Pursuit of Hoppiness: Beer Loving Destinations in Europe

For those who take their beer selection into consideration when choosing travel locations, here are some of the best beer cities in Europe, where the cold ones are always plentiful.

A destination where you can get beer on the cheap is Prague, where the normal price for beer is about $1.25 for half of a liter. In fact, the price of the beer there is cheaper than the price of water. This is most likely the reason why Czech people drink the most beer per capita in the world. The average Czech citizen consumes 41 gallons of beer per year.

It was in the Czech Republic where the Pilsner beer was first invented, and there are many beer halls for you to try out all of the different kinds they offer. Traveling to Prague will allow the consumption of as much beer as you could want without breaking the bank, and it will only help to you to fit in with the Czech culture.

Brussels is considered the capital of Belgian beer culture due to the multitude of breweries within the city. One of the more famous breweries is Cantillon, which has been producing beer for over a century. This would be an interesting brewery to tour due to the fact that they still use some of the original machinery to brew their beer. The Grand Place in Brussels is also the location for the only annual beer festival that takes place at a Unesco World Heritage site.

It is no secret that Munich, Germany is an amazing place for beer lovers to visit. But other than the most obvious reason, which is the annual Oktoberfest that takes place for 16 days every year, there are also various other beer related attractions in Munich.

The Beer Gardens alone are reason enough to want to travel to Munich because who wouldn’t want to sit outside in a garden and enjoy a fresh beer. Two of the more famous beer gardens are Augustiner Keller, which is the oldest beer garden in Munich, and the Chinese Tower, which is the signature landmark within the English Garden. Munich also contains the world’s oldest brewery, Weihenstephan, which dates back to the 11th-century. For those who love beer and history, this would be the perfect place to tour.

There are countless places to experience the beer culture in Munich, which is proven by the fact that the city consumes 125 million gallons of beer per year. One of the most recommended bars is Hofbräuhaus, which is a traditional style beer hall where you can experience the beer, food, and history of Munich’s culture.