“If there’s one city that loves trance, it’s Toronto,” believes Armin van Buuren. “And if there’s one club that knows how to rock, it’s the Guvernment.”>

The laser illuminated synth sound might not be everyone’s bag but recommendations don’t come too much weightier than from the world’s No.1 DJ. Consuming a labyrinth of eight futuristic rooms, with an über-chic roof terrace offering panoramic vistas of downtown Toronto, Guvernment is an emporium of almost unparalleled girth, but it’s not just trance inhabiting its cavernous main arena — Carl Cox, Sasha and Derrick Carter have all appeared.

“I don’t know any other club that pulls those amounts of people all year long,” concludes Armin.