Amazon, Google, and Apple may be the biggest names in business right now, but they are only a few decades old, and have not proven that they can stand the test of time. Some companies, however, have been around for over 1,000 years, as shown on this map of the oldest (currently operational) company in almost every country in the world.
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St. Peter Stiftskulinarium is the oldest company in Europe. Opened in 803 in Salzburg, Austria, the restaurant is the oldest in the world that you can still actually eat in. Nearby Germany has a winery established in 862, called Staffelter Hof Winery, so it’d be pretty easy to do an Old World culinary tour of Europe.
