
Café Opera is a café and nightclub in
Stockholm,
Sweden in the
Royal Swedish Opera
Royal Swedish Opera ( sv, Kungliga Operan) is an opera and ballet company based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Location and environment
The building is located in the center of Sweden's capital Stockholm in the borough of Norrmalm, on the eastern s ...
building and part of the
Opera Cellar (''Operakällaren''). It serves as a
bistro
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,
brasserie
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and
tearoom
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during the day but becomes one of Sweden's most famous and busiest nightclubs after 10pm.
It opened in 1980. On the ceiling are paintings by
Vicke Andrén.
The club is also a former football club named
FC Café Opera, founded in 1991 and which played in the Swedish Second League until 2005 when it merged with
Väsby IK to form
FC Väsby United
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.
References
External links
Official site
Nightclubs in Stockholm
1980 establishments in Sweden
Restaurants in Stockholm
Coffeehouses and cafés in Sweden
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