This is a bulletin as it’s time once again to celebrate the finest bars in Europe!
If you want to cut to the chase – here it is:
Top 100 Bars In Europe 2026
The above link takes you to our full piece with a drop-down list of 100 with full write-ups, profiles, galleries and maps. It’s a stunning love letter to Europe’s best bars and what makes them so good. An article you could happily get lost in for weeks!
2025-2026 was a year of dedicated exploring for us, with 278 new additions to our guide. Of those, 24 are new entries inside our new Top 100! This year we display bars from more countries, with more types of venue too.
It’s an ever-more thorough, comprehensive and impressive exhibition. For context, we had at least 500 genuine contenders for the Top 100. Therefore, if you don’t see your favourites remember they are either on our wider guide or we haven’t yet visited!
Travel in 2025:
January
England – Hull, Leeds, London
France – Metz
Luxembourg – Luxembourg City
February
England – Birmingham, Bradford, Hull, Leeds
Republic of Ireland – Cork
March
Belgium – Brussels, Mechelen
Czechia – Brno, Telč, Jindřichův Hradec, Třeboň, České Budějovice, Český Krumlov, Hluboká Nad Vltavou, Plzeň, Beroun, Karlštejn, Prague
England – Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Shrewsbury, Worcester, York
April
Austria – Salzburg, Linz
Czechia – České Budějovice, Český Krumlov, Prague, Plzeň
England – Bradford, Doncaster, Hull, Keswick, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield, York
Germany – Bad Reichenhall, Nuremberg, Munich, Bamberg, Forchheim, Hirschaid, Strullendorf, Amlingstadt, Heiligenstadt, Aufsess, Heckenhof, Breitenlesau, Nankendorf, Waischenfeld, Pottenstein, Leups, Lindenhardt, Bayreuth, Marktredwitz, Reuth bei Erbendorf, Wiesau, Nabburg, Neuhaus and der Waldnaab, Widen in der Oberpfalz, Windischeschenbach, Regensburg
May
Czechia – Brno, Znojmo, Mikulov, Valtice
England – Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Saltaire, Sheffield, Shipley, York
France – Beauvais
Italy – Bergamo, Milan
Slovakia – Bratislava
June
Czechia – Brno, Vranovice, Polička, Boruva, Pusta Rybna, Kadov, Tři Studně, Veselíčko, Žďár nad Sázavou
England – Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Saltaire, Sheffield, Shipley, York
Slovakia – Bratislava
July
England – Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Saltaire, Sheffield, Shipley, York
Germany – Lubeck, Wismar, Schwerin, Hamburg, Stade, Lüneburg, Bremen, Oldenburg
August
England – Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Saltaire, Sheffield, Shipley, York
September
Czechia – Brno, Kroměříž, Přerov, Lipnik, Ostrava, Uherské Hradiště, Kunovice, Olomouc
England – Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Saltaire, Sheffield, Shipley, York
Poland – Tychy, Katowice, Gliwice, Zabrze, Bytom, Chorzów, Tarnowskie Gory
Slovakia – Bratislava
October
Croatia – Pula, Rijeka
Czechia – Brno, Uherské Hradiště, Kunovice, Olomouc
England – Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Saltaire, Sheffield, Shipley, York
Hungary – Esztergom, Budapest
Italy – Trieste
Slovakia – Bratislava, Štúrovo
Slovenia – Koper, Piran
November
England – Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Saltaire, Sheffield, Shipley, York
France – Bayonne, Biarritz
Spain – Barcelona, Zaragoza, Vitoria-Gasteiz, San Sebastian
December
England – Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Saltaire, Sheffield, Shipley, York
Did we do well? Did we miss out your favourite pub (sorry)? Do let us know!
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