaya Street's remarkable concentration of nightclubs and bars and the city's extraordinary musical traditions create a nightclub of genuine Russian cultural significance.

Dumskaya ul. 9, Saint Petersburg, 191186

Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

MOD Club in Saint Petersburg is one of Russia's most respected underground music venues — a converted Soviet-era factory space presenting outstanding electronic music, industrial, and experimental acts in a city with deep roots in both classical music tradition and cutting-edge electronic culture. Saint Petersburg's extraordinary musical range (from the Mariinsky's world-class opera and ballet to Dumskaya's underground clubs) and MOD's remarkable programming create a nightclub of genuine Russian underground music significance.

Narvskiy pr. 15, Saint Petersburg, 198095

Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg's Vasilyevsky Island nightclub scene creates extraordinary atmospheric nightlife on one of the city's most historically significant geographic locations — an island that was the center of Peter the Great's original vision for his new capital city, where the famous rostral columns, the Kunstkamera (Russia's first museum), and the Stock Exchange building create an incomparably historic urban backdrop for Russian nightlife culture. The island's remarkable 300-year history and its contemporary entertainment scene create nightclubs of genuine Russian historical heritage significance.

Vasilyevsky Island, Saint Petersburg, 199034

Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

Tunnel Club is one of Saint Petersburg's most legendary and long-running techno clubs — an underground venue operating in a former bomb shelter beneath the streets of Saint Petersburg that has been a destination for electronic music devotees since the early post-Soviet era and has helped establish the city as one of Eastern Europe's most important electronic music scenes. The club's extraordinary underground setting and its remarkable historical role in Russian electronic music culture create a nightclub of genuine Russian rave culture significance.

Zverinskaya ul. 36, Saint Petersburg, 197198