2 Best Nightlife in Zagreb and Environs, Croatia

A chilled out coffee-and-cocktails café during the day, Aquarius becomes one of Zagreb's top clubs for dancing, especially for disco and techno music, by night. Works on display from local artists and designers complement the musical program. The club overlooks the beach at Malo Jezero, the smaller of the two interconnected lakes comprising Lake Jarun, 5 km (3 miles) from the city center.

Croatian nightclubs are known for their lack of curfew, but this dance mecca takes that to the next level, bringing the party, and then the after-party, and then the after-after-party. The former warehouse factory sits on Radnička Street, about 15 minutes by car from the main square. The decor of exposed walls, graffiti, and pipe-lined ceilings testifies to its past. Four floors have different music, from rock and funk to rap and EDM. It's only open Friday and Saturday, and may close in summer.