Places with history
Cult bars
Bars that have existed for decades and do not change: absinthe in the Raval, Altbier in Düsseldorf, sunset in Sant Antoni, Kölsch by the cathedral.
Some bars are older than the idea of the cocktail bar. Bar Marsella in Barcelona has poured absinthe since 1820, the Uerige has brewed since 1862, the Loos Bar has stood since 1908, Café del Mar has played to the sun since 1980. We list the places you have to see once, not for the drinks but for the history.
Cult barBerlin · Mitte
Bar Tausend
The steel door under the railway
Cult barBerlin · Schöneberg
Green Door
The green door on Winterfeldtstraße
Cult barMunich · Hofgarten
Schumann’s Bar
The most famous bar in Germany
Cult barMunich · Schlachthofviertel
Bahnwärter Thiel
Containers, underground carriages and techno in the beer garden
Cult barDüsseldorf · Old town
Uerige
The Alt that arrives without ordering
Cult barCologne · Old town
Früh am Dom
Kölsch with a view of the cathedral
Cult barVienna · Innere Stadt
Loos Bar
27 square metres of world history
Cult barZurich · Bellevue
Kronenhalle Bar
Chagall on the wall, piano in the corner
Cult barBarcelona · Raval
Boadas
The oldest cocktail bar in Spain
Cult barBarcelona · Raval
Bar Marsella
Absinthe since 1820
Cult barMallorca · Palma old town
Abaco
A palace of fruit, candles and opera
Cult barIbiza · Sant Antoni
Café del Mar
The sunset with a soundtrack
Cult barIbiza · Sant Antoni
Café Mambo
Pre-party on the Sunset Strip
Cult barMarbella · Puerto Banús
La Sala Puerto Banús
Live music and long evenings at the harbour
Cult barMarbella · Puerto Banús
Sinatra Bar
Terrace, yachts, people-watching