after the weekend, monday nights move at a slower pace - with fewer people partying the night away, it can be difficult to find nightclubs on a monday.

however, rarely passing up an opportunity for a celebration, many cariocas meet at the street bar scene of baixo gávea, in the gávea neighborhood, to celebrate 'bebemorar', the informal way of saying 'the beginning of the week'.

also great is is a bustling street party that takes place every monday night at pedra do sal, in the neighborhood of saúde.