More to come

Sorry no time right now but you'll see those in the weeks to come :
- Fred's in the Bronx
- Asylum in Washington
- Bling eye in Prague
- 1001 in London

an underworld maze @ the Cross Club

Lost in Prague's Hoeslovice (sub)urban chaos, the cross club is like an oasis in the desert. Uncommon and desperately needed, and unless you know where you're going, you need a miracle to find it. The outdoor beergard and "bus bar" leave way to an underground maze of over 10 rooms, each with a different vibe, size and color. Because that's precisely what the cross is about. The club is entirely made up of vintage chairs and electronic components found throughout the country. Sowing machines above the tables, computer membranes turning around, ventilators going sideways and more lights than you thought existed. Dancing is now on the first floor and as for seating you have many options from DC-3 aircraft, old Cesky Drahi train to traditional US school bus seats. And yes, you do see all of that sober !

Cross Club // Plynarni 23, P7 – Holesovice // Tram / Metro / Bus Nadr. Holesovice
Open 14 - ?? (late) M - F and 16 - ?? (late) S & S.

Raw Tempel

Berlin is contrast a paradox. Europe's progressive locality, emulating with life. Berlin is also Germany's capital, hosting thousands of Germans in the capital for jobs-not life. The latter is best characterised through Simon Dach Strasse in Friederischain, a street lined up with the same cocktail bars you find in every other capital city. Raw Tempel is a couple blocks away but world's away from the Simon Dach Strasse crowd. This old raiway station and mainenance yard is now what is commonly (especially in Berlin) reffered to as a squat bar or a "non profit community organization" to state their words. What it is has no importance. The effect it produced on body and soul as you enter is experienced nowhere else. A screen projecting berlin's most progressive contemporary art, short films or music, couches of all sizes and shapes throughout the old station. Wander through the space and make new acquaintances... all different but with one common point : they've necer been to Simon Dach Strasse. In the wee hours in the morning, a local can show you the last piece of the Berlin wall, a few blocks away. Who you know and who you don't makes no difference. We all live once and appreciate what we have...at least in the raw tempel.
Raw tempel // Revaler Strasse 99 // Berlin

Budapest in Kuplung

Or is it the other way around ?Kuplung sums up best what Budapest has to offer. Invisible to the unattentive eye, Kuplung opens up a whole parallel world. The street is empty and grey, like most streets in Budapest. Light, colors and the beauty and the beast come out through the little hallway that leads to an outdoor squat-beergarden like an indoor wharehouse-bar that attracts the city's alternative crowd. like the city it asks to be discovered, at the bar, around the fussball table, along the walls filled with evolutive street art and at the bar. It's a cosmopolitan vibe and we're all welcome, students, rastas, foreigners, starving artists, journalists and office workers. And it's these people that make Kuplung so special, a grown up "Kultiplex", hidden right in the greyish centre of Budapest.
Kuplung // Kiraly Utca 46 // Budapest