In Britain we have a load of royal named things, e.g “The King’s Head,” “The Prince Henry,” or animal themed pubs like “The Three Pikes,” The Red Lion (most common oub name) or something gorey like “The Hanged Man,” “The Village Chopping Block.” On that note, we also have pubs named after landmarks, e.g “The Old Oak,” “The Anvil.”

Any more modern establishment like a bar can have posher or more postmodern names. Sometimes jokey names.

I was struck by a realisation thst i don’t know how other countries name their pubs amd bars. Would be helpful to know, for understanding other cultures. I even don’t know for places like the USA, which also speak English. Excited to hear your responses!

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      Agree! Here’s some other random ones from around the city:
      Silverkällan “the silver spring/well”
      Henriksberg
      Oceanen
      Gröna brunnen (the green well)
      Pustervik
      Lilla London (little London, which is a nickname for the city)
      Red Lion (That covers several of the ones you mentioned in the post text, haha!)
      BARNET (directly translated it’s “the child/kid” but it’s also Bar + Net)
      Röda Sten (the red stone)
      Karl IX
      Pitchers
      Suggan (the sow)
      The Old Beefeater Inn
      Bar Robusta
      Steampunk Bar
      Botanico
      Stranger
      Golden-I
      Mr P
      Smöriga Bröd (buttery bread)
      Izakaya by KOMO
      Ölrepubliken (the beer republic)
      Havsbaren Tyska Bron (the ocean bar German bridge)
      Noot Nordik
      Werners
      Jinx Empire
      Eli’s Corner
      Stage Door
      Holy Cow

      Man, I could go on forever from just my memory, haha. ^^