There’s something deeply confusing and oddly comforting about stumbling into O’Learys Bar & Restaurant inside Tenerife South Airport. One minute you’re surrounded by sunburnt tourists clutching inflatable flamingos, and the next you’ve walked straight into what feels like a Boston sports bar that took a wrong turn somewhere over the Atlantic. Dark wood, big screens, the faint promise of burgers bigger than your carry-on allowance it’s like Massachusetts decided to open a holiday home in the Canaries and invite every football fan along for the ride.

The funny part is, O’Learys didn’t just appear here by accident. It actually started as a Swedish love letter to Boston’s sports culture, yes, Sweden. The founders were so taken by the atmosphere of American sports bars that they recreated it back home, naming it after a Bostonian character and leaning hard into that East Coast vibe. Fast forward, and now you’ve got this gloriously out-of-place slice of Americana greeting you before your flight, serving up wings and beers to people who still have sand between their toes. It’s chaotic, it’s comforting, and honestly, it’s the perfect place to sit down, question your life choices, and order “just one more” before boarding is inevitably announced.