Havana

Havana is the main club in Belgrade for afficionados of salsa & tango dancing, although it's not so exclusively dedicated to that. Located off of Knez Mihailova, the main pedestrian strip, it features an unexceptional interior and, in the summertime, a larger and more interesting outdoor area.

The atmosphere inside the club is always pretty good though. The place attracts a varied demographic, with some funny dynamics resulting.

On any given weekend night, it is of course shock full of women who are there to dance dance dance dance dance dance the night away, hopefully with some slick stud who knows the moves.

However, slick studs with moves seem to be in short supply. From what I've seen, on any given night there might be half a dozen to a dozen guys there who actually know how to dance, and half of that elite group are clearly gay. Not that the place doesn't have lots of guys, mind you; they come in droves as well, because, y'know, there's like, lots of girls in there and they go crazy for dancing! Most of these guys usually tend to gather along the walls, standing around trying to look cool. No one makes many approaches since most of the girls are dancing.

So you end up with a rather high-schoolish scene with a dancefloor packed with women, a handful of guys with moves grabbing all the attention, and a wall to wall peanut gallery of dudes watching the whole thing.

Havana is not really my type of place.