Alcohol
Linköping boasts several bars. Most of them are found in the central parts of the city around the cathedral. Among the most popular are:
The The Champ (http://www.thechamp.nu) sports bar, as well as The Pub, are also popular choices. A branch of the sports bar chain Pitcher's (http://www.pitchers.se) opens on April 30, 2009.
To get informed about any entertainment or cultural events in town, such as the occasional live band, you pick up the free Nolltretton and Corren Fredag magazines only available in Swedish or check www.lkpg.nu (http://www.lkpg.nu). You can also check the billboard on Lilla Torget where the arrangers post their flyers.
The students have their own places to go to, for instance Herrgår'n (http://www.hg.se/) in the Ryd area, Flamman (http://www.flamman.org/) or Nationernas Hus (http://www.nationernashus.se) next door to the Cathedral in central Linköping. You have to be a university student including foreign universities or the guest of a student at Linköping University, to get in.
Coffee
There are many nice coffee houses and cafes by the main square and in the central parts of the city. They serve a wide variety of coffee. Sweden and the Swedes are the second highest consumers of coffee per person worldwide. In the past ten years traditional Swedish coffee tradition has been diversified and enriched by Italian and continental European coffee, the result being the caffè latte the Italian word for Swedish coffee with milk and a gazillion other forms of coffee.