thumb|upright=1.3|The [[Café Hawelka coffee house on a quiet morning]]

The Viennese coffee house (, ) is a typical institution of Vienna that played an important part in shaping Viennese culture.

Since October 2011, the "Viennese Coffee House Culture" is listed as an "Intangible Cultural Heritage" in the Austrian inventory of the "National Agency for the Intangible Cultural Heritage", a part of UNESCO. The Viennese coffee house is described in this inventory as a place, "where time and space are consumed, but only the coffee is found on the bill."

Some relatively modern Viennese coffee houses have emerged in North America, such as Julius Meinl Chicago and Kaffeehaus de Châtillon in the greater Seattle area and Cafe Sabarsky in Manhattan. In Jerusalem there is a Viennese coffee house in the Austrian Hospice.

Notable coffee houses

thumb|The Café Prückel at night

thumb|The original 1950s interior of the Café Prückel

  • Aida, a chain of traditional Viennese coffee and pastry shops with locations all over the city; one popular location is right beside Stephansplatz.
  • Café Bräunerhof, Stallburggasse 2
  • Café Central, in Vienna, in the Palais Ferstel, Herrengasse 14 (corner of Strauchgasse) – Peter Altenberg's favorite café and at times his primary address
  • Café Demel, Kohlmarkt 14 – the most famous sweet bakery, less of a typical café
  • Café Griensteidl, Michaelerplatz 2 – the favourite café of Leon Trotsky and many writers of that era, closed June 2017
  • Café Hawelka, Dorotheergasse 6
  • Café Landtmann, Universitätsring 4 – Sigmund Freud's preferred café
  • Café Museum, Operngasse 7
  • Café Sacher, Philharmonikerstraße 4 (a café part of the Hotel Sacher)
  • Café Savoy, Linke Wienzeile 36
  • Café Schwarzenberg, Kärntner Ring 17 (at Schwarzenbergplatz)
  • Café Sperl, Gumpendorferstraße 11
  • Kaffee Alt Wien, Bäckerstraße 9
  • Vollpension, cafés in the 1st and 4th districts that employ seniors.

See also

  • Karlsbad coffee
  • Young Vienna, literary movement that arose around Viennese coffee houses
  • Parisian café
  • Wiener coffee

References

Further reading

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  • Viennese Coffee House Culture – Julius Meinl