Bars that offer something out of the ordinary. They may not always have the best drinks or the best prices, but something about the format, the décor, the spectacle, the staff and/or the overall experience remains so highly distinctive it’s worth it for the memories.
Albania 🇦🇱
Tirana – Komiteti 9.4
Austria 🇦🇹
Salzburg – Augustiner Bräu Mülln 8.7
Vienna – Bockshorn 8.7, Gutruf 8.6, Jazzland 8.5
Belgium 🇧🇪
Antwerp – Het Elfde Gebod 8.3
Brugge – Retsins Lucifernum 9.7, Yesterday’s World 8.3, Café Brocante 7.7
Brussels – Delirium Café 8.4, Goupil Le Fol 9.5, Le Cercueil 7.5, Poechenellekelder 8.5
Liège – Le Pot Au Lait 9.5
Bosnia 🇧🇦
Sarajevo – Zlatna Ribica 9.7
Bulgaria 🇧🇬
Sofia – The Hat’s Club 9.1
Croatia 🇭🇷
Šibenik – Azimut 8.4
Varaždin – Julijan’s Garden 8.7
Czechia 🇨🇿
Beroun – Pivovar Berounsky Medved 7.9
Brno – Mydlo 9.1, Super Panda Circus 7.7
Český Krumlov – Muzeum Czech Underground 8.5
Frýdek-Místek – Vagón Bar 7.8
Prague – Cross Club 8.4, Jeep Bar 8.6, Marpek Whisky 8.2, První Pivni Tramway 8.5, U Budyho 7.8, U Prezidentů 8.7, U Sadu 9.1, U Vorare 7.8, U Vystřelenýho oka 8.8, Vzorkovna 8.1
Raby – Da-da-lie Club 8.5
Valašské Meziříčí – Schlattauerova kavárna 8.4
Veselíčko – Hostinec Veselíčko 8.5
Denmark 🇩🇰
Copenhagen – Bo-bi Bar 9.2, Café InTime 9.1, Café Malmö 8.4, Floss 8, Jernbanecafeen 8.7, Woodstock 8.1
England🏴
Beck Hole – Birch Hall Inn 9.5
Beverley – The White Horse (Nellie’s) 9.1
Bilston – The Trumpet 9.5
Birmingham – Bacchus 7.6
Bristol – Bag O Nails 8.2
Chester – The Albion 8.5
Coventry – The Olde Windmill 8.6
Falmouth – The Chintz 8.7
Leeds – Garden Gate 8.1, Whitelock’s 9.1
Liverpool – Hobo Kiosk 8.9, Kazimier Garden 8.2, Peter Kavanagh’s 8.9, The Vines (Big House) 8.2
London – Bradley’s Spanish Bar 8.2, God’s Own Junkyard 7.7, Gordon’s Wine Bar 9.2, Holy Tavern 8.2, The Nag’s Head 8.7, Old Coffee House 8.1, The Black Friar 8.4, The Troubadour 8.5, Viktor Wynd 7.8, Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese 8.2
Manchester – Circus Tavern 7.6
Newcastle – Mean Eyed Cat 7.7
Norwich – Arboretum 8.6
Nottingham – Canalhouse 7.5, Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem 8.5
Shrewsbury – Henry Tudor Inn 7.7
South Shields – The Steamboat 8.7
Tenterden – Old Dairy Taproom 8.5
York – House of Trembling Madness (Lendal) 8.7, House of Trembling Madness (Stonegate) 8.5, The Blue Bell 9.2
Estonia 🇪🇪
Tallinn – III Draakon 8.5
Finland 🇫🇮
Tampere – Salhojankadun 9.2
Turku – Uusi Apteekki 8.2, Panimoravintola Koulu 7.8
France 🇫🇷
Bayonne – Chai Ramina 9.2
Cesson-Sévigné – Cave à Flo 7.8
Reims – Café du Palais 7.6, Le Clos 9.1
Rennes – L’atelier de l’artiste 8.1, Ty Anna Tavarn 7.5
St. Malo – La Java Café 8.9
Strasbourg – Aedaen Speakeasy 7.8, Kitsch’n 8.1
Toulouse – La Volcan 8.1
Troyes – Les Compagnons De La Table Ronde 8.2
Germany 🇩🇪
Aachen – Grotesque Absinth Bar 7.8
Berlin – Bei Schlawinchen 8.5, Dicke Wirtin 8.1, E&M Leydicke 8.2, Prager Fruhling 8.3, Wilhelm Hoeck 1892 8.2, Yorckschlösschen 9.2
Bremen – Heartbreak Hotel 8.8
Cologne – Papa Joe’s Biersalon 9.2, Papa Joe’s Jazzlokal 9.7
Düsseldorf – Et Kabuffke 7.8
Erfurt – Altstadtkneipe Noah 9.5
Frankfurt – Apfelwein DAX 8.5, Klapper 33 8.1
Hamburg – Haifisch 8.4, Zur Ritze 7.9
Munich – Alte Utting 8.1, Brandner Kaspar 8.5, Gans Woanders 8.2, Hofbräuhaus 8.7, Sehnsucht 8.1,
Nuremberg – Freudenpark 9, WeissbierHex 8.2
Waischenfeld – Brauerei Heckel 8.9
Hungary 🇭🇺
Budapest – Calgary Antik Drinkbar 9.5, Csendes Letterem 8.1, Fogas Ház 8.5, for sale pub 8.4, Kis Kürt Borozó Csárda 7.7, Potkulcs 8.1, Rengeteg RomKafé 7.8, Szimpla Kert 9.7
Esztergom – Kaleidoszkóp Ház 9.1
Győr – Csillag EzPresszó 8.4
Pécs – Cooltour Café 8.1
Szeged – Jazz Kocsma 8.6
Szombathely – Bohém Pizzicato 7.8
Italy 🇮🇹
Bari – Chat Noir 8.5
Florence – Rasputin 8.8
Milan – Backdoor43 8.7, Nottingham Forest 8.5
Latvia 🇱🇻
Riga – Aleponija 8.2, Clayton McNamara’s Drinking Emporium 7.6, K.K.C 7.6
Lithuania 🇱🇹
Vilnius – Salionas 8.6, Who Hit John 8.1
Luxembourg 🇱🇺
Luxembourg City – Café Litteraire La Bovary 7.6
Netherlands 🇳🇱
Amstelveen – Caffe Anno 1890 8.2
Amsterdam – Café De Dokter 9.6, t’ Aepjen 8.1, Wynand Fockink 7.7
Maastricht – In De Karkol 7.7
North Macedonia 🇲🇰
Skopje – Speakeasy 8.6
Northern Ireland
Belfast – Crown Liquor Saloon 8.5
Poland 🇵🇱
Gdansk – Bar Osiemdiesatka 7.6, Jozef K 8.1
Kraków – Alchemia 9.6, Black Gallery 7.6, Couleurs Café 8.5, Karczma Smil’y 8.5, Once Upon A Time In Kazimierz 7.8, Pub Propaganda 8.5 Singer 8.5, T.E.A Time 8.3
Łódź – Pijana Wiśnia 7.6
Malbork – Spizarnia 8.1
Poznan – Proletaryat 8
Torun – Czarny Tulipan 8.6
Warsaw – Chmury 8.5, Skład Butelek 8.1, W Oparach Absurdu 8.3
Wrocław – Art Café Kalambur 8.6, Mleczarnia 8.5
Portugal 🇵🇹
Lisbon – A Baiuca 8.5, A Ginjinha 8.1, Associação Loucos e Sonhadores 8.2, Foxtrot 8.1, Pavilhão Chinês 9.5, Procópio 8.7
Porto – Galeria De Paris 8.1
Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪
Cork – Arthur Mayne’s Pharmacy 8.4, Sin é 9.2, The Hi-B 8.7
Dingle – Dick Mack’s 9.5, Foxy John’s 8.7
Dublin – The Dawson Lounge 8.5
Romania 🇷🇴
Bucharest – Caru’ cu Bere 8.9
Cluj-Napoca – Heltai FolkCentar 8.7
Iași – Café Retro 7.8, La Baza 7.7, Dead Soldier Speakeasy 8.6
Oradea – Gekko Pub 7.8, LOKAL 8.5, Moszkva Café 8.1
Sibiu – Geea Caffe 8.9
Timișoara – Scârț 9.5
Scotland 🏴
Edinburgh – Canny Man’s 8.7
Glasgow – The Laurieston 8.5
Serbia 🇷🇸
Belgrade – Alo Alo 7.5, Chillton 8.2, FA Globetrotters 8.1, Kvaka 22 8, Riddle Bar 7.8
Niš – Tramvaj 7.6
Novi Sad – Foxtrot 8.1, Graffiti 8.5
Slovakia 🇸🇰
Bratislava – Hostinec U Deda 8.5, Steinplatz 8.5, Muzejny Hostinec 8.4
Rysy – Chata Pod Rysmi 9.5
Slovenia 🇸🇮
Ljubljana – Metelkova/Jalla Jalla 8.5
Spain 🇪🇸
Barcelona – El Bosc de les Fades 8.5, Les Gens Que J’aime 8.5, Gran Bodega Saltó 8.2
Granada – Bohemia Jazz Café 9.5, Mementomori 7.6
Málaga – Taberna Cofrade Las Merchanas 8.6, Casa Invisible 8.5
Sevilla – Garlochí 9.3, Casa Moreno 8.5
Valencia – Café de las Horas 8.4
Sweden 🇸🇪
Gothenburg – Ivans Pilsnerbar 8.2
Stockholm – Galdrs Krypta 8.2, Källarbyn 8.3, Peppar 8.3, Rost 8.6, Sjätte Tunnan 8.3, Stampen 8.8
Switzerland 🇨🇭
Basel – Schluggstube 8.6
Geneva – La Catalpa 7.7
Ukraine 🇺🇦
Lviv – Gasova Lampa 8.4