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Italy

A seasonal country: the coast in summer, the northern cities the rest of the year, and an aperitivo culture that makes the early evening part of the night.

Cities

1 city with a published scene.

01

Milan

Milan treats the early evening as seriously as the late one — the aperitivo is not a warm-up, it is half the night. The clubs are design objects, and during fashion week the guest list becomes the whole story.

aperitivo first, design-led rooms, fashion week spikes5 rooms

The national ranking

The rooms that matter most in Italy, across every city.

01

Plastic

Forty-plus years of Milan’s most opinionated door. Half the reason to go is who else got in.

Porta RomanaSweatbox$$$DiscoNo Instagram signal yet
Dress upInstitution
02

Volt

Porta RomanaSweatbox$$Techno, HouseNo Instagram signal yet
BasementSound-system room
03

Tempio del Futuro Perduto

IsolaWarehouse$$TechnoNo Instagram signal yet
WarehouseArt space
04

Apollo Milano

NavigliSweatbox$$House, DiscoNo Instagram signal yet
Intimate
05

Santeria Toscana 31

Porta RomanaLounge$$Live music, EclecticNo Instagram signal yet