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The last years London has climbed the "hottest nightlife in Europe"
list with amazing speed. Watch out when they get the opening hours
regulations sorted as well..
SCHRAGER
VENUES - Sanderson Hotel, St Martins Lane etc
The man doesn't stop. In mascopi with Starck he's done the Mondrian (see LA
guide), Delano, Hudson.. etc. The St Martins lane hotel in London features
the Light bar with the weirdest Starck tables (or is it lamps?). A great
restaurant, Asia de Cuba etc. The Sanderson hotel features great restaurants
as well and the fab Purple bar (see below). Well if you're "that guy
behind Studio 54", I guess you've got some selfconfidence and then
some.. 
Purple bar - Sanderson
TIGER TIGER - Picadilly, 0171-9301885
First of the "Megaclubs" (all at one place) TigerTiger say they
focus on the +25s which is bollocks but, if you want drinks
before, an ok meal and then dance the night away without going all
over town, this is your place.
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FABRIC - 77 Charterhouse street, EC1, 0171-4900444.
Big, young, sweaty and loud!
BLUEBIRD - Kings Road
One of Conran's many restaurant. This one is one of the nicer due
to the fabulous delicatessen store underneath (open late) and a
heavenly mash (seriously :-).
THE PHARMACY - Notting Hill Tel. +44-171-2212442
Damien Hirst among others restaurant that features a bar/pharmacy
on the first floor. International cuisine one floor up. Had a duck
to die for autumn -99.
LUPOS - SOHO -
Dean Street
OK restaurant, buzzling bar area and compleeetely loopy waitress :-)

CHRISTOPHERS - Near The Strand
"American grill" cuisine, nice atmosphere with tables tastefully
far apart, lights down low and pleasant staff. Pricy though.
MEZZO - Beside Covent Garden
Another of Conran's mega restaurant with 3000 chefs, but it's managed
to keep the atmosphere due to the sober design. Jazz bands playing
a couple of nights a week also helps. Cheaper menues upstairs.
CAFÉ
DE PARIS - Leicester Square, tel. 0171-7347700
Club, bar and restaurant that sometimes have live entertainment as jazz singers
etc. Hard to get in Fri/Sat if you're not a member. Fierce 12 pound drinks in
the neon lit bar downstairs that will send you ballistic.
TITANIC
- Stay away
Like the ship this must surely sink deep to never be seen again. 1
hour to be seated though reserved and another hour for the average
food. Not impressed however many superchefs behind it..
Further out..
SOUK - 165 Clapham High Street, Tel 0207 6224004
Situated at the beginning of bar packed Clapham High street so good
place to start a nights hopping. Dark and cosy Moroccan bar and
restaurant. Big sofas around big silverplatters where you eat your
couscous or down your mint-tea (not that much nonalcoholic
beverages are ordered here though..). Packed weekends so book.
THE
WHITE HOUSE - Clapham
New fashionably designed club and restaurant with private area on the
second floor which is bound to become a megahit summer 2001.
MOXONS Fishrestaurant, 14 Clapham Park, Tel 0207 6272468
Great fishdishes served by very pleasant and.. perky :-) French staff.
Close to Clapham High Street.
SUGAR REEF,
http://www.sugarreef.net/
Too busy for me, getting old, but the cave is fab..
LA RUEDA - Clapham
Favourite spanish restaurant (& tapas bar) that turns into a sizzling
bar after 10. Pic from a pretty wild evening..
CLAPHAM GRAND - St Johns Hill, Clapham SW11
Welcome to Tackyville Funkycity Clapham, but good fun sometimes in this
old theatre turned club. 70ties night Sat's, 80ties nights Fri's. Once
you've downed an army of VodkaRedbulls in the bar at the topfloor; get
down on it on the +1.000 dancefloor til you drop...
MINISTRY OF SOUND
Still the club of clubs, and about the only thing you can find in SouthEast.
www.ministryofsound.com
WIMBLEDON:
- San Lorenzo - Italian chiq, good food, slightly to pricey.
- Al forno - Italian rustic, simple but friendly. Watch out for the
Portuguese waitor. barmy! :-)
- La Casa - Bar, restaurant and patio.
Wimbledon village:
- Firestables - Opened up summer 2001 and is going very strong, giving Lighthouse a run for it's money. Nice design, especially the entrance lounge area. Food has varied from superb to ok. Jurys still out..
- Lighthouse - Definitely the best restaurant up here: 75 Ridgway, Tel: 0208
9446338
- Est est est - Italian, medium, nice bar downstairs, ok prices. Service needs major overhaul though..
- Café Rouge, definitely better than the others in this chain.
- Pitcher & Piano - Again, better than others
in the chain.
LINKS
NEW! Foodndrink.co.uk (excellent)

Timeout London
Evening Standards club etc. guide

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STOCKHOLM
Ahh.. Beauty on water. Apart from being the beautiful town it is built on it's 4 islands, Stockholm is on the fast track to a big city feeling when it comes to the nightlife. Maybe we feel so far away from everything that we have to keep up with New York and Barcelona, well who cares; just enjoy..
FORMBAR - Hagagatan 4, 08-32 06 22
Trendy design yes (see picture of bar section below) but the FOOD.
absolutely gorgeous at our visit April 2001. Can they keep this up?? 
ETT
LITET HAK - Grev Turegatan 15
Relaxed, cosy, not very cheap but well worth it. Perfectly situated close to
the shopping area so you can easily slip in when you've had enough off the
stress and need to go aaahhh... BEIRUT CAFE -
Engelbrektsgatan 37 , 08-21 20 25
A little bit off the normal restaurant areas but well worth it for the fab
Lebanese kitchen. Nicely decorated Lebanese Moderne and with a bar
underneath the cellar vaults. LYDMAR - Sturegatan, City
Hotel bar with a life of it's own. Small but great bar and jazz bands playing the odd evenings. T/BAR
- Strandvägen 7c, Tel +46-8-4596802
Another hotel bar but bigger and
nicer than you're used to. Extra points for the open fire, niiice...
Perfectly Ok restaurant adjacent.
STORSTAD - Odengatan
Mainly restaurant but with very busy bar area. Good music, good food,
good music.
HANNAS - Skanegatan, South island
Restaurant & bar with club in the cellar. Classic in the rugged style of rest's that popped up in this area end of the 80s beginning of the 90s. Watch out for the cow in the cupboard coming out to moooh once in a while..
TEMPEL Duo - Kungsholmen
A great bar in this more quiet but booming part of Stockholm. It's small even for a bar AND it's got a restauarant in there as well. Well designed
and good food.
SPY BAR - Birger Jarls gatan, City
Apart from temporary clubs, this is considered The late night place. Set in an old upperclass flat, this is probably the most celebrity packed place and hence hard to get in. Not the ambience it could have had due to the number of overly drunk persons looking for the last chance of the night.
CAFE OPERA - Kungstradgarden, City
The most famous night spot in Stockholm still holding it's own. Overlooking the water / the Kings park and located in a fantastic building; it is a must visit. Good restaurant, will set you back a bit though.
By Andreas S:
KOH PANGAN- Skanegatan, South island (opposite of Hannas)
Excellent Thai bar and restaurant. Very good food and reasonable prices.
Colored lamps in every corner and teriffic service. Koh Pangan is worth a
visit just for the atmosphere. No table reservations avaliable so be there
in time.
LINKS
NOJESGUIDEN
ALLT OM STOCKHOLM, only in Swedish
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OSLO
Oslo is a strange creature when it comes to the nightlife, it's not like anything else really. At the same time as it can feel a bit tacky, they make up for it in enthusiasm, and there is plenty of places to choose by for a town of this size. Now if they could only get the drinks prices down..
BAROCK - Universitetsgaten 26
An Oslo classic. Stylish and superficial Osloites sinking beers for Ł5/8$ on several floors.
BARONEN & BARONESSEN Stortingsgaten
Open late, techno on one floor, older stuff on the second. Last call for.. type of place.
COSTA BRASSERIE - Klingenberggt.
Restaurant with international cuisine, city.
LAST TRAIN - Universitetsgata
Club & restaurant. Different kind of music styles depending on night & floor. Concerts frequently, mostly rock.
LIPP - Olav V's gate
Like Barock but with a bit more.. noveau riche crowd.
MINIBAREN - Stortingsgt.
Music: Hits/rock/pop.
SMUGET - Rosenkrantzgt.
Looooong queues takes you into this club thats playing the latest hit music. Age; +23.
STUDENTEN - Universitetsgt./Karl johan
As the name implies, lots of students. Again. Haven't been able to find a place in Oslo with a +27 crowd actually..
All above around the city centre. Don't be afraid to go further though, you are bound to meet more interesting and less drunk people..
LINKS
Nattguiden - in Norwegian though..
Night and day - in Norwegian though..
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NEW YORK
NY, where to begin. I've been the most amazed in my life while having dinner
at La maison de sade, set a new world record in time before snogging at
LIFE, had the biggest Martini ever in China Grill and so on; but, it's so
big that you're better off using one of the services below giving you recommendations
nearby.
Whatever you do, that town will simply amaze you..
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