As well as maps, city guides and bar profiles we also write longer pieces on certain topics, or at least have since 2023. Here is our archive:

June 2026 – Anatomy of A Bar District – A dive into an under-sung district of a very under-sung city.

June 2026 – Finger Food Bars – A Regional Phenomenon In Different Corners of Europe – The distinctive, similar yet geographically separate finger food phenomenon in the Basque Country, the Veneto and Moravia. Pintxos, Cicchetti & Jednohubky.

April 2026 – In Defence of Tourists – A polemic defending the contribution careful tourism can make to European bar culture

November 2025 – The Madness of Bar Exploring – A fun reminiscing of the lengths required sometimes to visit certain bars

October 2025 – The Soft Skills of Running A Good Pub – Exploring the value of good hospitality and careful tasteful choices on the pub experience

November 2024 – The Lurid Appeal of The Boozer – A celebration of the love or hate qualities of true boozers and dive bars

March 2024 – Trouble In the Provinces – An exposé of the frustrating and avoidable decline of pub culture in provincial Czechia.

October 2023 – Notes on Zoiglkultur – A fully fledged guide to an arcane and beautiful brewing and pub culture in the Oberpfalz

May 2023 – Product vs Experience – Comparing the priorities of different customers when it comes to going out to bars