Cheap, crowded, and open ’till late
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Rua Nova do Carvalho, 16
Cais do Sodré
+351 918 489 595, website
Mon – Tue, closed; Wed – Thu, 23h – 4h; Fri – Sat, 24h – 4h; Sun, closed
Europa looks like an extremely modern bar from the outside, but inside is a slightly more high-voltage version of the other bars geographically named. Why? Because this one is outfitted with lasers! It stays open ’til the wee hours and is quite popular with the staff of the nearby restaurants and bars as an after-work watering hole. Whether it’s free or relatively cheap to enter (it depends on the night), Europa slings affordable beer and blasts loud top hits from the last 40 years between resident DJ sets. It has recently been told to close its doors for the upcoming renovation of the block-long building in which it sits, but the lights have so far stayed on. Once it does have to close, we expect it to re-open next decade, based on our experience with Portuguese contractors…
