Austria:
St. Peter Stifts Kulinarium 803 Located
in the walls of St Peter’s Abbey in Salzburg and remains the oldest restaurant
in Europe that you can still eat in. The inn is rumoured to have served Columbus, Faust and Mozart.
Belgium:
Affligem Brewery 1074 Still brewing top-class beer
Canada:
Hudson’s Bay Company 1670
China:
Ma Yu Ching’s Bucket Chicken House 1153 During the Jin Dynasty
England:
The Royal Mint 886
Egypt:
Egyptian National Railways 1854
Finland:
Fiskars 1649
France:
Monnaie de Paris 864
Germany:
Staffelter Hof Winery 862 Oldest Winery in Europe
India:
Wadia Group 1736
Ireland:
Sean’s Bar 900
Italy:
Marinelli Bell Foundry 1040
Japan:
Kongo Gumi 578 World’s oldest still trading company, although taken-over in 2006
Kosovo:
Meridian Corporation 1999
New
Zealand: Bank of New Zealand 1861
Scotland:
The Bank of Scotland 1695
Spain:
Casa de Ganaderos 1218
Ukraine:
Drohobych Salt Plant 1250
United States: Shirley Plantation 1638 Edward Hill raised the farm and his descendants still occupy and manage the business today.
