We take a detour, via the IJ ferry, over to the ever cooler Amsterdam Noord to drop in on Tolhuistuin, a chic venue with an outdoor stage enclosed by trees and twinkling lights that is one of the city's newest cultural spots.
This ultra chic venue in Peter Street is fitted out with a nightclub that features a marble bar and spacious booths, an upstairs Pan-Asian restaurant where you can order sushi and other exotic dishes, and a rooftop terrace that mixes up refreshing cocktails.
Or make a trip to Flinders Lane and Swanton Street, both of which house chic venues filled with Australian designer labels and fanciful accessories.
Mon-Fri from 12pm, Sat-Sun from 6pm, entry free It claims to offer "advanced urban clubbing", which perhaps means Berlin's ongoing shift from repurposed shabby-chic venues to smarter, New York-style joints is well under way.
In a symbolically significant move, Peter Dalton, whose Manto bar was the first chic gay venue to open in Canal Street, is selling up, claiming that the area's profitability peaked five or six years ago.Part of the problem is the chronic over-supply that afflicts the drink trade everywhere.
Since its conception as a water pumping station in 1883, Muffathalle has since been redesigned into an urban-chic music venue.
The Inn Guest House, St Mary's, Orkney Built nearly two centuries ago for farmers waiting overnight for boats to the South Isles, now a chic and friendly venue for those escaping the mainland.
This past Tuesday, the Crosby Street Hotel turned into the epicenter of bohemian surfer chic when the cool Soho venue hosted a party for celebrity decorators Cortney and Robert Novogratz.
Undaunted, they blitzed through three messily magical shows at the Brixton Academy, Camden's Monarch and ultra-chic indie club Trash (their ideal venue).
When it comes to Italy, the various summer nightlife venues are often as chic as they are foreign.
The recently renovated Volkshaus has a chic restaurant, as well as being a venue for a wide range of gigs and club nights, while the Fondation Beyeler has a spectacular collection of art housed in a museum designed by Renzo Piano.
