Cave Concerts? Four Unique Music Venues in Europe
If you're at a great concert, the location might not be too important — some of the best ones have probably taken place in dark, smoke-filled rooms.
But here are four unique European venues that are worth visiting whoever is performing there.
The history of this venue goes back 360 million years — before even The Rolling Stones began performing! A meteorite crashed to the ground, forever changing the landscape in this part of Sweden, around 280 kilometers from Stockholm.
The venue used to be a quarry and the rock that rises above the seats gives it really great acoustics. Dalhalla has been used for concerts since 1993 and there is space for up to 6,000 people.
St Michael's Cave, Gibraltar
Some underground venues may feel like caves but this venue in Gibraltar, a British-owned territory in the south of Spain, actually is one.
Long fingers of rock look down from above, and colorful lights climb the sides of the cave, where 600 people can watch concerts and other events.
St Michael's Fortress, Šibenik
The music has to be good in Šibenik, on the Croatian coast, because it would be easy to allow your eyes to look beyond the stage at the pretty islands lying in the bright blue of the Adriatic Sea below.
This small, open-air venue, which has space for a little more than 1,000 people, is actually inside the walls of the fortress. The fortress itself is hundreds of years old but has welcomed many modern musicians from around the world.
In the center of this southern French city, this huge old arena was once used for fights between Roman gladiators.
As many as 20,000 people can be seated in the ancient arena. And every summer, a series of concerts called the Festival de Nîmes brings musicians from across France and around the world to perform there.
There aren't many Roman buildings that are still in such good condition, so whether or not there's a concert happening, it's a place that's worth a trip.
