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, Konvikt 7.5, 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, Ye Cracke 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, Fácankakas 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 Saltó 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
Málaga – 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 Pilsnerbar 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 Citadelle 7.5