Editing Pub (section)

==Outside Great Britain==
{{See also|Irish pub|Australian pub}}
[[File:Na Perštýně 5, U Medvídků.jpg|thumb|[[U Medvídků]], one of the oldest pubs in Europe]]

Although "British" pubs found outside of [[Great Britain|Britain]] and its former colonies are often themed bars owing little to the original British pub, a number of "true" pubs may be found around the world.

[[File:Pub Pikilinna in Tampere Aug2009 001.jpg|thumb|right|Pub Pikilinna, an [[Ireland|Irish]]-style public house in the [[Tammela, Tampere|Tammela district]] of the city of [[Tampere]], [[Finland]].]]

In Scandinavia, especially Denmark, a number of pubs that eschew "theming" have opened. They instead focus on providing carefully conditioned beer, often independent of any particular brewery or chain, in an environment not unfamiliar to a British pub-goer. Some import British cask ale, rather than beer in kegs, to provide the full British real ale experience to their customers. This newly established Danish interest in British cask beer and the British pub tradition is reflected by the fact that some 56 British cask beers were available at the 2008 European Beer Festival in [[Copenhagen]], which was attended by more than 20,000 people.

In Ireland, pubs are known for their atmosphere or "[[craic]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/edgeways/issue2/craic.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417204350/http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/edgeways/issue2/craic.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2008 |title=What's the Craic? |publisher=Edgehill.ac.uk |access-date=26 June 2009 }}</ref> In Irish, a pub is referred to as ''teach tábhairne'' ("tavernhouse") or ''teach óil'' ("drinkinghouse"). Live music, either sessions of traditional Irish music or varieties of modern popular music, is frequently featured in the pubs of Ireland. Pubs in [[Northern Ireland]] are largely identical to their counterparts in the [[Republic of Ireland]] except for the lack of spirit grocers. A side effect of [[the Troubles]] was that the lack of a tourist industry meant that a higher proportion of traditional bars have survived the wholesale refitting of Irish pub interiors in the "English style" in the 1950s and 1960s. New Zealand sports a number of Irish pubs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Consulate General of Ireland: Bars and pubs |url=http://www.ireland.co.nz/directory-of-contacts/bars-pubs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009030935/http://www.ireland.co.nz/directory-of-contacts/bars-pubs/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 October 2013 |access-date=27 May 2015 }}</ref>

Pubs have a long history in Canada, with some still operating after 200 years, like [[the Olde Angel Inn]] in [[Niagara-on-the-Lake]]. An "English-looking" pub trend started in the 1990s, built into existing storefronts, often run by corporate pub firms. Most universities in Canada have campus pubs that are central to student life—serving food and drink as well as hosting social events. Often these pubs are run by the [[student's union]] and at some universities, a budget is reserved for course pub nights. The gastropub concept has caught on, as traditional British influences are to be found in many Canadian dishes. Aside from pubs, the term "bar" can refer to themed drinking establishments, sports bars, or cocktail bars, or to the physical counter in a pub. Tavern was previously a popular term, though it has become somewhat antiquated.

In South Africa pubs and taverns have had a particularly long and notable presence in the city of [[Cape Town]]. Prior to the opening of the [[Suez Canal]] in 1869, Cape Town was a major trading port between Europe and Asia and hosted a very large number of drinking establishments earning the city the moniker ''Tavern of the Seas''.<ref>{{Cite web|title="Tavern of the Seas"? The Cape of Good Hope as an oceanic crossroads during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries|url=http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/ebook/p/2005/history_cooperative/www.historycooperative.org/proceedings/seascapes/ward.html|access-date=3 March 2021|website=webdoc.sub.gwdg.de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Samuelson|first=Meg|date=2 November 2014|title=(Un)Lawful Subjects of Company|journal=Interventions|volume=16|issue=6|pages=795–817|doi=10.1080/1369801X.2014.937349|s2cid=161911784|issn=1369-801X|doi-access=free}}</ref> The oldest currently operating pub in South Africa, and one of the last drinking establishments left from the ''Tavern of the Seas'' era, is the [[Perseverance Tavern]] opened in 1808.<ref name="news24">{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=Murray|title=Oldest pub in SA 'The Percy' shuts up shop as lockdown takes its toll|url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/oldest-pub-in-sa-the-percy-shuts-up-shop-as-lockdown-takes-its-toll-20200722|date=22 July 2020|access-date=29 July 2020|website=News24|language=en}}</ref>