I would like to recommend fancy Blue Moon Bar especially during friday afternoons when food is…read moreserved for free. It's a afterwork dinner time when everybody meets in one place, have some mexican delicacy (it's served every friday) and enjoy cool atmosphere. The only thing you have to pay are cloakroom and expensive coctails. Almost every friday typical Swedish band entertains guests. Warning: I mean a very typical Swedish band, not easy to accept for foreigners:) The restaurant is huge so there should be enough place for everybody but always some is missing and you finish eating on the floor.

One of the many restaurant-bars in Karlstad market center. Open late night until 1a most days…read more Crowd is young - 20s and 30s - and most people came in groups. No one sat at the bar, mostly at tables on terrace/patio. Stopped in for a beer and snack. Staropramen draft (pilsner-like) beer was ~70 SEK and meat/cheese platter was ~175 SEK. Took a little while to order, but received items soon after order. Food was nothing worth mentioning and platter seemed a bit overpriced. May have been more fun on weekends. Bottom Line: Ok for late night, but would opt to hop over to other nearby places.

Thursdays in Arena are just so usual as fridays in Blue Moon Bar. The entrance to the club is above…read more18 so there are many high school students not easy to recognise:) When you show your student ID, you enter the club on thursday for free. Arena has got 2 dance floors. One is for the old, pop music and second for mostly electronic, clubbing sounds. The price is just typical for Swedenexpensive:) Some nights there are happy hours what means that drinks are half price cheaper till 11 pm.

Nojes Fabriken is one of the biggest entertaining factory in Sweden. There is a bowling, 3 dance…read morefloors and fun place for children. If it comes to dance floors you can find one with electro, rock and pop music. The entrance before 10 pm is for free, later depending on the hour you have to pay. Sometimes there are free tickets in the Citron newspaper. The club is huge but still there's a crowd of people. The best thing is that fans of hard rock, metal and pop styles mix in one place, what I've never seen before. For those who don't know Swedish law: you mustn't smoke inside public places, that's why Nojes Fabriken has got a seperate room for smokers. Also every club in Sweden closes at 2 am I am not going to recommend bar in Nojes because it's simply expensive. If your wallet is rich you can afford it, if not, you have to drink before visiting club.