Soldaten Svejk, Ostgotagatan 15. Lively Czechrun joint popular with students. Cheap (around 40kr) evening meals on Mon & Tues. Drinking, nightlife and entertainment There's plenty to keep you occupied in Stockholm, from pubs, gigs and clubs to the cinema and theatre. There's a particularly good live music scene in the bars and pubs, where you'll generally have to pay a cover charge of around 6080kr. Also, if you don't want to feel very scruffy, wear something other than jeans and training shoes many places won't let you in dressed like that anyway. Be prepared, too, to cough up sbc or seven crowns to leave your coat at the cloakroom; a requirement at many bars as well as at discos and clubs. Apart from the weekend, Wednesday night is an active time in Stockholm with usually plenty going on and queues to get in the more popular places. Bars, brasseries and pubs _ The scourge of Swedish nightlife high alcohol prices is gradually being neutralised due to the influence of closer European integration. Beer prices in pubs, bars , and cafes have been dropping noticeably and on Sodermalm especially there are ; some very good deals: visitors will still probably find it expensive compared to j home, but it no longer requires a bank loan to see the night through. Happy Hour ; at various places also throws up some bargains; there are more details below. The city centre Arnolds, Stureplan. Huge, modem bar favoured by business types and the postcinema crowd. There's a tasty selection of snacks to go with the reasonably priced drinks. Brasserie Vau de Ville, Hamngatan 17, Kungstradgarden. Posh and popular brasserie «i snacks and drinks, as well as a regular menu; open until 12.30am, 1.30am Fri & Sat. Cafe Opera, Opera House, Gustav Adolfs Torg. If your Katherine Hamnett gear ii yf crushed, and you can stand just one more martini, then join the queue outside; open una daily. Dubliners, Birgerjarlspassagen. New Irishrun pub with a pricey pint of Guinness but s great live music at weekends. DRINKING AND N I G H T L I F EI 3 S 3 ftiniiboet Sveavagen 911. One of the city's new breed of "Eurobars", this brasserie and b is open daily until midnight. There's a good atmosphere and a Happy Hour. Linierick, Tegnergatan. Close to Tre Backer (see "Live Music", below), this popular • h bar charges the same outrageous prices for its Guinness but it's a lively spot. T an Karlsbergsvagen. Pricey French restaurant upstairs, but downstairs there's an old wSers'beer hall worth a visit. T dor Anns, Grev Turegatan. ТЪе only really authentic English pub in town and popular th expats as a result. Shepherd's pie andойи Bull bitter if you want it. Gamla Stan Grimunken. VasterlSnggatan 18. Cosy cafepub, usually busy and sometimes with live music to jolly things along. Kristina, VasterlSnggatan 68. Cafe by day (with a fixedprice lunch); Happy Hour 48pm; and free iive jazz after 8pm. Stortorgskaliaren, Stortorget.