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Cafés and Bars in Vienna Types of Coffee
In most of Vienna’s finer cafés, a
A stalwart of Viennese culture, cafés have played many roles tuxedoed waiter will serve your
over the centuries and continue to attract a loyal clientele coffee, along with a glass of
of locals and visitors alike. More than just a place to drink water, on a silver metal tray. But
coffee, they are somewhere to linger over a light lunch, or ordering coffee in the first place
may be no easy task, as there
perhaps relax with a newspaper or book. Temples to the are at least 20 different types to
Habsburg era, traditional cafés can be found throughout choose from. Some variations are:
the city and rank highly on visitors’ must-see lists. Joining Kleiner Brauner: small coffee
these coffee houses are sleek new cafés and bars serving a with milk
range of beverages to quench all thirsts. Grosser Brauner: large coffee
with milk
Kleiner Schwarzer: small
espresso
Grosser Schwarzer: double
espresso
Melange: light Grosser Brauner
with steamed milk
Mokka: strong black coffee
Kapuziner: black coffee with
frothed milk
Franziskaner: lighter version of
the Kapuziner
Milchkaffee: half coffee, half milk
Verlängerter: espresso with a
dash of hot water
The spacious Café Central with its fine Neo-Gothic vaulted ceiling Einspänner: large glass of
Mokka with whipped cream on
The Viennese Café
unique selling point: at Café top and sometimes sprinkled
It may be an exaggeration to Prückel, for example, the bridge with cocoa
call Vienna’s cafés the heart of tables are set up, while Café Eiskaffee: cold, black, with
the city, but they are certainly Sperl is ideal for billiard playing. vanilla ice cream and topped
one of its lifelines. Following Literary readings are a favourite with whipped cream
the Turkish invasions of the at the 200-year-old Café
16th and 17th centuries, cafés Dommayer.
in Vienna have been important Architecture and design are
meeting places, and have traced important elements of café
the history of this remarkable culture, too. Café Museum, built
city. In Vienna’s oldest café, Café in 1899, shows off the talent of
Frauenhuber, Mozart himself Art Nouveau functionalist
once performed; in Café Central, Adolf Loos. The Kleines Café
once a gathering spot for (Kleines meaning “little”) is a
writers and free thinkers, Leon wonder with its nearly
Trotsky made revolutionary Lilliputian proportions. And the Coffee is elegantly served on a silver tray
plans for Russia; Sigmund Freud splendidly painted Neo-Gothic with a glass of water
often took therapy breaks at the vaulting is the main feature of
traditionally elegant Landtmann Café Central. What to Eat
Café; and the Bohemian-esque Café fare ranges from sausages
Café Bräunerhof provided and soups to cakes and pastries.
inspiration for renowned writer Lunch at Landtmann Café
Thomas Bernhardt. and the mirror-laden Café
Schwarzenberg can include
traditional Wiener Schnitzel,
Café Culture while Demel, formerly the
An advantage of Vienna’s cafés confectioners to the Habsburg
is that you can linger at your court, offers fancy salads and an
table for several hours by array of tantalizing sweets. Café
ordering just one cup of coffee. Diglas never runs out of over-
Patrons can read newspapers sized portions of strudels and
and magazines, provided free cream cakes, while Café
of charge, or use their laptops or Leopold Hawelka is famous for
tablets with the free Wi-Fi. Some At Café Prückel diners can enjoy a game of its Buchteln (jam-filled buns),
establishments have their own bridge with their coffee served late into the evening.

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