There are Irish bars all over the world, they are used as a hub to meet people and for the locals to get an idea of Irish culture.
Does your culture have something similar around the world and if so, what are they?
There are Irish bars all over the world, they are used as a hub to meet people and for the locals to get an idea of Irish culture.
Does your culture have something similar around the world and if so, what are they?
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I’ve encountered a Czech pub in several countries, ironically in Ireland and also in Poland, Hungary and Bulgaria. And a friend who moved to USA stumbled upon a few as well so I guess they do exist but from my experience they are regular local pubs that only serve Czech beer so they use the label. I don’t think we’ve got as well defined aesthetics of our pub as the Irish have.
Yes. They’re usually called something along the lines of The London Pub, have a giant Tube logo on the front and play The Cure’s greatest hits on loop.
Their resemblance to an actual pub is passing at best.
No.
The only equivalent to the generic ‘”Irish” pub’ phenomena I can think of would be the ‘Italien pizzeria’ or maybe the ‘french cafĂ©’. We dont really have anything similar for Denmark.
I’ve heard of swedish Style bakeries doing pretty well in london and the US. Pushing the Word ”fika” on the rest of the world is a little cringe to me, but at least they are trying to correct the abominable things the yanks are doing to cinnamon rolls.
Conceptually there isn’t that much difference between an Irish Pub and an English pub.
The main differences would be an Irish pub has Irish memorabilia on the walls and the English pub would sell hand pulled cask ale, but you very rarely see cask ale outside of the UK.
There are local “cafe” everywhere that are also the local hotspot. It is called “cafe” but they mainly serve drinks like in a pub. The more traditional ones have wooden tables and chairs plus plenty of barstools, These are called “bruin cafe” (brown pub) because of all the wood in the interior. A “cafe” can also sometimes be called a “kroeg”.
I think “Irish” pubs around the world have about as much to do with Irish culture as pineapple and banana pizzas have to do with Italian culture. An “Irish” pub basically just means they serve Guinness and they play Rocky Road to Dublin (and Country Roads, for some reason).
I don’t think Sweden exports anything similar in terms of culture. We do like our “fika”, but lots of cultures take coffee breaks.
I am not Bavarian, therefore it’s not my culture, but for some reasons Foreigners often think Bavarian traditions stand for whole Germany: we exported the Oktoberfest to various countries.Â
Nowhere near the scale of Irish pubs – they are a phenomenon to themselves.
There are a few scattered “Icelandic” places or places that cater to Icelanders, but only in a handful of tourist spots popular with Icelandic tourists. Sometimes it’s a bar or restaurant run by an Icelandic expat with nods to the culture – I know of one in Tenerife that has Icelandic food and celebrates Icelandic holidays, and another that has a menu in Icelandic, and I think there is one in Alicante as well.
There’s also an Icelandic hamburger restaurant in London and I think there have been at least two Icelandic restaurants in New York at different times.
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Iceland has several Irish pubs and there’s the English Pub and the American Bar in Reykjavik as well (and yes, they are named that).
Yes. Here in Portugal we have Tascas and Tabernas. They are places where the locals meet to talk, eat, drink and watch sports on tv. You can also play games like cards and checkers.
Thought I’d offer one from the other side. There have been numerous Portuguese bakeries in Cardiff over the years. I had to check if they’re still running as I haven’t lived there in years and sadly it seems like they’ve mostly shut down. Nata & Co still have one premises and they’ve opened another in Bath. I’m guessing the pandemic hit them hard but they were extremely popular.
Yeah, in Portugal we have “Casa do (football club name)” spots, like “Casa do Benfica” or “Casa do FC Porto”. They’re kind of like fan club houses where people gather to watch games, hang out, and support their teams, but they also usually open up as very traditional cafes/pub or restaurants every day.
They’re all over Portugal on towns outside of the city where the team is from, and they exist abroad too in a lot of different countries where there are significant portuguese communities. If you live in a town where there is a “Casa” its a nice experience to go there and have some traditional meal or snack and a Sagres or Super Bock.