Rio nightlife is famed to be the best in the world. It’s definitely a good place to spend a lot of time going out but you’ll need to adjust your cultural parameters a bit to really get the best of it. Whilst there do exist some interesting clubs, many of the best scenes are all on the street in sporadic gatherings of samba blocos rehearsing for carnival or just street parties like in Lapa or Gavea.
Nightlife in Rio is not about getting drunk and picking a fight either, it’s a very light, buzzy affair where the idea is to chat and flirt to the maximum. Whilst everyone drinks beer and cachaca, you’ll rarely see anyone too drunk to walk here. Getting trashed isn’t the Rio way, getting laid is.
Bars
Brazilians will drink beer anywhere and just about anywhere is allowed to sell it so they concept of a bar isn’t always a given; many Brazilians prefer to gossip with some friends at a street café, a botequim and watch the passers by. Even most of the bars aren’t much more than some plastic tables and chairs on the sidewalk where people split a large bottle of beer.
If you want to find something more resembling an American or European bar then you’ll need to head uptown to Ipanema or Leblon where you find a few Irish bars and pubs. Around Praca General Osorio in Ipanema you have the Irish Pub and Shenanigans; the Irish Pub is kinda small and cosy and there’s a fair number of expatriates who hang out here.
Shenanigans is loud, crowded and vulgar and basically a money-making machine; the doors are guarded by huge apes and the waitresses are all gorgeous. Gringos come here because it’s an environment they recognize and Brazilians come either to hunt the gringos (remember all foreigners are gringos in Brazil) or just to pose in an exotic foreign setting.
Moving up along Ipanema you pass some more botequim and then you come to Rua Maria Quiteria where you find the Emporio bar. This gets going from around 10am onwards and its main advantage is that it’s open until 4 in the morning. It’s very cheesy inside but when there’re enough people the crowd spills out onto the street and then it can be fun.
Rather than buying beer in the Emporio though you should stroll down and buy from Luizinho, who sells beers from the back of his car. He’s a small, friendly and very wise man who knows the street inside out. If you speak Portuguese then a chat with Luizinho can be a very enlightening experience.
If you want to get drunk with the bourgeois of Rio youth then you can find a bunch of bars around the ‘Leblon triangle’ situated around Dias Ferreira and Ataulfo de Paiva. Wear your most expensive haircut.
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Nightlife in Rio is not about getting drunk and picking a fight either, it’s a very light, buzzy affair where the idea is to chat and flirt to the maximum. Whilst everyone drinks beer and cachaca, you’ll rarely see anyone too drunk to walk here. Getting trashed isn’t the Rio way, getting laid is.
BarsBrazilians will drink beer anywhere and just about anywhere is allowed to sell it so they concept of a bar isn’t always a given; many Brazilians prefer to gossip with some friends at a street café, a botequim and watch the passers by. Even most of the bars aren’t much more than some plastic tables and chairs on the sidewalk where people split a large bottle of beer.
If you want to find something more resembling an American or European bar then you’ll need to head uptown to Ipanema or Leblon where you find a few Irish bars and pubs. Around Praca General Osorio in Ipanema you have the Irish Pub and Shenanigans; the Irish Pub is kinda small and cosy and there’s a fair number of expatriates who hang out here.
Shenanigans is loud, crowded and vulgar and basically a money-making machine; the doors are guarded by huge apes and the waitresses are all gorgeous. Gringos come here because it’s an environment they recognize and Brazilians come either to hunt the gringos (remember all foreigners are gringos in Brazil) or just to pose in an exotic foreign setting.
Moving up along Ipanema you pass some more botequim and then you come to Rua Maria Quiteria where you find the Emporio bar. This gets going from around 10am onwards and its main advantage is that it’s open until 4 in the morning. It’s very cheesy inside but when there’re enough people the crowd spills out onto the street and then it can be fun.Rather than buying beer in the Emporio though you should stroll down and buy from Luizinho, who sells beers from the back of his car. He’s a small, friendly and very wise man who knows the street inside out. If you speak Portuguese then a chat with Luizinho can be a very enlightening experience.
If you want to get drunk with the bourgeois of Rio youth then you can find a bunch of bars around the ‘Leblon triangle’ situated around Dias Ferreira and Ataulfo de Paiva. Wear your most expensive haircut.
http://www.roadjunky.com/guide/463/rio-nightlife-nightclubs-brazil
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