There was an HN discussion in 2020 about the oldest business or commercial establishment in various countries and/or continents. Many of those are involved wit

There was an HN discussion in 2020 about the oldest business or commercial establishment in various countries and/or continents. Many of those are involved with, variously, food service, alcohol, teaching, construction, or banking. In part because those are activities which have been with humans (or at least civilised, that is, inhabiting-cities humans) since the beginning, and have not been supplanted by some newer activity. <https://businessfinancing.co.uk/the-oldest-company-in-almost-every-country/ https://businessfinancing.co.uk/the-oldest-company-in-almost...> HN discussion: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22426289 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22426289>