Nightlife

Kraków's best speakeasy — tucked behind an unmarked door a step from the Main Square, reservations through the app or by phone. A brass bar, leather armchairs, classic and signature cocktails at London standards.

Daily 18:00–02:00; reservations required.

A cult Kazimierz bar since the 1990s — candlelit rooms with antique furniture and wooden shelves, a 19th-century atmosphere. Live jazz/blues at weekends in the back room.

Daily 9:00–04:00.

A bar with old Singer sewing machines for tables, candles, vinyl spinning jazz and klezmer. A Kazimierz classic — 'Jewish quarter' aesthetic, done without the kitsch.

Daily 14:00–04:00.

A daytime cafe and night-time cocktail bar in one, over in Kazimierz — flat whites and laptops in the afternoon, then around 10pm it shifts into a busy bar with craft cocktails and a DJ.

Mon–Thu 9:00–02:00, Fri–Sat 9:00–04:00, Sun 10:00–02:00.

Kraków's biggest central club — three dance floors in an underground maze just off the Main Square. House, techno, hip-hop depending on the room. The main draw for student nights out.

Thu–Sat 22:00–06:00.

A former hotel lobby converted into an alternative cultural space — craft beer, vinyl DJs, and in summer a huge riverside deck on the Vistula with a view of Wawel. The young Kraków scene.

Mon–Thu 12:00–24:00, Fri–Sat 12:00–02:00, Sun 12:00–24:00.