Party and Nightlife

Catch one of the hundreds of weekly funk shows, where dj’s and dancers offer a musical experience. You will probably hear Favela-funk, also called “Funk Carioca”or “baile funk”, the Rio preferred music among the youth of Rio. This is Rio’s answer to hip-hop, with elements of samba and electronica, African rhythms and soul.

Nightclubs in Rio de Janeiro

Bombar
Avenida General San Martin 1011, Leblon

Garota de Ipanema (the girl from Ipanema)
Adresse: Rua Vinicius de Moraes 49, Ipanema

Help
Avenida Atlântica 3432, Copacabana,

Bip Bip
Adresse: Rua Almirante Gonçalves 50

Nuth in Barra da Tijuca
www.nuth.com.br

Entertainment in Lapa

Lapa, famous for its street parties.

Caipirinhas and beatiful women with small bikinis in Rio de Janeiro. Weekend nights are one big town festival site with music of the samba line.  If you enjoy the nightlife downtown party spots like Lapa Arches is where you want to be on a Friday night around midnight. Here the party going on and in the streets, and inside the clubs for all tastes.
Hotels close to Arcos da Lapa

Party portuguese

Hello beautiful
Oi linda.

Can I buy you a drink?
Quer beber alguma coisa?

Sure!
Claro

It was cool
Foi maneiro

You can also find thieves, drugs, hookers and other interesting people at some of Rios popular night hotspots like Icy, Hideaway, Zero Zero Catwalk and Baronetti.

The area around the Largo do Machado in Flamengo’s nice. There are many bars and cafes and you get a sense of how the older Rio looks.

Drug use
A survey of adolescents in institutions for youth offenders conducted in 1999 in Rio de Janeiro showed that 90% had used drugs at some point in their lives, about 60% in the last six months and 31% in the last month. The most frequently used drug was marijuana (77%), while crack was mentioned by 10%.

The effects of violence on drug trafficking in Brazil
The retail drug market in Rio has been dubbed the Movimento (“the movement”). High rates of murdered or seriously wounded youths involved in drug trafficking and the dispute for territories and favelas controlled by gangs using weapons.

Source:
Drug Use and Trafficking in Rio de Janeiro Some remarks on harm reduction policies
Authors: Michel Misse and Joana D. Vargas