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Membership category (annual subscription*), full membership.

Full (and Family) members have full use of the Club’s facilities and have priority in relation to applications for moorings, platform parking, the use of Club boats and booking of training courses.  

Children of full members are designated as Junior Members until they reach the age of 16 years.

Family Membership

Includes a spouse and children up until age 20. Full (and Family) members have full use of the Club’s facilities and have priority in relation to applications for moorings, platform parking, the use of Club boats and booking of training courses. New Family members joining the Club may avail of a 50% reduction in the annual subscription for their first two years of membership. A child of a Family members may apply for Ensign membership for the calendar year following the year in which he or she reaches the age of 20.

Full Membership ( Aged 26 - 30)

(Aged 26 – 30)

Full Membership (Aged 30 - 32)

(Aged 30 – 32)

Associate (Spouse)

Available to applicants who are a spouse of a Full, Clubhouse or Ensign member.

Associate (Crew)

Available to applicants who have not previously been a member of the Club, for a maximum of three years. Applicants must be proposed by a Full or Family member with whom the applicant regularly crews.   

Associate (Clubhouse)

Available to an applicant who is aged 55 or older and is not involved in sailing activities.

Associate (Country)

Available to an applicant living in Ireland whose primary residence is more than 100km from the Club. Use of the Club’s facilities is expected to be limited (not more than 21 visits to the Club annum.)  

Associate (Overseas)

Available to an applicant whose primary residence is overseas. Use of the Club’s facilities is expected to be limited (not more than 21 visits to the Club annum.)  

Associate (Reciprocal Club – Howth)

Available to an applicant who is a member of H owth Yacht  Club.**  

Associate (Temporary)

Available for one year only to an applicant who is a son or daughter of an existing Full or Family member aged 25 or older who has not previously been an Ensign or Crew member  

Available to an applicant between the age of 20 and 25. On reaching age 26 an Ensign member is entitled to take up Full membership (Aged 26-30).  

Available to an applicant between the age of 16 and 19.  On reaching age 20 an Ensign member is entitled to take up Ensign membership.  

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In addition to annual subscription, Catering vouchers and Irish Sailing Levy are payable by certain categories of members.

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Yatch Club Logo design

The name of the yacht is 21.12, which refers to the date and time that the company of the yacht owner was sold. On the 21/12 at 21:12. The yacht is an Amels 60 with modern lines, metallic blue hull color with Snow White superstructure including details in anthracite. Upon completion of its built, the yacht will go around the world for long excursions in remote areas.

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Logo and derivatives for an old but glorious sailing yacht.

UnCharted Collection

The ULTIMATE way to vacation. We specialize in the booking of high-end sailing yachts in the caribbean (we basically find people with $$$ money, introduce them to this incredible vacation, and pair them with the top (12) Private Crewed Charter Catamarans in the Virgin Islands). We are creating an interactive, easier, straight-to-the-source booking experience. We hand-select the best of the best crews/catamaran yachts and create what is known as the "Collection". As a company, we have complete and total confidence in both our yachts and our crews, instilling comfort and trust in our clients.

Modern investment company. Investments are real estate, oil wells, loans, stocks, bond, startups, etc. Looking for something modern, clean and sophisticated . Needs to convey a level of status and maturity, but not stuffy or outdated . Might be interesting to include something nautical since that aligns with the meaning of the word "halliard" , but i dont want it to look corny or cliche . Nautical is not a necessity . The word "holdings" in the logo is not 100% necessary either, would be open to having a logo without it .

Fishing Tournament Team Logo

Logo Design for Hawkeye Seahawke Marine

Our company Seahawke Marine was formed from the sister company Seahawke Rigging. Seahawke Marine will be selling a lightning protection device called "Hawkeye" to the Recreational Marine and Yacht Industry. We'd like to incorporate Seahawke Rigging's branding into the Hawkeye brand for recognition.

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AVAILABLE WITH CUSTOMIZATION My concept is a modern and clean negative space logo mark inspired by the yacht beating the waves. Elegant, sharp and curved lines develop feelings of excitement, enthusiasm and adventure. The orange color communicates adventure and risk-taking. By combining physical energy and stimulation of red with the cheerfulness of yellow, it inspires confidence, competition and independence. I paired the logo mark with clean and sharp typography to match the overall style. The softness and of the secondary typography and the circles of the yacht windows makes contrast to the sharp shapes and that makes them stand out.

LUXE MARINE

We work in the marine industry on larger boats and yachts. We deal with brokers, captains and boat owners to ensure their boats are maintained and upgraded when needed. We also survey boats for potential buyers and sellers.

Modern Yachting logo

For the brand the idea was to have a modern geometric logo, easily used on luxury yachts as well as fashion apparel. The logo combines the letter B from the brand name with the letter Y from yacht writen as Poseidon´s trident. The logo si for sale.

Havenstad Yachting

Company sells small 11m yachts and motorboats to people (no sailing boats). I want a decent logo with a luxury style. Final Design has been changed to a more simple silhouette of the yacht which you can see in the client review. This is somewhat outside of what I used to design but Really enjoyed working on this with the touch experienced competition

Elegant and beautiful yacht logo

An unused logo design entry of a luxurious and elegant boat. It's up for sale, if you're interested send me a message. A modern, clean and simple yacht logo for an online yacht rental website (or anything yacht, boat, sea, ocean related). Negative space was used to show an incomplete outline of the yacht so the viewers have to complete the design in their "mind's eye". This makes the logo interesting and memorable.

Yachting company logo

Logo for a high-end coastal property development

The Wynwood at Fairhope provides both luxurious and reasonably priced housing to residents living on the Eastern Shore of beautiful Mobile Bay, Alabama. This property is located in the coastal town of Fairhope, Alabama neighbored by Daphne and Point Clear, Alabama. This logo design features a simplified sailing boat icon to represent The Wynwood at Fairhope's coastal location. The colour scheme has been inspired by the hues of the setting sun and the clean sans serif typefaces complement the icon.

logo concept for boat insurance company

I used abbreviation "TN" in shape of an anchor. It stands for name "True North"

Mainbrace - Vintage Rum Logo design

Fully hand-drawn logo designed for a new Rum Brand.

Logo Zatara Charter & Tours

Mid-South Marine

Modern Wakesurf boat silhouette simple but memorable

AJS Marine Surveys

a new division of Catskill Charters, performs all forms of marine surveys for boat and yacht owners.

Coco de Mer - Sailing Yacht Logo

Logo for Sailing Yacht that travels the world, young couple loves nature.

Brookside Marine Service

Bold logo for yacht

in this design I created silhouette of the Yacht depending on the attached images uploaded by the client in the brief, I keep it simple and clean because it will go on shirt for the crew, with blues colors and upper case.

A nice logo for Italian Yacht - SARLUSSO!

The client want a logo for a boat. The logo will be placed on the back of the boat. It will be visible to anyone passing by, and will also be used for printing things such as hats ,towels etc. So I create the logo with bird flying among the waves using negative space. It's simple, nice, and shopisticated logo concept.

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minimalist logo design for infinity yacht group

spanish wells

Moby Dick Logo for Million Dollar Boat

Southern Cross Constellation

Southern Cross Constellation represented in a luxury sophisticated logo for a new family sailing boat, a Beneteau Oceanis 46.1.

lucky marlin

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Vcatamaran, a company that develops sailing catamarans. The 'V' in vcat stands for vitality, vitesse, vibrance, 'V' is the physical letter for speed ( eg v-max).

line art logo style for EVENTAGENTUR HAMBURG

the client wanna make a simple design that appropriate with their company. need something to be designed with my style? just simply click orange button on my profile :) let's create something great! so I made a simple logo with monoline style that wasn't too busy and suited their company

Smart and simple logo concept for yacht company

Ascente is a modern, adventure 110' yacht. The name of the boat is a combination of ascent and te (in Taoism). Together they mean "rise to great virtue."

Yacht charters Logo

La Vie en Bleu specializes in intimate customized yacht charters and experiences for small groups under 8 passengers. Modern and sleek logo incorporating our name and likeness of the yacht we charter, "La Vie en Bleu"

Initial in Nautical Symbol

Treasure Yacht Group brings people to the water, dreams to life, and fantasies to reality! Our premier services are second to none.

"Persistence"

Logo for Yacht club

Using the client's brief as the base i create a colorful logo with rust / oil effect to represent the life of an old yacht owner

Logo design for D Ballen Approved

Wordmark with Compass for Boat

Logo for a name of a boat. The word "North" represents directional/compass element and "Sound" has dual meaning - both a body of water and a reference to music (hometown of boat owner is Cleveland, Ohio, which is the capital of Rock Hall of Fame). Definition of "Sound" as it pertains to geography: In geography, a sound is a smaller body of water typically connected to larger sea or ocean.

Simple logo for a startup company YachtWorks

modern abstract with initials base as the logo

10th Anniversary Logo for a Yachting Paint Company

Company sell yachting paints and they needs a 10th anniversary logo.Anything that can be said clever is dripping paint from a bucket which makes a digit zero in 10 along with company logo. Contest holder really like this idea which makes me a winner :)

OCA - Logo design for yacht

The word OCA means a typical Brazilian indigenous house. The letter "A" represents a teepee from two sails.

Boat Logo - Sea Star

Simple and modern logo concept for Recruitment company

Recruitment of crew for yachts.

Logo concept for yacht-related catering service

A logo idea to visually unite yachting and cuisine together. I took a boat's classic anchor, and harmoniously combined it with cutlery. The nautical rope around the composition further reinforces the idea behind the logo, and unites everything together. The wording below is balanced and easily readable. The whole logo works well on both light and dark backgrounds thank to good overall contrast.

One Waters Edge

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sunset sail charter business for tourists in San Juan, Puerto Rico

CoverWork Logo Design

The logo idea is taken from the crown shape and then combined with the letters "C" and "W".

Strike Marine Salvage Sales, Inc.

Strike Marine Salvage Sales buys and sells used marine equipment, specializing in yacht equipment and marine engines, generators, and transmissions.

Fun Logo for Maritime Deals

Yachty Deals is an app delivering deals to yacht crew in ports worldwide. The client liked the idea of a floating message in a bottle.

Logo design for Captain Dawn

Boat and sunset The design was rejected by the contest holder if you want this, please don't hesitate to message me. Thank you

Sailing ship concept for high-end sink company

Bold logo concept for a private yacht.

Logo creation for private sailing yacht to travel around the world

We are a married couple (48 and 50) from Hamburg in Germany. We are in the process of fulfilling our dream of quitting jobs, moving on board of our boat to explore and sail around the world. We are now looking at finding the perfect logo for our new aluminium sailboat with the name “VECTOR”. We are planning of setting sails towards southern Europe, crossing the Atlantic Ocean towards the Caribbean, the US, Canada, and possibly further around the world, just where the winds will blow us :-)

Ephemeral Quay

Sailing, Recreation, Marine, Travel

Logo concept for Gold Rush

In the middle of the ocean, standing on the bow of a cruise while enjoying the breeze that touches your face and sunrise peeking from the end of the ocean :D

Logo for Pure Watercraft

Adagio Yachting Logo

Logo for a charter yacht

Alpha Custom Yachts

high end members only club

I made this logo in a combination style, where I used the initials ''C C'' from the word chicago club and the yacht icon seen from the front which I made with 3 abstract lines like arrows facing upwards. This logo looks masculine and luxurious, this logo is also simple and iconic so it will be versetile. I used serif icons to make it look more classic.

Logo For Yahct Rental

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Yatch Company Logo design called "GFORCE"

Catamaran Yacht Cruise

Monoline Logo

Specialist boating equipment supplier logo design

Modern design for boating equipment supplier.

Logo design for Essex Fells Yacht Club

design a sail boat. Used Adobe Illustrator cc for making this logo. At last client was happy to see the finishing.

Starboard Marine Surveyors - Logo

We do marine surveys (sail and power) in the San Francisco Bay area -LOGO Must contain both Sail and Power icons if using icons. Please see the color requirements.

Logo Concept For Yacht Company

Concept for German Yachting Company

The client had an original logo that they had been using for 33 years, and wanted to use some inspiration from that. I took the sail from the original design and matched it with a modern and elegant feeling aesthetic.

The request was to create a logo for a Yacht in the style of late '20s , early '30s. I've used art deco elements providing a strong and distinguishable silhouette.

Create a distinctive logo and name for a new yachting consultancybusiness.

Simplicity was something this particular client wanted us designers to focus on. I think I have achieved all goals - resulting in elegant, exclusive and simple logo. After presenting several options, my work has been chosen to the final round. Thanks to very good communication and feedback I was able to create artwork close to the client expectations. " A " was used as a logo / brand mark resembling top of the yacht or mast.

Logo design for a ship mechanics company

Yacht logo concept.

Personal yacht monogram logo.

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Yacht boat Amazing Grace

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Minimalist logo concept for a yatch

Oca means home in Brazilian native language. This logo will be used on a yacht and the client was looking for an icon that represents a native house, such as a teepee house. This was really fun to make and very pleasant to achieve. Ana was amazing, she was really clear and provided the necessary feedback to encourage me to her project and the result was a very bold, handy and versatile solution to identify her yacht.

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Inside the moodily lit Moskovsky Bar in the Four Seasons hotel, Ilya, the barman, is making me a Moscow Mule. It's a quiet evening and the ground-floor watering hole is almost empty, but Ilya is performing with a panache that suggests an audience. In goes the vodka with an arc of the arm, lifting the bottle like a ballerina in flight. The ginger beer is added with a splash. Then, like a magician unveiling an assistant who, it transpires, has not been sawn in half, he reveals the secret ingredient: kvas, the Russian version of coca cola, glugged from St Petersburg to Vladivostok in the Soviet era. The final touch has come from just as far. "The ice is from Lake Baikal, in Siberia," he tells me, producing a cube the size of a brick. As he hands me the copper mug I half expect him to say "ta-dah!"

I take the cocktail from him, noticing his tattoos as I do so. Snakes coil their way around his wrist, poking out from underneath his crisp white shirt. For a moment, they throw me, seeming to posit this cool cat of a cocktail maker in Shoreditch, Brooklyn, Kreuzberg or some other hip area of a city that has embraced the 21st century. Not in the Russian capital, where, some might argue, the 20th century is still alive and glowering.

Outside, Moscow is keeping up appearances. Two minutes walk south west, the soldiers who protect the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier — the monument dedicated to Russia's dead from the Second World War — are ending the day in a choreographed march back to barracks. Above them, the wall of the Kremlin looms. Behind this stark red barrier, the lights are on in the Senate building where the Russian president has his office. There's rain on the breeze, and the city is lost in a gloom redolent of Bond films and Le Carré novels. Back in Moskovsky Bar, Ilya reaches for the apricot brandy and asks: "How about a Pavlovan Mystery?" There'll be no frosty relations tonight. At least, not in here.

Despite its old-fashioned elements, however, in Moscow old and new are starting to dance ­— and it's fascinating to watch the show. On a Saturday morning I glimpse their faltering steps, their unsure foxtrot. It's 22 April, Lenin's birthday and a fortuitous time to be in Red Square. A crowd of well-wishers has congregated at the revolutionary icon's tomb to mark the anniversary. The red flags of the Russian Communist Party are waved in the misty air. Three elderly gentlemen, stooped and frail, are assisted by a son or daughter towards the tomb. Adjacent on the slippery cobbles, millennial Moscow looks on in bemusement and then passes by. There are selfies to be taken, smartphone conversations to be had and trainers to be bought in GUM, a department store that faces the mausoleum. Mirroring the trio of septuagenarian soldiers saluting their hero, metres away three teenage girls skip through the shop's giant entrance, arms linked, giggling in unison.

But it's too simplistic to say that Russia in 2017 is witnessing a schism between yesterday and tomorrow. Moscow is being pulled slowly and subtly in all manner of directions — by financial changes; by a glacial infrastructure overhaul; by cultural undercurrents; by the motion of youth and social media. Each tugs at the moorings of tradition, politics and ingrained attitudes. The process isn't tearing the city apart, but it's certainly stretching the stitches.

Some of the signs are obvious. Moya Ulitsa ('My Street') is an ambitious, overdue programme that began in 2014 to remove the city's electrical cables from overhead pylons and bury them beneath the pavement. In a metropolis of 13 million residents, it has only added to the traffic chaos — jams are constant. Some of the gridlock has been eased by the resurrection of the Moscow Central Circle, a 34-mile ring railway line around the centre. It was initially constructed in 1908, closed to passengers in 1934, and reconfigured as a fast commuter service last September. Travellers can ride it to Delovoy Tsentr station and the Moscow City business district, an image of 'new Russia', where buildings like the 1,227ft-tall Federation Tower scratch at the heavens.

A mile south west of the Kremlin, the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour encapsulates Russia waltzing between old and new. It was originally built between 1839 and 1883 in thanks for Russia's deliverance from Napoleon, but was obliterated by dynamite on Stalin's orders in 1931, in the epoch of state atheism. Its replacement was built between 1990 and 2000 under the more benevolent eyes of Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, a looming giant of white walls and gold domes that admires its reflection in the River Moskva.

And yet, though a child in years, the cathedral belongs to a Russia of unflinching centuries. It was here, on 21 February 2012, that the all-female rock band Pussy Riot played a guerilla gig, an act of political defiance aimed at Vladimir Putin that would see three of its members tried on charges of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, and jailed for nearly two years in the harshest case. Watch the YouTube video of the incident and it appears utterly innocuous, but standing in the same vast space on a Saturday lunchtime, I'm suddenly not surprised that it provoked such a severe response. This cathedral represents the Russia of fervent Orthodox faith and extreme devotion. Elaborate mosaics and frescoes adorn the walls. The aroma of incense floats on the air. Women in headscarves rub tirelessly at brass candle stands, quietly angered by the wax that drips from burning wicks.

It's beautiful but stifling, an improbable context for protest, and I feel the need to flee to the roof, where an observation deck offers views of a shapeshifting conurbation. Moscow City is visible in the distance, but the past is also swarthily insistent. In the distance I spy the Seven Sisters, the septet of colossal gothic skyscrapers, commissioned by Stalin between 1947 and 1953 and an inalienable part of the Moscow skyline. They are magnificent in size and scope, serving as (among other things) Moscow State University, the five-star Hotel Ukraina and its luxury sibling the Hotel Leningradskaya. But with clouds gathering behind them, they also resemble hands clawing their way up from a grave.

Going underground The sense of a Russia braced against dissent is amplified by a ride south-west on the tube. The Moscow metro is a masterpiece, surely the planet's most spectacular subterranean transit system, but it pledges visual allegiance to the Soviet straitjacket. Park Kultury station, on Line 1, is a Stalinist celebration of Russian prowess, the concourse between its platforms peppered with marble statues of godlike youths, carved between 1931 and 1935: gorgeous boys reading literature, aspiring actors performing, athletic girls triumphing at tennis. It was carved out between 1931 and 1935, and does not seem too concerned that the world has moved on.

But a defiant flame flickers above ground. At first glance, Gorky Park — Moscow's prime green enclave — would seem to toe the party line as well, named after Russian literary giant and Stalin's favourite author Maxim Gorky, and featuring an enormous seven-archway entrance that booms with Soviet grandeur. The year 1955 is imprinted on its facade next to Lenin's face.

Yet inside, the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art is a clever question mark, probing at the fabric of the society around it. Its moniker is a red herring, referring to the former bus depot in which it was originally housed. It now occupies the shell of the Vremena Goda ('seasons of the year') restaurant, the park's culinary focal point in the Soviet decades. A mosaic of a female autumn clad in orange still adorns the main hall. The whole gallery, in fact, might be an act of misdirection, showcasing art that could be considered critical of the status quo, yet which wraps its barbs in ambiguity. 'Numbers', a 2015 work by the 28-year-old Chechen artist Aslan Gaisumov examines the destruction of his home city of Grozny by Russian forces in 1999. It reconstructs a street via the silent device of fixing salvaged house numbers — one to 99 — to a board. The reasons for the gaps' placement, in a pattern that approximates a mouth of broken teeth, are left to your interpretation. Similarly, photos by Anastasia Bogomolova capture the bleak mundanity of life in the city of Bakal (1,000 miles east of Moscow), without explicitly stating that it was born out of slavery, the site of one of Stalin's Gulags from 1941 to 1943.

Russia's left field is also identifiable two miles east of the Kremlin at Winzavod, another contemporary art hub cocooned in a onetime brewery and wine factory. Travelling to find it feels like a journey beneath the city's skin. Line 5 of the metro goes both above and below ground, surfacing next to Kurskaya railway station, from which drab armies of carriages trundle off in search of Moscow's southern suburbs. Further on, it passes through narrow roads lined with warehouses and splattered with graffiti. The gallery is entirely at home in this post-industrial realm. Since 2007, its brick outhouses have displayed the work of many of the country's brightest young visionaries and will continue to do so this summer via its Farewell to Eternal Youth exhibition. Video artist Evgeny Granilschikov will take centre stage until 16 July, and sculptor Irina Korina will come into focus for two months from 15 August. Both will enjoy audiences larger than you might expect of so scuffed a location. Hidden in the corner of the compound, diner-drinkery Kraftwerk is testament to Winzavod's popularity. A chalkboard behind the bar lists 29 beers, with titles as evocative as Red Sonya and Fucking Perfect. A DJ booth promises loud, late nights. I ask the waitress dashing between tables what time it closes. "We're open until our last customer leaves," she says with a shrug that suggests she is used to lengthy shifts.

A fragment of a less introverted, more expressive Russia? Maybe. And maybe Zaryadye Park, Moscow's current big creative project, is part of the same thing. Here is a flight of fantasy — a green lung. Due for completion in 2018, the space will incorporate everything from ecological zones that represent the flora of the Russian landscape to an orchestral concert hall and a half-bridge made from glass that will jut partially out over the Moskva River. That this will be the first new park in Moscow in 50 years is remarkable. That it's being crafted to the blueprint of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the New York design team who created Manhattan's iconic High Line walkway, is even more so. That this place of public promenade will sit directly next door to the Kremlin, on the footprint of the demolished Rossiya Hotel, the 3,000-room kraken that became an emblem of squat Soviet sixties architecture, seems almost impossible to conceive.

"Part of the idea is to open up the city for pedestrians," Timur Bashkaev, one of the architects responsible for the interiors of some of Zaryadye's futuristic buildings, tells me as we examine a scale model of the site at his office in the shadow of Christ the Saviour. "People will walk out of Red Square and into the park. It will alter the centre."

Later that day I take a stroll to inspect it, peering over wooden barricades to spy on the work in progress. All around, 20-something Muscovites are scurrying into the dusk, aiming for the shops of the Okhotny Ryad mall, a retail temple wedded to American capitalism with such enthusiasm that it offers Dunkin' Donuts. But around the corner, guards are still statuesque at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Mother Russia watching her children, uncertain where the future will carry them.

Getting there & around British Airways flies direct from Heathrow to Moscow's Domodedovo Airport, which lies 26 miles south east of the city centre. Russian national carrier Aeroflot serves Heathrow and Gatwick from Sheremetyevo Airport, 18 miles north west of the Kremlin. The Moscow Metro covers the city in depth and, including the Moscow Central Circle, it incorporates 15 lines, 245 miles of track and 237 stations. Single journeys are R55 (75p). The Aeroexpress aeroexpress.ru train service links Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo airports to the centre (the Belorussky and Paveletsky train terminals respectively), from R420 (£5.75) one way.

When to go The Russian winter can be notoriously fierce, but Moscow can hit temperatures of 23C in July and August. September, with average temperatures of around 16C, is also an ideal month to visit.

Places mentioned Bolshoi Theatre Cathedral of Christ the Saviour Four Seasons hotel Garage Museum GUM Kraftwerk Kremlin Museum Winzavod

More info visitrussia.org.uk

How to do it Steppes Travel , a Russia specialist, offers five-day breaks at the Four Seasons hotel, B&B, from £1,975 per person, including British Airways flights, a private guide, transfers and visa assistance.

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Published in the Jul/Aug 2017 issue of National Geographic Traveller (UK)

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The Comprehensive Guide to Moscow Nightlife

• Posted on April 14, 2018 July 26, 2018
• by Kings of Russia
• 8 minute read

Moscow’s nightlife scene is thriving, and arguably one of the best the world has to offer – top-notch Russian women, coupled with a never-ending list of venues, Moscow has a little bit of something for everyone’s taste. Moscow nightlife is not for the faint of heart – and if you’re coming, you better be ready to go Friday and Saturday night into the early morning.

This comprehensive guide to Moscow nightlife will run you through the nuts and bolts of all you need to know about Moscow’s nightclubs and give you a solid blueprint to operate with during your time in Moscow.

What you need to know before hitting Moscow nightclubs

Prices in moscow nightlife.

Before you head out and start gaming all the sexy Moscow girls , we have to talk money first. Bring plenty because in Moscow you can never bring a big enough bankroll. Remember, you’re the man so making a fuzz of not paying a drink here or there will not go down well.

Luckily most Moscow clubs don’t do cover fees. Some electro clubs will charge 15-20$, depending on their lineup. There’s the odd club with a minimum spend of 20-30$, which you’ll drop on drinks easily. By and large, you can scope out the venues for free, which is a big plus.

Bottle service is a great deal in Moscow. At top-tier clubs, it starts at 1,000$. That’ll go a long way with premium vodka at 250$, especially if you have three or four guys chipping in. Not to mention that it’s a massive status boost for getting girls, especially at high-end clubs.

Without bottle service, you should estimate a budget of 100-150$ per night. That is if you drink a lot and hit the top clubs with the hottest girls. Scale down for less alcohol and more basic places.

Dress code & Face control

Door policy in Moscow is called “face control” and it’s always the guy behind the two gorillas that gives the green light if you’re in or out.

In Moscow nightlife there’s only one rule when it comes to dress codes:

You can never be underdressed.

People dress A LOT sharper than, say, in the US and that goes for both sexes. For high-end clubs, you definitely want to roll with a sharp blazer and a pocket square, not to mention dress shoes in tip-top condition. Those are the minimum requirements to level the playing field vis a vis with other sharply dressed guys that have a lot more money than you do. Unless you plan to hit explicit electro or underground clubs, which have their own dress code, you are always on the money with that style.

Getting in a Moscow club isn’t as hard as it seems: dress sharp, speak English at the door and look like you’re in the mood to spend all that money that you supposedly have (even if you don’t). That will open almost any door in Moscow’s nightlife for you.

Types of Moscow Nightclubs

In Moscow there are four types of clubs with the accompanying female clientele:

High-end clubs:

These are often crossovers between restaurants and clubs with lots of tables and very little space to dance. Heavy accent on bottle service most of the time but you can work the room from the bar as well. The hottest and most expensive girls in Moscow go there. Bring deep pockets and lots of self-confidence and you have a shot at swooping them.

Regular Mid-level clubs:

They probably resemble more what you’re used to in a nightclub: big dancefloors, stages and more space to roam around. Bottle service will make you stand out more but you can also do well without. You can find all types of girls but most will be in the 6-8 range. Your targets should always be the girls drinking and ideally in pairs. It’s impossible not to swoop if your game is at least half-decent.

Basic clubs/dive bars:

Usually spots with very cheap booze and lax face control. If you’re dressed too sharp and speak no Russian, you might attract the wrong type of attention so be vigilant. If you know the local scene you can swoop 6s and 7s almost at will. Usually students and girls from the suburbs.

Electro/underground clubs:

Home of the hipsters and creatives. Parties there don’t mean meeting girls and getting drunk but doing pills and spacing out to the music. Lots of attractive hipster girls if that is your niche. That is its own scene with a different dress code as well.

What time to go out in Moscow

Moscow nightlife starts late. Don’t show up at bars and preparty spots before 11pm because you’ll feel fairly alone. Peak time is between 1am and 3am. That is also the time of Moscow nightlife’s biggest nuisance: concerts by artists you won’t know and who only distract your girls from drinking and being gamed. From 4am to 6am the regular clubs are emptying out but plenty of people, women included, still hit up one of the many afterparty clubs. Those last till well past 10am.

As far as days go: Fridays and Saturdays are peak days. Thursday is an OK day, all other days are fairly weak and you have to know the right venues.

The Ultimate Moscow Nightclub List

Short disclaimer: I didn’t add basic and electro clubs since you’re coming for the girls, not for the music. This list will give you more options than you’ll be able to handle on a weekend.

Preparty – start here at 11PM

Classic restaurant club with lots of tables and a smallish bar and dancefloor. Come here between 11pm and 12am when the concert is over and they start with the actual party. Even early in the night tons of sexy women here, who lean slightly older (25 and up).

The second floor of the Ugolek restaurant is an extra bar with dim lights and house music tunes. Very small and cozy with a slight hipster vibe but generally draws plenty of attractive women too. A bit slower vibe than Valenok.

Very cool, spread-out venue that has a modern library theme. Not always full with people but when it is, it’s brimming with top-tier women. Slow vibe here and better for grabbing contacts and moving on.

High-end: err on the side of being too early rather than too late because of face control.

Secret Room

Probably the top venue at the moment in Moscow . Very small but wildly popular club, which is crammed with tables but always packed. They do parties on Thursdays and Sundays as well. This club has a hip-hop/high-end theme, meaning most girls are gold diggers, IG models, and tattooed hip hop chicks. Very unfavorable logistics because there is almost no room no move inside the club but the party vibe makes it worth it. Strict face control.

Close to Secret Room and with a much more favorable and spacious three-part layout. This place attracts very hot women but also lots of ball busters and fakes that will leave you blue-balled. Come early because after 4am it starts getting empty fast. Electronic music.

A slightly kitsch restaurant club that plays Russian pop and is full of gold diggers, semi-pros, and men from the Caucasus republics. Thursday is the strongest night but that dynamic might be changing since Secret Room opened its doors. You can swoop here but it will be a struggle.

Mid-level: your sweet spot in terms of ease and attractiveness of girls for an average budget.

Started going downwards in 2018 due to lax face control and this might get even worse with the World Cup. In terms of layout one of the best Moscow nightclubs because it’s very big and bottle service gives you a good edge here. Still attracts lots of cute girls with loose morals but plenty of provincial girls (and guys) as well. Swooping is fairly easy here.

I haven’t been at this place in over a year, ever since it started becoming ground zero for drunken teenagers. Similar clientele to Icon but less chic, younger and drunker. Decent mainstream music that attracts plenty of tourists. Girls are easy here as well.

Sort of a Coyote Ugly (the real one in Moscow sucks) with party music and lots of drunken people licking each others’ faces. Very entertaining with the right amount of alcohol and very easy to pull in there. Don’t think about staying sober in here, you’ll hate it.

Artel Bessonitsa/Shakti Terrace

Electronic music club that is sort of a high-end place with an underground clientele and located between the teenager clubs Icon and Gipsy. Very good music but a bit all over the place with their vibe and their branding. You can swoop almost any type of girl here from high-heeled beauty to coked-up hipsters, provided they’re not too sober.

Afterparty: if by 5AM  you haven’t pulled, it’s time to move here.

Best afterparty spot in terms of trying to get girls. Pretty much no one is sober in there and savage gorilla game goes a long way. Lots of very hot and slutty-looking girls but it can be hard to tell apart who is looking for dick and who is just on drugs but not interested. If by 9-10am you haven’t pulled, it is probably better to surrender.

The hipster alternative for afterparties, where even more drugs are in play. Plenty of attractive girls there but you have to know how to work this type of club. A nicer atmosphere and better music but if you’re desperate to pull, you’ll probably go to Miks.

Weekday jokers: if you’re on the hunt for some sexy Russian girls during the week, here are two tips to make your life easier.

Chesterfield

Ladies night on Wednesdays means this place gets pretty packed with smashed teenagers and 6s and 7s. Don’t pull out the three-piece suit in here because it’s a “simpler” crowd. Definitely your best shot on Wednesdays.

If you haven’t pulled at Chesterfield, you can throw a Hail Mary and hit up Garage’s Black Music Wednesdays. Fills up really late but there are some cute Black Music groupies in here. Very small club. Thursday through Saturday they do afterparties and you have an excellent shot and swooping girls that are probably high.

Shishas Sferum

This is pretty much your only shot on Mondays and Tuesdays because they offer free or almost free drinks for women. A fairly low-class club where you should watch your drinks. As always the case in Moscow, there will be cute girls here on any day of the week but it’s nowhere near as good as on the weekend.

In a nutshell, that is all you need to know about where to meet Moscow girls in nightlife. There are tons of options, and it all depends on what best fits your style, based on the type of girls that you’re looking for.

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