Best City for a Pipe Smoker

[UB 40]

And they have some seriously, extremely hot ladies as well.

I’m not shure of hot german ladies. Just the average kind.

 

[Andre_T]

Habana in the 80's must have been paradise!!

Yes... I'm sure it was a paradise... If you don't think so we have people who would like to talk to you, Comrade. I mean if we have the ability to time travel how about mid century London?

 

[mso489]

Pipe smokers are a rare breed and tend toward being independent if not downright introverted. So it is difficult for them to jungle-up in happy groups.

I like the old video and photographs of the Senate Watergate hearings with some of the Senators clenching pipes in their mouthes. The Oppenheimer documentary had film of him smoking his pipe, and I think maybe a shot of Einstein with his.

I wonder if pipe smokers have appeared at any city council meeting anywhere petitioning for consideration for smoking areas in parks or other public areas. I'd be surprised.

 

[spike]

Yes... I'm sure it was a paradise... If you don't think so we have people who would like to talk to you, Comrade. I mean if we have the ability to time travel how about mid century London

 

[spike]

Habana in the 80's must have been paradise!!

Yeah, just ask the Cuban refugees what a paradise it was.

 

[Alejo R.]

Buenos Aires has at least a dozen Good Tobacco Shops. You can buy estate pipes at antiques fairs and they can buy Habanos.

 

[kcghost]

Okay, boys, all I was doing was referring to the availability of tobacco in Havana not referring to their political system.

Just a small biographical note, I lived in Key West in the late 50's and got to watch a number of people get shot to death by firing squads on the evening news. Good viewing for a 12-year-old boy.

 

[simong]

Give me a hint please, where are those bars located? I don’t know any public bar, where you can smoke inside over here.

Prior to covid, I used to regularly visit Berlin & Frankfurt & was surprised (& delighted) to be able to smoke my pipe in several bars over there.

 

[simong]

I’m not shure of hot german ladies. Just the average kind.

I’m not sure which bars you frequent in Germany, where I go, the fraüleins are smoking hot! Just like my pipe. Lol

 

[Alejo R.]

Okay, boys, all I was doing was referring to the availability of tobacco in Havana not referring to their political system.

Just a small biographical note, I lived in Key West in the late 50's and got to watch a number of people get shot to death by firing squads on the evening news. Good viewing for a 12-year-old boy.

The availability of tobacco in Cuba, at least today, can be tricky. Most of the tobacco offered to tourists is counterfeit.

 

[Seeleybc1]

A third of the tin selection that was in this great pipe shop found in Munich. My trip to Munich last year highlighted how great German tobacconists are and their passion for the pipe. The best city in the world I have visited so far for a pipe lover!

Man that looks like it’s be a blast! I’ve never been abroad anywhere very pipe-centric at all.
maybe it’s just a cliche mental image, but I always think of the UK as prime pipe country

 

[ssjones]

I'd say it would be hard to beat Bethlehem PA, home to The Wooden March (cigar bar and restaurant, smoke inside out on the patio), and the nearby Cigats Unlimited Super Store (likely the best lounge on East Coast), plus a small cigar shop downtown. And, it's always Christmas there

 

[OzPiper]

I can tell you it ain’t anywhere in Australia.

Strict anti-smoking laws mean no smoking in indoor venues or public parks.
You can smoke in the street if you are prepared to put up with glares or pretend hacking coughs
Rooftop bars are usually cigars only
And you have to put up with the smell of cigarettes in beer gardens

 

[The Pipe Professor]

Id wager there are at least a handful of metropolitan cities in the SouthEast US that are amenable.

There are several shops/lounges in the Louisville/Southern Indiana area that have wonderful selections of tobacco and pipes (and cigars of course), allow you to smoke in their lounge in comfort, and have good food readily available.

Between Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas, and Mississippi there must be a couple dozen shops of varying size and scope.

I’m in Kentucky. What shops in Louisville are you referring to? In Lexington we have Schwabs Pipes & Tobaccos and Jake’s Cigar Bar. Although a bourbon and cigar establishment, Jake’s allows pipe smoking.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

In louisville proper, Kremers is terrific. Leaf and Cedar out on Smyrna Rd is decent too.
Now if you cross over in to So In, The Office in the Knobs is very comfy and amenable.
Match and Riverside are both in Jeffersonville.
I assume you live closer to Lexington?
The Derby City Pipe Club gathers most Saturdays in Louisville. When the weather is nice we usually go to Kremers and sit on the back deck.

 

[tobakenist]

Not a City but Kendal is a great place to visit, the smell of so many tobacco's, must have been there over 1000 times and always been welcome at SG and GH.

 

[novaki]

I remember reading some statistic from somewhere stating that almost half of Scandinavian men smoke a pipe. With STG being one of the biggest names in tobacco, I assume it would have enough infrastructure to support B&Ms and pipe shops. Probably get fewer funny looks if you're walking down the street and having a smoke.

 

[UB 40]

I remember reading some statistic from somewhere stating that almost half of Scandinavian men smoke a pipe. With STG being one of the biggest names in tobacco, I assume it would have enough infrastructure to support B&Ms and pipe shops. Probably get fewer funny looks if you're walking down the street and having a smoke.

That statistic must have been old. This message published just a minute ago in a german newspaper mirrors what’s happening now: „In Sweden, smokers are no longer allowed to light up cigarettes in the outdoor areas of restaurants. On Monday, a new tobacco law for public places came into force in Scandinavia. Public playgrounds, bus stops and train platforms, among other places, are also covered by the extended smoking ban. The regulations also apply to e-cigarettes. The Swedish health authority sees this as an important step for the health of the population. It is also intended to reduce passive smoking.“

 

[lraisch]

I'm pretty much a city kid, suburban raised but always near a metropolis. But my guess would be that smaller towns and cities probably have pockets of pipe smokers that make their own community where it's always welcoming to pipe smoking.

Maybe down there near Myrtle Beach, S.C., where smoking pipes.com is located. I think the larger cities have pretty much regulated smoking. Manhattan still has a real pipe shop or two, and Chicago still has Iwan Ries, but in terms of having a welcoming spirit, big cities don't have that for pipe smoking.

The Lake District in UK is probably tolerant of old fellas with their pipes, being the home to the Lakeland blenders. You probably wouldn't be bothered, and you might even be befriended.

It reminds me of the song from "The Sound of Music," titled if I remember correctly, "Somewhere A Place For Us."

Actually from "West Side Story" I believe.

 

[Jack Ryan Pipes]

Cologne also has several good shops.

You would think London would be on the list of the best. Sorry, it's not on my list. A couple of times when I was there I visited several shops which had large selections of pipes and tobaccos. After looking around for a while I asked if they had any Castellos. In every case, not only did they not have any, which I can understand, but they all acted like they never heard of them. Yeah, right! What a bunch of b.s. that was. I'll finish my rant by thanking my great, great grandfather for leaving that town an immigrating to the United States.

Yeah London is amazing for cigars but not so much pipes!