BARS IN BOLOGNA

With such a huge population back in 1300, there was nowhere as densely populated as Bologna in all of Europe. And to cope with all the peoples demands of the city, over 150 bars were opened to cater for the demand. The demand was further inflated by all the influx of students from all over the world. The top students from all over the world would lounge around in these taverns and discuss the meaning of the world, while they munched on their sausages and mortadella while knocking back litres of the local vino. The taverns catered for the students, the artists, the hard core drinker as well as famous intellectuals day in day out.

During the world war 1 and 2, a lot of these bars disappeared, but there is still a great culture of drinking and socialising in this great city. Nowadays there is over 200 taverns and wine bars, and beer gardens and pubs in the city. Great traditional taverns such as the Osteria del Sole, the Osteria da Mario and Osteria della Fondazza are well worth paying a visit and soak up the atmosphere while blending in with the locals.

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