Small venues punching above their weigh on many levels. Whether that’s interesting drinks, décor or atmosphere.

They can sometimes be difficult to get a seat in, but once you’re there, a great time is in store.

Austria

Salzburg – Whiskey Museum

Vienna – Bockshorn, Gutruf, Stehbeisl, Trzesniewski

Belgium

Antwerp – Pater’s Vaetje, De Pelikaan

Brussels – Le Cercueil

Mechelen – Café Hanekeef

Bosnia

Sarajevo – Birtija

Bulgaria

Samokov – 3+3

Sofia – The Hat’s Club, High Five

Croatia

Split – Leopold’s, Paloma Nera

Zadar – Back Door

Zagreb – Cafe Cajt, Jazz Café, Caffe Bar Croatia

Czechia

Brno – U Alberta, U Bomby, U Jelena

Čejetice – Pivovar Čejetice

České Budějovice – U Vousatýho pulitru

Český Krumlov – Apotheke

Frýdek-Místek – Vagón Bar

Ostrava – Vinárna U Bielase, U Kohlera, Hospůdka u Oráče, Motobar Jedová Chýše

Prague – Bar MAY, Braníka Formanka, Hostomicka Nalévárna, U Hrocha, Majk L’Atmosphere, Marpek Whisky, Minirest, Na Sekyrce, Pivni Bar Chmeloun, Pivni Lokal Ostry, U Věstonického Venouše

Znojmo – Vinoteka Jezuitska

Denmark

Copenhagen – Bo-Bi Bar, Bodega 48, Café Malmö, Charlie’s, Eiffel Bar

England

Beck Hole – Birch Hall Inn

Berwick-on-Tweed – The Free Trade

Birmingham – Craven Arms

Bristol – Bag O’ Nails

Cambridge – Champion of the Thames

Durham – Dun Cow, Victoria Inn

Harrogate – Little Ale House

Hull – Hop & Vine

Keighley – Boltmaker’s Arms

Leeds – Dave’s Pies & Ale

Lincoln – The Strugglers

London – Bradley’s Spanish Bar, Holy Tavern, King Charles I, Nell Gwynne Tavern, Pride of Spitalfields, The Cockpit, Calthorpe Arms, The Pocket

Malton – The Blue Ball

Manchester – Castle Hotel, City Arms, Circus Tavern, Oxford Road Tap

Newcastle – Crown Posada, The Wobbly Duck, Town Mouse

Norwich – Arboretum

Nottingham – The Pillar Box

Scarborough – The Stumble Inn

Sheffield – The Rutland Arms

Stalybridge – Bridge Beers

Thackley – The Ainsbury

Whitby – The Green Dragon, Waiting Room

York – House of Trembling Madness (Stonegate), Kings Arms, The Blue Bell, Vahe Bar

Estonia

Tallinn – Koht, Sitsimae Kelder, Valli Bar

Finland

Helsinki – Bar Petiit, Harry’s Bar Kruna, Musta Kissa

Rovaniemi – Musta Kissa

Tampere – Tiima

France

Bayonne – Dirty Old Cave

Colmar – Les 3 Singes

Dijon – Le Monde D’apres, Au Vieux Leon

Lille – A la Sarthe, Beerchope, L’Atomic, L’illustration

Paris – L’art Brut

Rennes – Cour des Miracles

Strasbourg – Code

Toulouse – l’Echanson, Le Volcan

Troyes – Le Compagnons De La Table Ronde

Germany

Bamberg – Catwheezle’s Castle

Berlin – Bei Schlawinchen, Dschungel, Zur Pinte

Bremen – Heartbreak Hotel, Spitzen Gebel

Düsseldorf – Julio

Forchheim – Brauerei Hebendanz

Frankfurt – Klapper33, Rote Bar

Freiburg im Breisgau – Litfass, Beat Bar Butzemann

Hamburg – Old Sailor, Bei Marina, Tortuga, Le Fonque

Kaufbeuren – Zoigl

Leups – Brauerei Gradl

Limburg an der Lahn – Rundes Eck

Lübeck – Tibia Tick

Marktredwitz – Am Strand

Munich – Bei Dagmar, Bei Otto, Café Johannis, Geyerwally, Landhaus, Le Clou, Salon Irkutsk, Valentin Stuberl

Nuremberg – Altstadthof, Kloster, WeissbierHex

Stade – Fuerkiek

Waischenfeld – Brauerei Heckel

Weiden an der Oberpfalz – Kloin Zoiglstub’n Fur Stich’n

Wernigerode – Tommis Pub

Wetzlar – Pintchen

Windischeschenbach – Zum Roud’n

Hungary

Budapest – Calgary Antik Drinkbar, Czapszék, Ganz Söröző, Hops, Kis Kurt Borozo, Korona Kisvendeglo, Zsir

Pécs – Villányi Borozó

Szeged – Jazz Kocsma

Italy

Bari – Faros

Bergamo Alto – Birreria di Citta Alta

Genova – Quattro Canti

Lecce – Prophet Bar

Manarola – Zio Bramante

Milan – Backdoor43, Cantine Isola, La Darsena “Peppuccio”, Tipota

Padova – Corte Sconta, Evoe’

Trieste – Antico Caffe Torinese

Vernazza – Monkey Artpub

Verona – Osteria La Mandorla, Celtic Pub

Latvia

Riga – Hat Brewery Taproom, Lauvas Alus, Alus Celle

Lithuania

Vilnius – Baras Suo, Spunka, Who Hit John

Malta

Valletta – Ollie’s Pub

Montenegro

Kotor – Nitrox

Podgorica – Bulevar Dzada

Netherlands

Amsterdam – Café De Dokter, De Druif, De Pilsener Club, Proeflokaal Arendsnest, Proeflokaal De Ooievaar, Café ‘t Smalle, Wynand Fockink

Maastricht – In de Karkol

Northern Ireland

Belfast – The Spaniard

Poland

Tychy – Pod Jesionami

Warsaw – Aura, To się wytnie

Portugal

Lisbon – A Baiuca, A Ginjinha, Tejo Bar

Porto – Alfredo Portista, Baobab

Republic of Ireland

Cork – Callanan’s, The Hi-B, Maureen’s, Welcome Inn

Dublin – The Dawson Lounge

Romania

Cluj-Napoca – Old School Coffee House

Iași – Vipard

Scotland

Edinburgh – The Ensign Ewart, Kay’s Bar

Glasgow – The Pot Still

Serbia

Belgrade – Pivski Zabavnik, Riddle Bar

Niš – Komitet Pivara Taproom, Tramvaj

Novi Sad – Bife Joca, Crni Ovan

Slovakia

Bratislava – Bernard pri Lyceu, Steinplatz

Slovenia

Ljubljana – Sax Pub, Nostalgija

Maribor – Pub Gambrinus

Spain

Barakaldo – 15.000 Hops, Taberna Basterra

Barcelona – Bodega Armando, Bar Del Toro, Bodega Carol, Bar Leo, Bar Pastis, Meson del Café 1909, Quimet & Quimet, Vermuteria del Tano, Vermuteria Santa Caterina

Bilbao – Bodega Joserra, Rasputin, Taberna Basaras,

Girona – La Pedra, L’Elixir

Granada – Bar Candela, Taberna Casa Enrique, Taverna Vinos Antonio Perez

Madrid – Bodega De La Ardosa, La Fontanilla

Malága – Colmado 93

Palma di Mallorca – Bodega Bellver

San Sebastian – Akerbeltz, Bar Desy, Bar Txepetxa, Manojo

Sevilla – Bicicleteria, Casa Moreno, Clan Sibaritas, Garlochí, Gonzalo Molina, La Goleta, El Chiringuito

Valencia – Café Sant Jaume, Bodega Valero

Zaragoza – Los Victorinos, Bodegas Almau

Sweden

Gothenburg – O/O Bar

Malmö – Pivo Västergatan

Stockholm – Erlands

Switzerland

Geneva – La Plage