Schumann's Bar am Hofgarten

Charles Schumann moved his bar from Maximilianstraße to Odeonsplatz 6 in 2003, and two decades on, this remains the room every serious bartender in continental Europe has read about before they have visited. The drinks list is short and unfussy — properly cold martinis, the classics built without theatre, a list of Schumann's own creations from the books that taught a generation. The kitchen runs from breakfast through to a midnight steak tartare; the room itself is dark wood, low light, no music. Sundays the bar opens late; Saturdays it is closed by design — Schumann does not believe in Saturday-night cocktails.