10 of Europe’s bt statns for LGBTQ+ travellers this Pri season | Gay and lbian travel | The Guardian

Contents:

• AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)
• THE 10 BEST EUROPE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS EUROPE
• THE GAY PRI EVENTS EUROPE WORTH TRAVELLG FOR 2022
• THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023
• 10 OF OUR FAVOURE GAY BARS EUROPE
• LGBTQ+ AMSTERDAM – THE 14 BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• THE 10 BEST AMSTERDAM GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS AMSTERDAM
• GAY SNA & CISE CLUB GUI

AND THE GAYT CY EUROPE IS... (DISVER OUR TOP 10 WNERS)

Mt-vis LGBTIQ+ neighborhood: Gay Street, the queer neighborhood of Rome wh view of the Colossm, is a highly social 300-meter long pestrian street wh shoppg, bars and lodgg popular wh queer folx but primarily gay men who enjoy the opportuny to meet person rather than on hook-up aps. You’ll fd a warm wele throughout the cy but particularly L'Eixample, around the inic Plaça Catalunya and fondly known as Gayxample.

Mt-vis LGBTIQ+ neighborhood: France crimalized homosexualy 1791 and Paris has always been a bean for LGBTIQ+ folx and other nonnformists.

There is no out-and-proud gayborhood, but there are a few fun gay bars, clubs and f sprkled throughout the cy, wh the most the central Śródmieście district.

THE 10 BEST EUROPE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS EUROPE

You’ll fd an active bear muny here (and the young cubs who love them), and there’s been a surge of monthly gay parti of all flavors. Mt-vis LGBTIQ+ neighborhood: Soho is the largt and bt known LGBTIQ+ neighborhood London wh a huge ncentratn of bars and clubs though you’ll fd queer venu spanng the entire cy om the clubs Vxhall to east London’s gay bars.

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Mt-vis LGBTIQ+ neighborhood: Amsterdam is one of the most LGBTIQ+ iendly statns on the pla so everywhere is pretty much queer iendly but you’ll fd the gay area along Reguliersdwarsstraat.

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Mt-vis LGBTIQ+ neighborhood: There is no gayborhood but there are LGBTIQ+ venu sttered across the small island of 400, 000 and the ty but elegant pal cy Valletta, which is only 0. (Disver our top 10 wners)The gayt ntent on earth wh a wildly liberal streak through s wtern and northern natns, Europe is always a good ll. Gay marriage and same-sex unns are legal almost 30 of the natns, allowg for untls pri celebratns to jo and a warm wele om tablished LGBTQ muni each.

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On an afternoon Schöneberg, you’ll jo proud gay upl walkg the same historic streets where LGBTQ artists and activists once began the fight for gay rights, as early as the 1890s fact. You’ll fd a number of monuments around the cy memoratg the many LGBTQ victims of WWII, wh the Schwul Mm documentg the art, culture and history of Berl’s homosexual muny, which was long centred , Nollendorfplatz is still the place to be if you’d like to see the cy’s bt fetish clubs and leather bars, wh September brgg wh the Folsom Europe BDSM and subculture ftival.

As well as s progrsive lols and large gay muny, the cy self is a playground for gay travellers, most notably the Chue neighbourhood where there’s always some kd of event happeng.

The third natn to legalize gay marriage back 2005, Spa’s pal has sce bee a mol for other untri, wh s equaly acts allowg for same-sex adoptn, marriage and legal safeguards agast discrimatn.

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As you might expect om such as liberal cy, many of Madrid’s gay bars have darkrooms the back, while hardre fetish bars and cisg are also mon.

Drawn through wh waterways and nnected by hundreds of photogenic bridg, Amsterdam is the cy of the cyclist, allowg for scenic ris along the Prsengracht nal and the Amstel River which both bee awash wh para boats durg the annual gay nal pri. At all other tim, you n fd Amsterdam’s gay scene centred on Reguliersdwarsstraat, particularly at the cy’s olst gay bar, Cafe t’ Mandje, a popular late-night meetg pot wh kschy dér datg back to the 1920s.

As well as the ma street, addnal sex shops and gay bars make themselv known wh rabow flags between the brothels the Red Light District. While explorg the cy, be sure to look for the Homomonument, a se promoted as a livg monument to homosexuals opprsed and persecuted around the world, also learng more of the cy’s LGBT history at the Pk Pot rmatn sk close by. London, UKBoastg the hight number of Grdr ers out of any cy the world, London is arguably the gayt (and/or hornit) cy Europe by far.

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This uld even be a rult of the cy’s long gay history, as London has hosted a steady stream of gay bars sce the 1700s, wh Soho beg the first gay district Europe.

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This area surroundg Old Compton Street central London remas the go-to place for 21st century gays, nstantly transformatn wh queer-oriented theatr, fés, sex shops and bookstor on every street. As well as drkg outlets, mil theatre remas alive and well on London’s Wt End, wh gay mils and LGBTQ productns on the regular smaller venu and clubs such as Above The Stag. Copenhagen, DenmarkWh Denmark beg one of the first European natns to legalize same-sex marriage 2012 (and same-sex unns back 1989), ’s pal of Copenhagen certaly has the crentials to be crowned gay pal of Europe.

Though smaller events like World Aids Day and the EuroGam are celebrated throughout the year, the pnacle event for the gay muny mt be Copenhagen Pri, which actually happens twice a year both June and well as your ual dance clubs, Copenhagen go one better wh a selectn of sophistited gay spots near Cy Hall, while the alternative scene meets nearer Central Statn or Vterbro, the cy’s old Red Light District. Paris, FranceLove don’t discrimate the French pal of Paris, which is why will eternally be one of the bt gay ci Europe has to offer. To fd your people, head straight for La Marais, the only official gaybourhood of Paris which hosts the large majory of the cy’s gay bars, clubs, fés and LGBTQ bs.