Athens nightlife moves with the seasons. From autumn to spring the clubs are in the centre: Gazi around the old gasworks, the streets between Psyrri and Thissio, and a few rooms near Syntagma and Omonia. In summer much of the party moves to the coast, to beach clubs on Poseidonos Avenue such as Bolivar in Alimos. The bars are the city's strongest card: three made The World's 50 Best Bars in 2025. Greek-hits clubs sell tables and bottles rather than door tickets, while the electronic rooms sell tickets for €10–25. Worth knowing: metro lines 2 and 3 and the tram run all night on Saturdays, and the last Friday trains leave Syntagma at 02:00.
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The season decides where you go. From autumn to spring the clubs are in the centre, in Gazi, Psyrri and around Thissio. In summer much of the night moves to the beach clubs of the Athens Riviera, and the best known of them, Bolivar in Alimos, keeps its events going into October.
Saturday is the easy night to get home. Metro lines 2 and 3 and the tram run through Saturday night into Sunday, every 15 minutes on the metro. On Friday the last trains leave Syntagma at 02:00. Line 1, the green line through Thissio and Monastiraki, stops around 00:15 every night.
Two kinds of club share the city. Greek-hits and urban clubs in Gazi, such as Destijl and Athina Night Livin, work on tables, with a bottle from €100 for a group. The electronic and alternative rooms, Oddity Club, Death Disco and Gazarte, sell tickets on More.com, usually €10–25.
Line was number 8 in The World's 50 Best Bars 2025, The Bar in Front of the Bar number 47, and Baba au Rum is on the 2026 extended list.
Oddity Club books touring techno names from Friday to Sunday, and Gazarte hosts the TUNNEL club nights.
Death Disco mixes club nights with gigs by bands such as Corpus Delicti and Die Selektion.
The Greek-hits clubs in Gazi price by the bottle for four to six people, which suits a group.
Beach clubs on the Riviera run day into night, and the coastal tram runs all night on Saturdays.
A for Athens looks straight at the Acropolis from above Monastiraki Square.
Not for you if you want one big techno club that is open every weekend of the year. Athens runs on events, seasons and tables, so check the listings before you book.
A drink on a rooftop facing the Acropolis, around Monastiraki or Psyrri.
Cocktail bars around Syntagma and in Petralona. Baba au Rum opens at 19:00 and pours until 03:00.
Club nights get going. Themed nights at Death Disco are billed from 23:30.
Beach parties at Bolivar start at midnight on event nights.
On Friday the last metro trains leave Syntagma. On Saturday lines 2 and 3 keep running all night.
The longest beach parties are billed to finish now.
Industrial room on Iraklidon, open Friday to Sunday. RØDHÅD opened the 2026–27 season on 3 October.
On the sand at Akti tou Iliou in Alimos, with events billed from midnight to 08:00 and a season that runs into October.
The Bar in Front of the Bar, Baba au Rum and The Clumsies are a short walk apart near Syntagma.
Bands first, club nights from Thursday to Saturday, 100 metres from Thissio metro.
Three stages facing Technopolis, the gasworks that became a cultural centre in 1987.
Ntiskompala plays the hits of the seventies to the nineties every Friday and Saturday.
Rooftop bars over Monastiraki Square, Death Disco near Thissio station and Romantso towards Omonia. Monastiraki station is on lines 1 and 3.
The Clumsies, Baba au Rum and The Bar in Front of the Bar within a short walk, plus Burger Disco Club on Nikis. Lines 2 and 3 stop here.
The old gasworks and the streets around it: Gazarte, Greek-hits clubs such as Destijl, and one-off parties at Plex. Kerameikos station is on Line 3.
Oddity Club on Iraklidon, Line and Upupa Epops in Kato Petralona. Quieter streets, serious drinks.
Bars along Asklipiou, such as Vein Athens, in a neighbourhood known for bookshops, artists and its anarchist reputation.
On the slopes of Lycabettus: 42 Bar for classics and Ntiskompala for retro disco at the weekend.
A residential area with Tiki Bar Athens on Falirou and Akropoli and Syngrou-Fix stations on Line 2.
Beach clubs along Poseidonos Avenue, with Bolivar in Alimos. The coastal tram line 7 runs along the shore.
Most club nights sell tickets on More.com, and the electronic rooms also list on Resident Advisor. The Greek-hits clubs in Gazi work on reservations: you book a table by phone and buy a bottle for the group. Some venues only open for events, so check the date before you travel across town. Bring photo ID.
Most club nights cost €10–25 in autumn 2026: themed nights at Death Disco around €10–13, gigs there €20–25, student beach parties at Bolivar €5–6 and a headline DJ there from €25. Concerts at Gazarte run €17–45. Table bottles in Gazi cost €100–160 for four to six people.
On Saturday, metro lines 2 and 3 run all night, every 15 minutes, and the tram every 25 minutes; airport trains are excluded. On Friday the last trains leave Syntagma at 02:00, and on other nights the metro stops around 00:20. Line 1 stops around 00:15. A 90-minute ticket costs €1.20. Night buses such as the X14 from Syntagma and the 040 to Piraeus run every 20–40 minutes. The airport taxi flat fare rises from €50 to €65 between midnight and 05:00.
| Club entry | €10–25 |
| Table bottle, Greek-hits club | €100–160 (4–6 people) |
| Concert ticket at Gazarte | €17–45 |
| Beach party at Bolivar | €5–25 |
| Metro, tram or bus, 90 minutes | €1.20 |
| 24-hour transport ticket | €4.10 |
| Airport express bus | €5.50 |
| Taxi airport to centre at night | €65 |
A €10–13 themed night at Death Disco or a student beach party, and two €1.20 tickets.
A €25 headline beach party at Bolivar or a gig at Death Disco, and a €4.10 day ticket for the metro and tram.
A premium bottle for six at a Greek-hits club in Gazi, split across the group, and a taxi home.
Lines 2 and 3 and the tram run all night on Saturdays. On Friday the last trains leave Syntagma at 02:00.
The green line through Thissio and Monastiraki stops around 00:15. Walk to Syntagma or Kerameikos for an all-night train on Saturday.
Oddity Club, Death Disco, Gazarte and Bolivar all sell there, and big names sell out.
The Greek-hits clubs in Gazi sell bottles per table rather than tickets. Call ahead and go as a group.
Summer nights are on the coast and winter nights in the centre. Beach events at Bolivar run into October.
A taxi between the airport and the centre is a flat €50 by day and €65 between midnight and 05:00. The express bus costs €5.50.
The gasworks opened in 1857 and reopened as the Technopolis cultural centre in 1987.
The neighbourhood takes its name from a small column in Kolonaki Square that stood there before the area was built up.
Vasilis Kyritsis and Nikos Bakoulis opened The Clumsies in 2012 and are also behind Line, number 8 in The World's 50 Best Bars 2025.
The planned Line 4 is expected to have a station under Exarchia Square, a project that has met strong local opposition.
On Saturday night, yes: lines 2 and 3 run every 15 minutes and the tram every 25 minutes, though not to the airport. On Friday the last trains leave Syntagma at 02:00, and on other nights the metro stops around 00:20.
Gazi for clubs, Psyrri and Monastiraki for rooftops and late rooms, Syntagma for cocktail bars, and the Athens Riviera in summer.
Usually €10–25 for a ticketed night. Greek-hits clubs sell tables instead, with a bottle for four to six people at €100–160.
To the coast. Beach clubs such as Bolivar in Alimos run dance events from midnight until morning, and the coastal tram runs along Poseidonos Avenue.
Line in Kato Petralona (number 8 in The World's 50 Best Bars 2025), The Bar in Front of the Bar (number 47) and Baba au Rum (number 55 on the 2026 extended list).
Yes. Club nights start late, and beach parties at Bolivar are billed until 08:00 or 09:00. Check each event, as times vary from night to night.
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