Editing Pub crawl (section)

==Background==
[[File:UQ Pub Crawl 2013.jpg|thumb|upright|Organised pub crawl groups may provide T-shirts for participants.]]

Many [[Europe]]an cities have public pub crawls that serve as social gatherings for local expatriates and tourists.

In the United Kingdom, pub crawls are often spontaneous, and are not predetermined by either the participants or a well-known route in the local area. However, structured routes with regular stops also exist.

In the north of [[Spain]], around the [[Basque Country (greater region)|Basque]] Country, the tradition for groups of male friends crawling pubs and drinking a short glass of wine at each pub, and often singing traditional songs, is known as ''txikiteo'' or ''chiquiteo'', and can be held at night or day. By the end of the 20th century, it was extended also to women, and when it involves a wider variety of drinks, it is more often called ''poteo''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://tourism.euskadi.net/en/routes/poteo-in-bilbao/x65-12375/en/|title= ''Poteo in Bilbao''|date= 26 April 2007|editor= Basque Government |editor-link= Basque Government|format= Comment to tourist route through traditional poteo areas in Bilbao |access-date=7 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://tourism.euskadi.net/x65-12375/en/contenidos/informacion/x65_folletos/en_x65/folletos/2010/gastronomia/gastronomia_introduccion_2010_en.pdf/ |title= The magic of Basque cuisine|date= December 2009| editor= Servicio Central de Publicaciones del Gobierno Vasco|editor-link= Basque Government|page= 7|format= PDF |access-date=7 June 2013}}</ref>