Best Coffee Shops in Vienna

Viennese coffee house culture is on UNESCO’s intangible heritage list, and the houses are built around staying, not rushing.

Innere Stadt (1st District)

Cafe Central, Cafe Landtmann and Demel, three of the best-known historic coffeehouses, are all here.

Dorotheergasse

Cafe Hawelka has stayed largely unchanged since 1939 and was a postwar meeting point for writers and artists.

Stallburggasse

Cafe Brauenerhof, visited daily by writer Thomas Bernhard, sits on this street in the 1st district.

Gumpendorfer Strasse (6th district)

Cafe Sperl retains its 1880s interior largely unchanged.

Citywide tradition

Viennese coffee house culture has been UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage since October 2011.