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The 10 best bars in Germany and Austria for 2026 — from Berlin's Buck and Breck to Vienna's Loos American Bar to Hamburg's Le Lion. Updated 2026.
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10 ranked rooms follow. How we picked is at the end of this guide.
Germany and Austria don't get the cocktail-bar attention of London, New York, or Paris — and that's a shame, because Buck and Breck (Berlin) is one of the world's most precise counter bars, Le Lion (Hamburg) is a World's 50 Best regular, and Loos American Bar (Vienna, 1908) is the oldest serious cocktail room in continental Europe. The 10 below show the breadth: Berlin's basement precision, Vienna's classical heritage, Hamburg's modern counter, and Munich's old-guard institutions like Schumann's. Don't sleep on this region.