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