Places to check out :: Europe ??

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:50 am

Hi All.

As you know I'm heading over to Europe in September.

As many of you guys have been, just wondering if anyone has any reccomendations on places to check out, Clubs/Bars/Cafes etc etc that you loved..

Going to the following places.

1) London
2) Berlin
3) Prague
4) Vienna
5) BudaPest
6) Poland - Krakow and Warsaw
7) Spain - Barcelona & San Sebastion
8 ) Paris
9) Italy - Rome, Florance & Venice

Any help would be appreciated..

Thanks

Luke

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:53 am

Check the mad coffee bar north of Termini station in Rome

Baristas in old skool waistcoats for serious coffee appreciators

'Bar Trombetta'

Cubist · Post by **Cubist** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:03 pm

Me also will be in EU late September. We may have meet up Add Boy!

stovequeen · Post by **stovequeen** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:05 pm

Ask me about Spain off line anytime Luke

San Seb has the most bars per capita in the world.. prepare yourself... seriously random behaviour goes on there..

elysium · Post by **elysium** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:08 pm

Loft was pretty cool in Barcelona when we stumbled upon in on a night out... Marco Bailey just happened to be playing.

Berlin is nuts - anywhere there is cool! I liked S036 when we were there. Mittes backpackers was a great place to stay - met heaps of cool people.

Budapest was another favourite. La Boheme was on there in the opera house for the equivalent of $5 or $6.

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:08 pm

Nice one Cubist. PM me and we can sort something out.

Thanks Fi. Yeah my sis has been to San Seb about 10 times so she got lostsa places to check out.. Will chat to you nect time i see you..

Natwa - DEFO have to check out 'Bar Trombetta'. Can't wait.

stovequeen · Post by **stovequeen** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:09 pm

ADD_Boy wrote: Yeah my sis has been to San Seb about 10 times

she doesn't mind

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:10 pm

stovequeen wrote:
ADD_Boy wrote: Yeah my sis has been to San Seb about 10 times
she doesn't mind

I reckon.. Nat was asking me yesterday "Does she ever work??". Doesn't mind at all.

Little Evil · Post by **Little Evil** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:13 pm

Stockholm.
My fave City in Europe.
Love it in Winter.

Lots of nice little cities around Scandinavia - Copenhagen, Orebro, Arhus, Oslo, Talin, etc.
But Stockholm is the 'jewel of the North'

Cubist · Post by **Cubist** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:13 pm

I'm going back to my home land - Latvia. Havent got much time there. Thinking I'd like to check out either Prague or Spain. Heaven't been to either. Anyone got some info on either? What they liked/what they didn't like etc?

elysium · Post by **elysium** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:16 pm

If you are going to Latvia anyway I would definitely recommend a stop in Tallin, Estonia and on the coast in Klaipeda, Lithuania. Everything was so cheap (may have changed now Estonia is on the Euro) and I had an awesome time in both places.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:27 pm

Lucky bastards!

Or more importantly, bastards-who-know-how-to-save!

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:36 pm

hehehe cheers for this thread Lukewa, very handy indeed

so Berlin is good aye Miss Elly. Think i am going to enjoy being around other Germans. Pity i can't speak German, damn it! Really looking forward to that part.

and Italy!!!!!!!

stovequeen · Post by **stovequeen** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:39 pm

Awesome to see so many people realising their dreams with travel plans

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:01 pm

Berlin is ACE

Got caught in an an anti NATO peace rally which turned Neo Nazi skin riot the moment we walked onto K'damm from the station

Tanks up and down the street, subways closed down and full police artillery, tear gas and agro via megaphones but obviously all in German

We were wandering along like 'Hrm.. this is kinda random...

I love WW2 history so Berlin was especially special for me

Wish I coulda been there when the wall came down. People dancing on the Brandenburg Gate!
Madness

Prague and Rome are in my top 3 fave cities in the world

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:07 pm

Fi - for sure, my dream got destroyed when i was 18 but here it is again from out of no where 8 years later. better late then never

Natwa - coooool!

Yeah i am looking forward to Rome. Even the airport i leave to come back to Melbourne is funny - Leonardo Da Vinci Airport

Sweet!

Cubist · Post by **Cubist** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:14 pm

Cubist wrote:Thinking I'd like to check out either Prague or Spain. Haven't been to either. Anyone got some info on either? What they liked/what they didn't like etc?

C'mon Stovie, I know u can answer this one for me!

stovequeen · Post by **stovequeen** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:15 pm

Lizkins wrote:Fi - for sure, my dream got destroyed when i was 18 but here it is again from out of no where 8 years later. better late then never

So happy for you girl!

My wings were clipped very young

But my life has taken a 360 in the last two years... time to realise

stovequeen · Post by **stovequeen** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:18 pm

Cubist wrote:
Cubist wrote:Thinking I'd like to check out either Prague or Spain. Haven't been to either. Anyone got some info on either? What they liked/what they didn't like etc?
C'mon Stovie, I know u can answer this one for me!

What kinda info you after??!

Spain is a massive place.. A month there was not long enough..

There was nothing i didn't like about being there. I have no regrets from that country.. oh hang on..

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:18 pm

stovequeen wrote:
Lizkins wrote:Fi - for sure, my dream got destroyed when i was 18 but here it is again from out of no where 8 years later. better late then never
So happy for you girl!

My wings were clipped very young

But my life has taken a 360 in the last two years... time to realise

stovequeen · Post by **stovequeen** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:22 pm

Lizkins wrote:
stovequeen wrote:
Lizkins wrote:Fi - for sure, my dream got destroyed when i was 18 but here it is again from out of no where 8 years later. better late then never
So happy for you girl!

My wings were clipped very young

But my life has taken a 360 in the last two years... time to realise

oh.. btw.. that thing i asked your help with a while back. It's been read

Post by **breaksRbest** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:29 pm

in Spain check out a small village called Ronda

something different to the hustle of places like Barcelona & Madrid. I farken LOVED it.

edit: and you also MUST see the Salvador Dali Museum in Figueres. too fucking cool

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:32 pm

stovequeen wrote:
Lizkins wrote:
stovequeen wrote: So happy for you girl!

My wings were clipped very young

But my life has taken a 360 in the last two years... time to realise

oh.. btw.. that thing i asked your help with a while back. It's been read

read? so its moving forward then...possibly should go to PMs...

stovequeen · Post by **stovequeen** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:33 pm

breaksRbest wrote:edit: and you also MUST see the Salvador Dali Museum in Figueres. too fucking cool

know someone who's going there tomorrow

Glenn

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:44 pm

Where do you start. Guess best thing is to discover them yourself...

Berlin:
Brewers Tours!! Make sure you get Terry Brewer as guide, he is a ex. brit spy who runs a 8 hour walking tour of the city. Was fuking amazing and he is a freak.
Tresor Party: They move around a little but get to one no matter what, best people, vibe, tunes...
Marias: There is a club on the river down behind the wall, a must see.

Barca: Shots Bar!!!!!! Ask for a Monica Lewinski.

Krakow: If you go to the camps try to take your own transport. Tha main Auschwitz camp is a museum and full of tourists and really shat me. if you can get out to Birkenau (AuschwitzII) (not many tourists buses go there) you get a much better idea of the deal, and some time to take it in with out the crowds. We had our own car so made it easy.

RDZA: Is the name of the club where i saw Andy C in Krakow. Deep under the level old school bomb shelter styles.

to much to tell, just go find it yourself!!!!

nhd · Post by **nhd** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:52 pm

a little bit of Florence / Firenze and a LOT of time in Venice / Venizia !!! make sure you go check out Lido when youre in Venice.

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:55 pm

Thanks Guys.

Keep em coming..

elysium · Post by **elysium** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:13 pm

DBoy wrote: Brewers Tours!! Make sure you get Terry Brewer as guide, he is a ex. brit spy who runs a 8 hour walking tour of the city.

these are rad! He took us on an 11 hour ramble. I think I learned more that day than for the rest of the 6 months I was on the road

nhd · Post by **nhd** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:21 pm

ADD_Boy, you might like to check out some of my photos from the recent trip.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nhdlux/
Italy, Barcelona, London

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:21 pm

yep, we lasted a full 11 hours too even after many had dropped off. Took Terry out for a beer afteerwards and he told us some stories of "cutting them up with blunt spoons".

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:23 pm

nhd wrote:ADD_Boy, you might like to check out some of my photos from the recent trip.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nhdlux/
Italy, Barcelona, London

I have. Some wicked shots on there man.

Getting me FIRED up looking at them..

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:50 pm

In Prague I went to a mad rock club funnily enough called Bunkr

it was out of control and I would heartily recommend it

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:12 pm

5) Budapest

Post by **fooishbar** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:19 pm

don't have anything useful for those first few, but definitely check out tallinn if you can. it's mad.

oh, in paris, there's a pretty sweet underground jazz bar. pretty sure it's on rue christine in the latin quarter. dropped in for a while one time and just watched random dudes jam with some leffe.

Rob M · Post by **Rob M** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:25 pm

check out the church of dead in Prague, made out of skeletal remains and bones etc. i've seen pics from mates its wicked!

Bratislava (my hometown) is awesome too. the clock museum, danube river and radio slovak building (upside down pyramid)

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:25 pm

fooishbar wrote: oh, in paris, there's a pretty sweet underground jazz bar. pretty sure it's on rue christine in the latin quarter. dropped in for a while one time and just watched random dudes jam with some leffe.

nice. Looking forward to Paris sooo much ..

Mellogs wrote:5) Budapest

Thanks for that Mel

Any places you recommmend ??

Post by **breaksRbest** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:37 pm

stovequeen wrote:
breaksRbest wrote:edit: and you also MUST see the Salvador Dali Museum in Figueres. too fucking cool
know someone who's going there tomorrow

Glenn

be prepared for a massive queue tho'

I pushed in, right up the front, and saved about 3 hours

Fiwi

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:47 pm

For architecture in Buda, (old Roman castles) and The Gundel Restaurant is the bestest!!!

Lake Ballaton for thermal springs, historical cities like Gyor, Szeged

& Pecs.

Get in touch with Fine Cut Bodies (he'll take you out for some breaks!!

)

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:48 pm

Mellogs wrote:For architecture in Buda, (old Roman castles) and The Gundel Restaurant is the bestest!!!

Lake Ballaton for thermal springs, historical cities like Gyor, Szeged & Pecs.

Get in touch with Fine Cut Bodies (he'll take you out for some breaks!! )

Now we talkin..

Thanks lady

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:02 pm

Paris - check out Buddha Bar - even if just for a drink (the food is amazing if you're in the mood for a splurge) but it is a stunning place to say the least.

London - Hampstead Heath is gorgeous and very much worth checking out. cosy little pubs and tres english. cuteness!

also in London - i loved the Tate modern, and go down to Camden for a wander. excellent bars and markets (i know that's a pretty standard tourist book thing to put in, but i loved it) and stores selling magic mushies for 15squid. (tube + mushrooms = weird/funny/scary experience)

no Amsterdam hey? guess you're packing a lot in, but I <3 the 'dam.

anyway lukewa...jealous as hell mate. if i think of some more spots i'll let ya know.

stovequeen · Post by **stovequeen** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:28 pm

breaksRbest wrote:
stovequeen wrote:
breaksRbest wrote:edit: and you also MUST see the Salvador Dali Museum in Figueres. too fucking cool
know someone who's going there tomorrow

Glenn

be prepared for a massive queue tho'

I pushed in, right up the front, and saved about 3 hours

Fiwi

really? walked straight in when i went. perhaps you went in the weekend?

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:15 pm

Rob M wrote:check out the church of dead in Prague, made out of skeletal remains and bones etc. i've seen pics from mates its wicked!

not sure about that

but there is a place about 1.5 hours East of Prague called Kuta Hora. You will need your own transport to make it easy. We did the trip and it was worth it.

They sold off a chruch in the 1800's and the family that bought it found a stock pile of remains in the basement. They let an artist go to work with them and do as he pleased...

My favourite spot in Prague was this lil gem of a park. The wall is made by an artist and designed to play on the human feeling of "doubt".

From a distance...

and on closer inspection...

There was some crazy hidden shit in there. :shrooms:

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:21 pm

one word

WOW

actually

FUCKING WOW

Spherix · Post by **Spherix** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:34 pm

i would ditch northern italy for southern italy

rome -> napoli -> positano -> isole eolie/sicily

more real.

elysium · Post by **elysium** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:49 pm

Also Cinque Terra

DBoy wrote: You will need your own transport

yes, listen to DBoy - we tried to get to Kutna Hora on the train and got insanely lost - we did however have an unintended and almost interesting tour of semi-rural Czech population centres... We never actually found the goddamn church, much to my disappointment.

I was told the bones are from mass graves from an outbreak of the plague in the area in the middle ages. Fascinating stuff.

RMHC · Post by **RMHC** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:47 pm

i had a similar thing in barcelona a couple of years ago...

gnat wrote:Berlin is ACE

Got caught in an an anti NATO peace rally which turned Neo Nazi skin riot the moment we walked onto K'damm from the station

Tanks up and down the street, subways closed down and full police artillery, tear gas and agro via megaphones but obviously all in German

We were wandering along like 'Hrm.. this is kinda random...

I love WW2 history so Berlin was especially special for me

Wish I coulda been there when the wall came down. People dancing on the Brandenburg Gate!
Madness

Prague and Rome are in my top 3 fave cities in the world

FliP · Post by **FliP** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:24 pm

i dunno if you like tek/electro styles but do yourself a favour..

http://www.ilovetechno.be/2006/main.htm

i went last year, got on the train from london to brussells fri arvo, catch a train to the festival to meet 50,000 yelling french and belgians drinking litre mugs of duvel, massive indoor warehouses all joined up, underworld live closing, train home sunday nite.
whole thing cost me about 60quid.
best thing ive ever been to..

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:35 pm

breaksRbest wrote: edit: and you also MUST see the Salvador Dali Museum in Figueres. too fucking cool

What he said. I liked it there A LOT.

same o · Post by **same o** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:40 pm

go to the red light district in amsterdam...

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:42 pm

3) Prague - the Jewish cemetery was one of my favourite places there. heaps to do and see with no dramas. get into the beer!

4) Vienna - Schonbrun Palace (Summer Palace) was the highlight for me there. The Palace at Versailles was modelled on it. Lovely huge grounds, eye popping palace and a peaceful escape from the hustle and bustle.

Also go climb to the top of the spire of St Stephen's. I think it was 357 steps? Top view from there.

7) Spain - Barcelona - Parc Guell. A must-do as well as all the other Gaudi things...

8 ) Paris - Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Arc de Triomphe (access via tunnel, not by running across 6 lane wide mad roundabout!), Marais and the Picasso Museum, Musee Dorsay, Musee Rodin (can you tell I like art?). Check your guide book for the late night openings at the galleries - less crowded.

9) Italy - Florence - Duomo, Piazza Michaelangelo for the great view across Florence. Dinner by the Arno was a highlight for me

You will have so much fun! Lucky fella

Melbourne Beats

Places to check out :: Europe ??

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