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!
Story time. When living in Helsinki, Finland my group of friends was approached by some tourists. ‘Excuse me, we’re looking for this pub’. Okay, lots of them around, which one? ‘It’s called, like, the bubble on the hill…?’
Took a good ten seconds of head scratching and then one of us got it. Mäkikupla! Literally Bubble On The Hill but since the names are so random over here, none of us had given second thought about the funny name.
Told this story online and a Finnish person posted a confession. They’d been in Australia or whereever and recommended that particular place to someone. Looks like someone remembered.