Away from the see-and-be-seen crowd, different from the great many generic cookie cutter venues, these pubs and bars offer a slice of sub-culture or the off-beat that deserves to be experienced.
Austria
Klagenfurt – Vertigo 7.6
Linz – KV KAPU 7.8, Thusen Tak 7.6
Vienna – Café Bendl 8.6, Stehbeisl 8.5
Belgium
Antwerp – De Kroon Van Hopland 8.5
Brugge – Vintage 7.8
Brussels – Goupil Le Fol 9.5, Porte Noire 7.7
Bulgaria
Plovdiv – Nylon 7.7, Baba Yaga 7.8
Sofia – The Hat’s Club 9.3
Croatia
Pula – Rock Bar Mimoza 7.7
Rijeka – Book Caffe Dnevni Borovak 8
Split – Basket Bar 8.5
Zadar – Trooper 7.5
Zagreb – Krivi Put 8.1
Czechia
Brno – Mydlo 9.2, Blues Bar Traubka 9.2, Posledni Lec 8.5, Hostimil 8.1, Desert 7.9, Sklelena Louka 7.6, Na Blbým Místě 7.5
Český Krumlov – Muzeum Czech Underground 8.5
Olomouc – U Floriana 7.8, Musea Ponorka 7.5
Ostrava – U Zrzavé Mary 8.9, Mirror Pub 8
Pilsen – Krčma U Krokodýlího Ocasu 8.8, Pink Panther 7.6
Prague – Balbínova Poetická Hospůdka 8.8, Bar MAY 7.6, Bondy Bar 7.6, Cafe Nova Doba 7.5, Centrala 8, Fraktal 7.6, Hospoda Brouk 7.5, Knoflik 7.7, Konvikt7.5, Majk L’Atmosphere 7.8, NAPA Gallery 7.6, Pivnice Na tržišti 7.7, Pivni Bar Chmeloun 7.6, První Pivni Tramway 8.5, U Budyho 7.8, U Prince Miroslava 7.5, U Suchý Dásně 7.8, U Velblouda 7.6, U Věstonického Venouše 7.6, U Vystřelenýho oka 8.8
Strakonice – U Tomáše 7.5
Tábor – U Lva 8.9
Třeboň – U Čerta 7.8
Denmark
Copenhagen – Cafe Intime 9.1, Eiffel Bar 8.6, Cafe Malmö 8.4, Tjili Pop 8.2, Floss 8, Woodstock 8, Alléenberg 7.7
England
Bristol – Bag O’ Nails 8.2
Falmouth – The Chintz 8.6
Halifax – The Grayston Unity 7.8
Leeds – Brudenell Social Club 8, Wharf Chambers 7.5
Liverpool – Hobo Kiosk 8.9, Peter Kavanagh’s 8.8, Kazimier Garden 8
London – King Charles I 8.6, Bradley’s Spanish Bar 8.6, The Troubadour 8.5, God’s Own Junkyard 7.8, Viktor Wynd 7.6, Howl At The Moon 7.6
Maidstone – Ye Olde Thirsty Pig 7.6
Manchester – Bar Fringe 7.8, The Salisbury 7.5
Newcastle – The Cumberland Arms 8.5, Mean Eyed Cat 7.8
Norwich – Arboretum 8.8, The Alexandra Tavern 8.7
Nottingham – King Billy 8.1, The Pillar Box 7.6
Preston – The Moorbrook 7.6
Sheffield – Shakespeare’s 8.5, The Rutland Arms 8.5, Fagans 8.1, White Lion 7.6
Shipley – The Fox 8.5
South Shields – The Steamboat 8.6
Stockport – Ye Olde Vic 8.9
Sunderland – Museum Vaults 8.1
Tenterden – Old Dairy Taproom 8.5
York – Golden Ball 8.5, The Black Swan 7.8, Rook & Gaskill 7.5
Estonia
Tallinn – Koht 8.5
Finland
Helsinki – Bar Petiit 8.6, Harry’s Bar 8.5, Musta Kissa 7.6
Oulu – Jumpru 7.7
Rovaniemi – Musta Kissa 7.8
Tampere – Vanha Monttu 7.7
Turku – Cosmic Comic Café 7.7
France
Bayonne – Patxoki 8.2
Dijon – Au Vieux Leon 8.5, Café Chez Nous 8.4, L’Antre II Mondes 8.2, Le Monde D’Apres 8
Colmar – Les Incorruptibles 7.7
Lille – Au Carre Des Halles 7.7, L’Atomic, 7.5
Lyon – Bieristan 8, Bar Des Capucins 7.6, La Pente 7.6
Metz – Le Troubadour 7.7
Paris – L’art Brut 8.1, L’imprevu 7.7
Rennes – La Maison 7.5
Strasbourg – Laab 7.8
Toulouse – Le Bar Belfort 8
Germany
Augsburg – Neruda Kultur Café 8.5
Bamberg – Pizzini 8.9, Rotenschild 8.5, Catwheezle’s Castle 8.3, Galerie am Stephansberg 8
Berlin – Yorkschlosschen 9.1, E&M Leydicke 8.5, Bei Schlawinchen 8.5, Prager Fruhling 8.4, Peppi Guggenheim 8.1, Zur Pinte 7.9, Fuk;s 7.9, Astra Stube 7.8
Bremen – Heartbreak Hotel 8.8, Hart Backboard 8.1, Rum Bumpers 7.7
Cologne – Weisser Holunder 8.1
Erfurt – Noah 9.5
Frankfurt – Klapper33 8.2, Doctor Flotte 7.8, Balalaika 7.7
Freiburg im Breisgau – Litfass 9, Café Atlantik 8.5, Beat Bar Butzemann 8, Café Movie 7.7
Hamburg – Zum Silbersack 8.7, Tortuga 8, Jupi Bar 7.8, Fritz Bauch 7.8
Leipzig – Konich Heinz 8.5, Frau Krause 8.3, BillHart 8.3, Zwille 7.9
Limburg an der Lahn – RundesEck 7.8
Lübeck – Buthmanns Bierstube 8.3, Tibia Tick 7.9, Rauchfang 7.7
Lüneburg – Café Klatsch 8.2
Munich – Brandner Kaspar 8.5, Gans Woanders 8.3, Geyerwally 8.1, Sehnsucht 8, Café Johannis 7.9, Bei Otto 7.8, Bei Dagmar 7.8, Alte Utting 7.8, Salon Irkutsk 7.7, Valentin Stuberl 7.5
Nuremberg – Freudenpark 9, Kloster 8, Tante Betty 7.6
Passau – Zeche 14 7.8
Regensburg – Zur geflickten Trommel 8.1, Piratenhohle 7.8, Muzikbar SAX 7.8, Hinterhaus 7.7, Muzikkneipe Klappe 7.7
Rothenburg ob der Tauber – Guckloch 7.5
Schwerin – Zum Freischutz 8.3
Wetzlar – Café Vinyl 7.8
Wurzburg – Tscharlie’s 7.8
Hungary
Budapest – Golya Presszó 8.8, Auróra 8.4, Potkulcs 8, Manyi 7.8, Villányi Borozó 7.5
Debrecen – Ibolya Söröző 8.5, Facankakas 7.8
Esztergom – Kaleidoszkóp Ház 9.1
Pécs – Csinos Presszó 7.9
Szeged – Jazz Kocsma 8.5
Szombathely – Bohem Pizzicato 7.9
Italy
Bari – Storie Del Vechhio Sud 8.1
Milan – Frizzi e Lazzi 8.2, Union Club 8
Trieste – Al Rifugio 7.8
Latvia
Riga – Aleponija 8.2, Čē 7.8, Kad Zebras Deg 7.7, K.K.C 7.6, Ugunsvija 7.5
Lithuania
Kaunas – Galera Rock Bar 7.5
Vilnius – Baras Suo 7.6
Montenegro
Kotor – Klub Invalida 8.2
Podgorica – Konoba Avlija 8.7
Netherlands
Amsterdam – Langereis 8.3, De Laurierboom 7.9
North Macedonia
Skopje – Speakeasy 8.5, Pub Porta 8.5, Gluvo Kuce 8.3
Northern Ireland
Belfast – Sunflower Public House 8.5, Madden’s 8.5
Poland
Gdansk – Polufka 8.4, Café Szafa 7.6
Katowice – Atmosfera 7.5
Kraków – Eszeweria 9.1, Trelkovsky Café 8.7, Propaganda 8.5, Café Szafe 7.8
Malbork – Spizarnia 8
Poznan – Za Kulisami 8.2, Dragon 7.6
Torun – Czarny Tulipan 8.8
Tychy – Pod Jesionami 7.9
Warsaw – Chmury 8.6, W Oparach Absurdu 8.3, Sklad Butelek 8.1, To sie wytnie 7.7
Wroclaw – Art Café Kalambur 8.7, Mleczarnia 8.5
Zabrze – Oficyna 8.5
Portugal
Lisbon – Associacao Loucos e Sonhadores 8.3, Tejo Bar 7.9, Casa Independente 7.8
Republic of Ireland
Cork – Callanan’s 8.8, An Spailpin Fanach 8.1
Romania
Bucharest – Lokal 8.7, Boogie Bar 8.5, BEAT Bar Umanist 8.3, Niște Domni și Fiii 7.9
Cluj-Napoca – Heltai Folkcentar 8.9, Zorki 8, La Tevi 7.7, Shadow Café 7.5
Iasi – Vipard 7.8, La Baza 7.5
Oradea – Lokal 8.5, Moszvka Cafe 8, Gekko Pub 7.7
Sibiu – Geea Caffe 8.9
Sighisoara – Voynich Pub 7.5
Timisoara – Scart 9.5
Scotland
Edinburgh – The Ventoux 7.7
Glasgow – The Laurieston 9.5, The Doublet 8.4, Koelschip Yard 7.6
Serbia
Belgrade – Chillton 8.1, Globetrotters 8, Kvaka 22 7.9, KC Grad 7.8, Kafe Supa 7.5
Novi Sad – Graffiti 8.7, Crni Ovan 8.3, Foxtrot 8.1, Kafe Dramil 7.5
Slovakia
Banska Bystrica – Klub Bosorka 7.8
Bratislava – Steinplatz 8.6, The Peach 8.1, Dungeon Pub 7.5, Za Rohom 7.5
Slovenia
Ljubljana – Metelkova 8.5, SAX 8.1
Maribor – Pub Gambrinus 8.1
Spain
Barcelona – Gran Bodega Salto 8.3, Bocadilleria Jazz 7.5
Bilbao – Aterpe 7.6, Basterra Taberna 7.5
Cordoba – Jazz Cafe 8.5
Granada – Bohemia Jazz Café 9.5, La Tertulia 7.8, El Perro Andaluz 7.6
Malaga – La Casa Invisible 8.5
Santiago de Compostela – Modus Vivendi 8.4, Avante 7.6
Sevilla – Garlochi 9.1, La Carboneria 8.5, Bar Ajoblanco 7.7, Urbano Comix 7.7
Valencia – L’Ermita 8.4, Bodega Valero 7.8, La Vitti 7.7, Tulsa Café 7.6
Zaragoza – Taberna Pottoka 8.3
Sweden
Gothenburg – Ivans Pilsnerkafe 8.2
Lund – Café Ariman 7.6
Malmö – Mässingshornet 7.8
Stockholm – Rost 8.6, Källarbyn 8.3, Peppar 8.3, Erlands 8
Switzerland
Geneva – La Galerie 8.7, La Citadella 7.5