Cross Club
Location: Plynární 23, Prague 7
Phone: 736 535 010
Website: www.crossclub.cz
Best Night to Go: When the rest of NYU is in attendance
Cross Club is the love child of a ruthless mechanic and kinky artist who gave birth to a junkyard nightclub. Its crude exterior doesn’t attempt to disguise, but merely reflects its beautifully grotesque interior and the locals that inhabit it.
Holešovice is home to some classy joints, but Cross Club is purposely off the list. It caters to lowly drunkards with nothing but a crown to rub between their thumbs who will go so far as to ask you for another take of that last shot. Don’t be discouraged though, it’s the ideal place to go on your first night in Prague.
Not only can Cross Club supply you with any drug imaginable, its décor offers constant entertainment, like an “I Spy” book on a long car ride. Its unimaginably complex design of interwoven plumbing and scrapyard junk creates a dreamlike landscape verging on a bad nightmare. With lights gleaming out from random crevices and whirring machines that pass as art, you constantly feel as if someone or something might be watching you.
Be forewarned, the music is hit-or-miss. Upstairs there’s usually a local band screaming Czech into a microphone, while downstairs is a dubstep DJ from hell. The characters that pass through make the disturbing Satan songs manageable, not to mention smažený sýr that is the best by far in Prague.
There’s no cover and drinks are cheap, but keep your belongings close. Coat check is only 20 Kč and well worth the extra effort to walk upstairs. Even if lines of speed aren’t your thing, Cross Club is a great hangout for getting shitfaced with new friends. It’s a drug users’ wet dream that gives new meaning to the slogan “No shame, no gain.”
Average Prices: 30 – 65 Kč
Phone: 736 535 010
Website: www.crossclub.cz
Best Night to Go: When the rest of NYU is in attendance
Cross Club is the love child of a ruthless mechanic and kinky artist who gave birth to a junkyard nightclub. Its crude exterior doesn’t attempt to disguise, but merely reflects its beautifully grotesque interior and the locals that inhabit it.
Holešovice is home to some classy joints, but Cross Club is purposely off the list. It caters to lowly drunkards with nothing but a crown to rub between their thumbs who will go so far as to ask you for another take of that last shot. Don’t be discouraged though, it’s the ideal place to go on your first night in Prague.
Not only can Cross Club supply you with any drug imaginable, its décor offers constant entertainment, like an “I Spy” book on a long car ride. Its unimaginably complex design of interwoven plumbing and scrapyard junk creates a dreamlike landscape verging on a bad nightmare. With lights gleaming out from random crevices and whirring machines that pass as art, you constantly feel as if someone or something might be watching you.
Be forewarned, the music is hit-or-miss. Upstairs there’s usually a local band screaming Czech into a microphone, while downstairs is a dubstep DJ from hell. The characters that pass through make the disturbing Satan songs manageable, not to mention smažený sýr that is the best by far in Prague.
There’s no cover and drinks are cheap, but keep your belongings close. Coat check is only 20 Kč and well worth the extra effort to walk upstairs. Even if lines of speed aren’t your thing, Cross Club is a great hangout for getting shitfaced with new friends. It’s a drug users’ wet dream that gives new meaning to the slogan “No shame, no gain.”
Average Prices: 30 – 65 Kč