The Nightlife of Gothenburg
Gothenburg is a great city, but even greater when the sun goes down. This page will guide you through all the places you should visit during the night in Gothenburg. First of all, what is there to do? During the night, you could do everything from a heated night out at a local nightclub, to a calm cup of coffe at a cozy café. It's up to you! We will bring you all sorts of options.

The Gotheburg Opera
Chopin, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff; hosted in a behemoth of steel and concrete, forged by our most prominent architects.
The Gothenburg Opera is situated along Göta Älv, which is one of Sweden's more famous rivers, where its spotlights casts a beam of aesthetic enjoyment; only to hit the people of Gothenburg. Whether you prefer concerts or musicals, every performance has a sublime combination of sound and visuals.

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The Gothenburg Opera in the evening; there to light up the night.

Performances
Experience magical masterpieces, ranging from Beethoven to Dvorak, in an expansive auditorium, as they are played by Scandinavia's finest orchestra. Most concerts are held throughout the year, and vary as the seasons change; giving it a volatile reputation. More information can be obtained from their official website.

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The grand hall; hosting the main stage, where major compositions are showcased.

Musicals are also offered, as they have a broad selection of cultural activities, and are usually closely linked with their theatrical pieces. Bright, festive themes - suitable for children; dark, sinister depictions of humanity for the mature audience; all of this and more, at one of Europe's most sublime theatrical assembly.

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Brilliant stage work, music and actors can turn the surreal into real.

If you want to know more, it is recommended to pay a visit to their website, where you can find the official show schedules.

Hookah Cafés in gothenbur
There are a lot of spectacular and fun activities in gothenburg for one to do. But sometimes a good quite night with a couple of friends might just be the thing you need. Gothenburg has some great and cozy hookah cafés, and some of them also offers a VIP room if you’d like some privacy with your friends.

One of these hookah cafés is:
Tusen och en natt that is located in gamlestaden, only 20 m from the tram station (SKF). This lovely café, which also has a restaurant inside, gives you great food, a wide selection in hookah tastes, and a lovely environment with comfortable seating for you and your friends. The café holds open for late at night and if you get tired you can just walk into the dining room and have a nice meal with your friends or family.

If you’re looking for a place that is more served as a cafe´s you can go to the “Black Diamond” cafe at wieselgrensplatsen. only 7 minutes from downtown Gothenburg. This small lovely café offers you drinks, a harmonic and calm environment and also have a VIP room for those who want a bit more privacy. They also serve drinks if you'd like a good relaxing night. Only walk in and ask the personal and they will look into your requests. The café is newly renovated and gives you feeling of modern middle eastern culture.

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Feel like working out? We have the Gym's just for you:
We can all have that feeling of anxiety when going on vacation, the good food and all the sweets are hard to resist and some nights you just might want to get your mind off of things. If that is the case this lovely city has a big calm gym, opened 24 hours a day. Enjoy a good run by yourself or some spinning to really work the body. If you rather like to lift weights to i your strength or become bigger, the gym have a wide selection of machines and different weight-lifting tools for every muscle group.

fitness24seven gym is located in most of the areas, with three of them close to downtown. The gym has a an age-limit of 18 years old so you’ll be insured that there will be no kids bothering you. It also offers many different group activities if you’d like to bring your friends along and sweat together.
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The cheap prices make it possible for almost anyone to join and the uncrowded gyms make it very environment friendly for everyone. Most people enjoy working out by them selves, but if it's you first time walking in to a gym and you don't really know what to do it can feel a little scary. If you'd rather want to work with a professional the first time the fitness24seven has highly educated PT's that will help you form your own work out plan. The personal training you do with a PT is written just to suit your personal goals and conditions. Every body is individual and every body is built differently. Therefor every body needs a different schedule.

The reasonable prices make it very possible to get a good start with a personal trainer. And if you enjoy company you can always bring a friend and make the session cheaper with the same quality learning.
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Nightclubs and pubs/bars in Gothenburg.

One important part in the nightlife is of course the nightclubs and bars. That’s where most people want to go at night to have fun. Gothenburg has a lot of places to go to when you want to hang out in the bar or on the dance floor.
Along the Avenue (called “Avenyn” in Swedish) are some of the biggest nightclubs with several levels of dance floors and bars. That’s where you can take a couple of drinks with your friends and dance all night long to house/pop music. When it comes to live music, there are lots of places that offer rock/jazz and pop bands. You can listen to everything between funky jazz music to heavy rock!

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Sticky Fingers
One very popular place to visit in Gothenburg is “Sticky Fingers”. They offer a very intimate nightclub, a bar and live music as well. They got around 10 bands and different DJ:s every week. Sticky Fingers has two stages: Top floor and club stage. It’s a rock bar on the bottom floor and a dance floor with R&B music on the top floor. On the two scenes occurs ranging from local talent to internationally known artists. The address is: Kaserntorget 7.

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Berså
Another well-known classic nightclub/bar is “Berså”. It’s located in central Gothenburg: Kungsportsplatsen 1
Berså has a cozy outdoor dining in the summer and a restaurant open all year. You can choose between a calm evening at the restaurant or, you can join the wild dance floor with all the latest tracks. As you can tell by the picture above, the environment is very modern and exclusive. We guarantee that you will enjoy yourself there.

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Puta Madre
Puta Madre is a popular restaurant but you can also just take a drink in the bar. This restaurant is very special because of their theme. They describe their restaurant as “A tribute to the Mexican brothel mother from 1918". Puta Madre was in 2012 appointed by the White Guide as a winner in the category of "Environment & Tuning". The environment is very spectacular indeed. It’s very different from other bars because of their influence from Tijuana. For instance, you will experience powerful taste sensation from a Piquant Chili Habanero. The address is: Magasinsgatan 3.

Casino Cosmopol
If you feel like dressing up for a overwhelmed dinner in a high quality environment full of entertainment and excitement then "Casino Cosmopol" is a perfect place to visit. The casino has a good location close to the sea which is 10 minutes walking from the city center, furthermore it offers their guests an unforgettable evening full of exciting games which gives you the chance to win a lot of money and the best part is that you can enjoy the experiance until 5 pm.
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You can choose beetwen four game categories, for example: number games, card games, dice games and slots.
While finding youself in a luxurious casino you should know that you are also in a unique historical buildning which makes your time in the casino more special and unforgettable.



Cafes

If your not interested in making it big tonight how about some of our town's coziest and best cafes.


Cafe SoHo is a cafe located on Larmgatan close to the tram stop “Kungsportsplatsen”. At summer they put outdoor dining. Café SoHo is known for its lovely summer dining.

If you’re looking for indoor winter coziness check out Condeco at Avenyn, Condeco closes around 2 am so it’s not the best night cafe. Condeco however are famous for its vintage feeling and coziness.
Espresso house is also a must go to café in Gothenburg, it has truly developed from being a small café located in Hamngatan to being one of Gothenburg’s most well-known café’s. Espresso House does have different kind of vibes; it really depends on which café you come to visit.


Bowling

Bowling in gothenburg is a must, after shopping and all kinds of fun there's no better way to end the day with som good old fashioned bowling.

Hard Rock Cafe, Hard Rock offers both a resturant and bowling hall. Hard Rock are not just famous for their bowling but for their rock theme, food and outstanding nightclub. You can find Hard Rock at Avenyn and trust us you cant miss it. So dont be scared and take a swing on the rock.

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