It’s become a thing since my days nearly 30 years ago when I had my last hours of bachelor freedom in Aberdeen… the best European stag dos.
Mine was in the Granite City when my brother ploughed me with drink, I reluctantly left the party early and spoiled my fiancee’s plans.
By being laid out unwell on the bed when she got back.
Of course, for the longest time now budding brides and grooms take their last hurrahs to party cities.
Of which online slots site Slot.Day tell us London and Prague lead the way.
Slotting in
Slot.Day analysed the quality of nightlife and the cost of accommodation with BudgetYourTrip in all European capitals.
And focused on the number of highly-rated nightlife spots in each, listed on TripAdvisor, specifically those with four stars and above out of five.
And for accommodation they used a three-night stay for a group of ten with rooms of two.
Now as is our way we’ll let you skim through the findings before putting our gloss on it.
With the number of 4 and 5 star nightlife slots the first figure and the three-night accommodation second.
Starter for ten
London: 854; £350.61
Prague: 418; £176.7
Sofia: 112; 125.6
Skopje: 20; £114.4
Tirana: 61; £121.8
Bucharest: 109; £134.9
Belgrade: 133; £140.4
Warsaw: 99; £136.7
Berlin: 375; 228.8
Sarajevo: 29; £127.4.
Czech it out
Now you’ll notice that the list is crammed with capitals from capitals from the former Soviet bloc.
Where as a rule of thumb prices are lower.
With the stand-out being Prague which because of its location in the centre of Europe is more westernised anyway.
So you can enjoy a melting pot of cultures all coming to the Czech capital to party.
And, oh how the Bohemians like to party, with there being more Czechs who drink beer per head of population than anywhere else in the world.
More surprising to see might be the jewel of the Balkans, Sarajevo.
Which is much more than the siege we know from the wars of the Eighties.
Don’t miss Sarajevo
Because remember it is precisely because Sarajevo lies at the crossroads of cultures that it has become so prized in history.
And, of course, you need to fill in time between the drinking so head for the Mosque area and indulge in the best Bosnian feasts.
And channel your inner Gavrilo Princip at the Archduke Franz Ferdinand museum where the First World War broke out.
There will likely be carnage at your bachelor party but make sure you’re in the right city.
One of these, the best European stag dos.
While of course we’ve been down this road before with an alternative list of bachelor party spots.
But then it’s your party so you pick ’em.
