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FOOD & BEVERAGE
Restaurants & Bars
Oldest Bars
This list features the oldest bars/pubs in the world still in operation.
RANK | BAR | LOCATION | YEAR |
1 | The Old Ferry Boat Inn | Holywell, UK | 560 CE |
2 | Ye Olde Fighting Cocks | St Albans, UK | 793 CE |
3 | Sean’s Bar | Athlone, Ireland | 900 CE |
4 | The Bingley Arms | Bardsey, UK | 953 CE |
5 | Gasthaus zum Riesen | Miltenberg, Germany | 1150 CE |
6 | Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem | Nottingham, UK | 1189 CE |
7 | The Brazen Head | Dublin, Ireland | 1198 CE |
8 | Ye Olde Man & Scythe | Bolton, UK | 1251 CE |
9 | Kyteler’s Inn | Kilkenny, Ireland | 1263 CE |
10 | Brauhaus Sion | Cologne, Germany | 1318 CE |
References
Oldest.org. (n.d.). Oldest bars in the world. Oldest.org. https://www.oldest.org/entertainment/bars/ [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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