Activity Stag Weekends

Despite the recession demand for stag weekends is higher than ever, according to organisers The Stag Company.

They also claim the top destination for stag weekends in the UK is Bournemouth on the South Coast.

Read this press release for the full story.

Riga, the capital of Latvia, has in recent years established itself as the capital of stag weekends in Eastern Europe. Its combination of beautiful women, welcoming locals and cheap booze has attracted stags in numbers and those that arrive are rarely disappointed.

If you are going to go all that way to celebrate your last weekend of freedom you should so something that you can't do in England. One such activity is a gun shooting package in a cold war style bunker.

Handle shotguns, pistols and AK47s for a unique and adrenaline pumping experience. The video below is an example of what you can expect.

A stag do is not complete without one or more pranks. Some are funny, some are cruel, the best are a perfect combination of the two.

Germany is a holiday destination often overlooked by Brits, for various reasons, but we think Germany makes a fantastic stag do destination. It does after all have a fine drinking culture, which is of course paramount to the success of a stag party.

Here is a brief look at three stag do destinations in Germany and where you can find more information:

Hamburg

Are personal favourite has to be a Hamburg stag do thanks to its naughty Reeperbahn. The Reeperbahn is a street in the St Pauli district, which houses the city's red-light district. It is very different to that of Amsterdam, but provides ample opportunity for traditional stag do activities. The non-red-light nightlife in Hamburg is vibrant, diversified and surprisingly good-natured.

For more about what to do in Hamburg see Trip Advisor.

Berlin

The second choice has to be the modern metropolis that is Berlin, which is arguably Germany's cultural hub and is of course famous for its musical heritage. There is such a wide choice of bars available in Berlin, so you are able to have a stag do suitable to your tastes without having to search too hard.

Again, for Berlin activities, see Trip Advisor.

Munich

For the beer-aficionados then Munich is worth checking out, especially during the famous Oktoberfest. However, Munich doesn't quite have the variety of entertainment on offer that Berlin and Hamburg boasts.

See Trip Advisor for a taste of Munich.

Star of The Hangover - the film about the wildest stag night in history - Bradley Cooper has revealed his own drinking escapades can be rather wild.

Cooper said: "There was always one moment in the night where I would go, 'It's time to get naked!' And it was usually in the wintertime, when I'd want to run out in the snow."

The 34-year-old actor is due to play Templeton Faceman Peck in The A-Team movie, alongside Liam Neeson as Hannibal.

For the groom-to-be his big night out will hopefully be his only stag do and as a result it is one that has to be memorable. He will appoint his best man partly for the purpose of organising the stag party and will have high expectations, even though part of the tradition is for him to face an element of humiliation.

If the stag do consists of just one evening what should this big night include? It needs to be different from an ordinary night out for the groom and the rest of the lads, so included something you wouldn't normally do - on top of that let your hair down more than usual and just focus on having fun!

Stag night events:

Nightclub
Lap Dancing Club
Casino
Comedy Club
Greyhound Racing
Bar Crawl
Stag do Meal