We are now addressing the biggest Dutch-Flemish controversy since the Scheldt dredging boycott: who buit the first European skyscraper? According to our panel of architecture experts, Rotterdam may have brought the concept to the continent but Antwerp’s Boerentoren (now the KBC Tower) was Europe’s first residential high-rise: it was built in 1932, after the 1930 Antwerp Universal Exhibition and just before Rotterdam’s Parklaan building (1933).

We’re clearly Team Antwerp on this one, even if Parklaan’s spectacular glass-fronted apartments remain the ultimate residential fantasy. In contrast the Boerentoren is now just an office block. It is a beautiful building though, with Empire State proportions and Zaal Jacob round the corner for a good night out. But in fairness to Centrepoint and Tour Montparnasse, could we call it a mid-rise building (it is only 97m high)?

So it looks like we’ve made our point – we’re not total snobs: we can go to a fashion show at 3pm and binge on salt beef bagels at 3am. A global guide to 4am fast food is under way but in the mean time here are a few addresses we can’t live with after too many Malibu Pineapple (yes it’s back).

Send us your suggestions for other cities.

Amsterdam
Febo Leidsestraat 94 (automate snack)
Febo Nieuwendk 220 (automate snack)
Febo Oudezijds Voorburgwal 35 (automate snack)
Snackbar de Dijk Haarlemmerdijk 145 (sandwiches, kebab)

Antwerp
Frituur Number One Hoogstraat 1 (chips)
Frietkot Max Groenplaats 12 (chips)
Mama’s Garden Oude Koornmarkt 41 (kebab)

Berlin
Curry36 Mehringdamm 36, Kreuzberg (sausages)
Fritiersalon Boxhagenerstraße 104, Friedrichshain (chips)
Konnopkes Schönhauser Allee 44a, Prenzlauer Berg (sausages)
Mustafas Gemuese Kebap Mehringdamm 32, Kreuzberg (kebab)
W Imbiss Kastanienallee 49, Mitte (sausages)

Bruxelles
Friterie de la Barrière 5 avenue du Parc, Saint-Gilles
Friterie Tabora 2 rue de Tabora
Fritkot Flagey Eglise Sainte-Croix
Fritland 49 rue Henri Maus
L’express 8 rue des Chapeliers (pitta)

Helsinki
Eerikin Pippuri Eerikinkatu 17 (kebab)
Metro Fast Food Hämeentie 6 B (kebab)
Big Mama’s Iso Roobertinkatu 26 (pizzas)
Jaskan Grilli Dagmarinkatu (hot dogs & sandwiches)

London
Bar Italia 22 Frith Street, Soho (sandwiches)
Beigel Bake 159 Brick Lane, Shoreditch (bagel)
Beigel Shop 155 Brick Lane, Shoreditch (bagel)
Café Helen 105a Edgware Road, Marble Arch (kebab)
Kurz & Lang 1 St-John Street, Farringdon (sausages)
Marathon 87 Chalk Farm Road, Camden (kebab)
Maroush II 38 Beauchamp Place, Knightsbridge (kebab)
Tinseltown 44-46 St-John Street, Farringdon (burgers)

Melbourne
Supper Inn 15-17 Celestial Ave (fried ice creams)
Stalactites 177-183 Lonsdale St (souvlaki)
Lord of the Fries 9a 2-26 Elizabeth Street (chips)

Montréal
Fairmount Bagel Bakery 74 avenue Fairmount Ouest (bagel)
La Banquise 994 rue Rachel Est (poutine)
Montreal Pool Room 1200 boulevard Saint-Laurent (hot dogs)
Schwartz’s 3895 bld Saint-Laurent (bagel, sandwiches)
St-Viateur Bagel Shop 263 St. Viateur (bagel)

New York
Anytime 93 N 6th Street, Brooklyn
Bamn! 37 St Marks Place, East Village (automat)
Bereket Turkish Kebab House 187 E Houston Street
Cafeteria 119 7th Avenue
Crif Dogs 113 St Marks Place, East Village (hot dogs)
El Idolo 14th Street & 8th Avenue (tacos)
Gray’s Papaya 539 8th Avenue (hot dogs)
Gray’s Papaya 2090 Broadway (hot dogs)
Gray’s Papaya 402 Avenue of the Americas (hot dogs)
Rosario’s Pizza 173 Orchard Street, Lower East Side
Yaffa Café 97 St Marks Place, East Village (falafel)
Yatagan Kebab House 104 MacDougal St, West Village

Reykjavik
Bæjarins Beztu Tryggvagata / Pósthússtræti (hot dogs)
HabiBi Hafnarstræti 18 (kebab)
Hlölla Bátar Ingólfstorg (snacks)

Rotterdam
Febo Binnenwegplein 35 (automate snack)

Tel Aviv
Dabush 64 Iben Gvirol Street
Hakosem 1 Shlomo Hamelech
Orna and Ella The Queens of Falafel 33 Shenkin Street

Vienna (Würsttstand – sausages)
Albertina Albertinaplatz, Vienne 1
Hoher Markt Hoher Markt / Marc-Aurel-Straße, Vienne 1
Nußdorfer Straße Nußdorfer Straße, U6 station
The Kiosk Schleifmühlgasse 7, Vienne 4