{"id":7337,"date":"2018-12-26T06:43:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T05:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=7337"},"modified":"2025-11-13T12:29:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T11:29:34","slug":"football-pub-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/sport\/football-pub-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to watch football in the pub"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/screen_small.jpg\" alt=\"TV screen showing football\" class=\"wp-image-7340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/screen_small.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/screen_small-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Austrian beer and English football: a great combination (and, if I&#8217;m honest, better than the other way around). So where can you watch the Premier League, Champions League or international matches in Vienna?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Various pubs across the city show English, European, and international football<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My choices: Flanagans, Long Hall, Shebeen and Champions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/vienna-attractions-c60335\/tickets-for-craft-beer-tasting-vienna-p1035175\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_Craft\" rel=\"sponsored\">guided craft beer tour<\/a>* of Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/activities\/\">What to do in Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/sport\/live-stadium-football\/\">Football in the stadium<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/drinking-hours-and-age-limits\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4841\">Pub opening times<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/craft-beer-vienna\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"77334\">Craft beer in Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Football in bars<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shebeen2.jpg\" alt=\"Front fa\u00e7ade of Shebeen\" class=\"wp-image-73726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shebeen2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shebeen2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(I watched a lot of Champions League football here)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vienna is home to coffee, culture, classical music, and&#8230;an unexpectedly large number of British and Irish pubs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can be wandering past a neorenaissance theatre showing Nestroy&#8217;s <em>Der Talisman<\/em> when up pops somewhere offering fish &amp; chips and a full English breakfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pub is an imported phenomenon, mind. Most &#8220;native&#8221; places to drink in Vienna are bars or restaurants (or a hybrid of the two) and not often geared up for big-screen football, with some exceptions. Fortunately, the pubs tend to fill that particular hole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Purely anecdotally, it seems you have a better-than average chance of seeing football on a screen in Italian restaurants and pizza outlets here, too.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All-in-all, then, you&#8217;re likely not more than a short walk from somewhere showing Premier League, Primera Liga, international matches, and European competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Public viewing<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/donaukanalstrandbar.jpg\" alt=\"Beach bar alongside the Donaukanal\" class=\"wp-image-66993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/donaukanalstrandbar.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/donaukanalstrandbar-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Strandbar Hermann had public viewing in summer 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many bars and restaurants do dust off their giant TVs or throw up huge screens during the World Cup and European Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public and private initiatives also set up open-air public viewing areas for those big international tournaments, though much depends on whether Austria has qualified or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Large public viewing locations for the previous Euros (UEFA European Championship), for example, included the central <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/rathaus\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"79\">Rathausplatz<\/a> , the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/prater\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"35726\">Prater<\/a>, the main railway station, and even the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/beer-festival-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"17168\">Ottakringer Bierfest<\/a>. All had food and drink for sale, naturally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Ad:<\/em><br><\/div><div data-tiqets-widget=\"discovery\" data-cards-layout=\"horizontal\" data-slug-ids=\"pro1035175,pro975419\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_CraftNasch\"><\/div><script defer src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My Vienna pub suggestions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t go down the pub as often as before for the football, because I&#8217;m now closer to 60 than 50 (insert expletive) and tired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, I prefer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/sport\/live-stadium-football\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6959\">watch my local team<\/a> live (the legendary WSC, one-time conqueror of Juventus and soon to move into a new stadium the envy of <s>all Europe<\/s> a small part of Vienna).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But here are my usual haunts, if you want some specific pub recommendations for Champions League nights, World Cup duels or English league football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(All can get busy, especially for the final rounds of big competitions. Consider reserving a table if possible.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Flanagans<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/flanagans.jpg\" alt=\"Flanagans pub\" class=\"wp-image-46571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/flanagans.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/flanagans-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Run by a lovely guy from Ireland)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Big and popular, Flanagans sits near the centre, just a short walk from some of the famous tourist sites. Go two streets down to find the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/opera\/staatsoper\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1071\">State Opera House<\/a>, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Irish-owned Flanagans has plenty of screens, good food and &#8220;proper&#8221; beers. This is also the place for rugby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We watched the final of the last UEFA Women&#8217;s EURO here, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Schwarzenberg Strasse 1-3, 1010 Vienna | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flanagans.at\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Long Hall<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/longhall.jpg\" alt=\"The Long Hall pub\" class=\"wp-image-47109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/longhall.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/longhall-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The place I tend to go to these days)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I went here for a World Cup qualifier to meet a friend and found myself returning regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A slightly upmarket pub with multiple screens showing different matches, including one in an outdoor area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main house beer at the time of writing (Kozel) happens to be a favourite of my apartment block, so more bonus points for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Located centrally, close to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/rathaus-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"267\">Rathaus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Florianigasse 2, 1080 Vienna | <a href=\"https:\/\/thelonghall.at\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shebeen<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shebeen3.jpg\" alt=\"Pub signage\" class=\"wp-image-73727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shebeen3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shebeen3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Where I witnessed Gerrard&#8217;s Thunderbastard against Olympiacos)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ever a place in my heart since December 8, 2004, when Gerrard&#8217;s late goal against Olympiacos set Liverpool on the path to Istanbul and the Champions League win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pub is packed with screens big and small, typically offering a choice of games. Strong selection of beer and decent food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few years back, Shebeen was full of ex-pats and immigrants like me, but it seems to have become popular with locals as well. It also hosts regular (English) comedy nights, for example. So not just a &#8220;football bar&#8221; anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that Shebeen reopened in early June, 2024 after extensive renovations, so I&#8217;ll have to revisit to check what, if anything, has changed regarding the above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Lerchenfelderstra\u00dfe 45, 1070 Vienna | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shebeen.at\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Champions<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/champions.jpg\" alt=\"Champions bar\" class=\"wp-image-45080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/champions.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/champions-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Attached to the Marriott Hotel)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My eldest son goes here regularly with his mates. Champions is an American-style sports bar in the centre (same building as the Marriott hotel), with American cuisine (burgers, nachos, ribs, wings, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A number of screens show various sports, and numerous football matches from around the European leagues are usually on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Parkring 12a, 1010 Vienna | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.champions-vienna.com\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1lp-f_2xOlmdta-YwvRPlx6XTz-QlC8wT\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pubs and public viewing in Vienna for watching international football<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7337","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sport","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7337"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87067,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7337\/revisions\/87067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}