The disappearing bars of Europe

Since we started "researching" the best bars in Europe, it makes depressing reading to see which amazing venues have fallen by the wayside in the last year, especially in Scandinavia. They include...

• Café Comercial at 128 years old, it was the oldest bar in Madrid
• Stattbad former 1950's swimming pool turned club in Berlin
• Dolce & Gabbana's Gold bar in Milan
• Zen, most famous nightclub in Copenhagen, owned by X Factor judge Remee S. Jackman
• Peacock Dining Club legendary nightclub and restaurant in Gothenburg
• Bar Muy Buenas stunning historic Cuban rum bar in Barcelona
• The Union secret speakeasy in Copenhagen
• Butcher's secret speakeasy in a Berlin kebab shop
• Betty Boop koffiehuis frequented by Quentin Tarantino in Amsterdam
• O'Clock celebrated cocktail pub in Madrid
• Karriere designer bar in Copenhagen's Kødbyen "Meatpacking District"
• The Mansion club, bar and restaurant in Amsterdam
• Bitter bar, popular "After Work" venue in Gothenburg
• Ourselves Alone intimate cocktail bar in Copenhagen
• Moe 1886 Icebar in Tallinn
• Somewhere Else basement speakeasy in London
• mbar terrace cafe in Helsinki
• Nord Cafe harbourside terrace bar with amazing ocean view in Tallinn
• The Antlered Bunny amazing tiny cocktail bar in Berlin
• Celler Ceres beer bar in Barcelona, which only opened a year earlier
• SoHo bar, restaurant, club and delicatessen in Gothenburg
• Lokal bar in Gothenburg
• Bliss nightclub in Gothenburg
• Hush Hush short-lived secret speakeasy in Gothenburg