Crazy first night

26.07.2011

So after dinner I wanted to chill a bit and have a beer or two. I found a really good polish bar on-line called Degustatornia Beer House Gdańsk. After wandering around and completely getting lost trying to find it I got lucky and stumbled across it. It's a great little locals bar and they have about 20 types of polish beer (tap and bottles), as well as Czech, German, Belgium, and Lithuanian beers. Nothing was in English on the menu but luckily the bartender spoke good English, so I ordered a couple pints and soaked in the local atmosphere.

So I was feeling up for some DnB and luckily there just happened to be some good Djs playing across town in a club called Buffet. The name of the place is a bit strange but I had read good reviews on it so I started my long trek to find the place. Again I got lost wandering the streets of Gdansk but I asked some young locals if they knew where it was and not only did they know but they also decided to show me! The two polish girls and young guy were extremely friendly, they told me that they were on their way to see Borgore, a very popular international dubstep Dj. But when they found out I was American the two girls dropped the guy and wanted to hangout with me. After walking through some pretty industrial areas with no street lights and along some dirt paths we finally made it to Buffet in an old shipyard, and thank god they showed me where it was because I would have never found it. The girls told me that this club is located in a very special place for Polish people because the shipyard is where the Polish solidarity movement finally won their freedom from communist Russia. I was feeling good about how the night was transpiring, soaking up all the history and being in a weird/strange/cool place is just exciting! Walking up to the club I couldn't believe my eyes, I had never seen a club like this, it's not some posh VIP lounge you see in downtown Miami or LA, this place was in some type of abandoned warehouse used for the shipyard next door. The building had actually been converted into a urban/modern art venue with a bar/lounge in the other half. This place was dope and what underground DnB is all about! So I bought the girls some beers and we started to soak in the music. The guy that was playing was really good, he was playing the minimal upfront style that I'm loving right now.

Buffet at night

Buffet entrance

Buffet at night

Dj unkown

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New Polish friends

memorial statue for solidarity

Unfortunately, I don't think the girls were that into the music and after about 20-30 minutes they wanted to go to a private underground party. Normally I would have just stayed at the club because the music was so good but because they sacrificed their time to show me the place I didn't want to be rude so I told them I would go. So we took a taxi to some abandoned storefront/warehouse downtown and I had no idea what to expect at this point. After arriving there were some guys playing an interesting mix of hard techno and drill n bass, not really my cup of tea but everyone there was friendly and curious about the American, haha. After chilling a couple of hours it was about 3am and I needed to get back so we took a taxi and they dropped me off at the hotel. Before leaving they told me to meet them tomorrow at 8 outside the hotel but I never saw them again, sucks because they were good people.

da real undergound party