Those old cafes scattered all over Europe

If you travel to Europe, you can't miss the coffee culture there. There, more than 100 years of coffee shops are not rare, you turn the corner into the house, may have been Hemingway writing place; you sit in the corner, may have sat Beethoven, Picasso, Xu Zhimo and you like these passers-by...

LeProcope

The first cafe in Paris

Date of birth: 1686

Cafe age: 329 years old

Le Procope, opened in 1686, was the first café in Paris. This cafe in the alley behind Avenue Saint-Germain makes it hard to imagine that it has a history of more than 300 years. And if you know it, or talk to the waiter, you'll be surprised to know that Voltaire, Rousseau and Dickens were regulars here, and even wrote the European Enlightenment ideas that became books.

Not only that, but the following "names" would make you believe that drinking coffee at Le Procope is "about" experiencing French modern history: Robespierre, Danton and Marat, the three giants of the French Revolution, discussed their thoughts on social change here; Napoleon, when he was a young officer, left his military hat here as collateral because he could not afford to pay the bill-this hat is still the "shop treasure" at Le Procope.

Address: 13 rue de l'Ancienne Comedie, 75006 Paris, France

Paris Flower God Cafe

Feel Xu Zhimo's Poetry

Date of birth: 1865

Cafe age: 150 years old

The name of the Café de Flore in Paris comes from the statue of the ancient Roman goddess "Flore"(Flower God) in front of the door. Xu Zhimo and his friends often taste poetry here, and Zhou Enlai, who studied in France, also frequents... Red seats, mirrors on the wall, silver tableware and coffee pots make this place elegant.

Today, this cafe on the Left Bank of Paris is often crowded, and sometimes long queues are required to taste the coffee here.

Address: 172 Boulevard Saint-Germain 75006 Paris, France

Double Pair Cafe

Chinese silk shop transformed coffee shop

Date of birth: 1873

Cafe age: 142 years old

Mention Les Deux Magots, named after two old men dressed in ancient Chinese costumes carved into the walls of the cafe. Once famous as the first silk shop run by Chinese in Paris, the silk shop was transformed into a cafe and became a place for Parisian celebrities to haunt. Sartre and Simon. Bova is here to make love, Picasso and Dora. Jill touches a spark of love, Irish writer Joyce meets the woman owner of Shakespeare's Bookstore...

To this day, you can still see waiters dressed in traditional black and white uniforms serving guests our signature cappuccino, smoked fish and foie gras. In addition, the annual "double couple" literary awards will also be held here, perhaps you can also become a live audience.

Address: 6 Place Saint-Germain des Prés, 75006 Paris, France

Cloves Cafe

Feel Hemingway's inner world

Date of birth: 1847

Cafe age: 168 years old

Opened in 1847, the cloves cafe (la closerie des lilas) is located on the Rue Montparnasse in Paris. It used to be a place where young Parisians gathered together. The collision of ideas, literature and art attracted groups of famous people such as Zola and Cezanne. Among the cafe's long list of masters, Hemingway, a young, impoverished but ambitious man, was once its most famous guest.

To this day, the Lilac Cafe still retains a "Hemingway Chair" to commemorate his two weeks here to complete "The Sun Also Rises." Sitting next to the spacious floor-to-ceiling windows of the cafe, looking at the exquisite garden and fountain of the cafe, drinking a cup of coffee and feeling the spiritual conception of the master.

Address: 171, boulevard du Montparnasse, 75006 Paris, France

Roman Greek Cafe

The Pope's Cafe

Date of birth: 1760

Cafe age: 255 years old

In Rome's famous Spanish Square, there is a famous cafe next to the Via Condotti, which is Rome's oldest Roman Greek cafe (Antico Caff Greco), opened by a Greek in 1720. For centuries, famous European artists, poets and musicians have been gathering here, and even kings and popes of the time have visited.

The coffee shop decoration style is extremely elegant, in addition to retaining the traditional marble table and large mirror, but also decorated with a number of classical murals, and the waiter inside still retains the tradition of that year, wearing elegant tuxedo to provide service for guests.

Via Condotti 86, Piazza di Spagna, Rome, Italy

Venice Flower God Cafe

Mottled walls tell stories of time

Date of birth: 1720

Cafe age: 295 years old

The Caffè Florian, the namesake of the Café de Flore in Paris, has a history of nearly 300 years and is located on the most beautiful San Marco Square in Venice. It is said that because it was the only cafe to receive women at that time, it became a place for explorers such as Casanova to find beauty. Before he fled Venice due to debt problems, he also came here to drink an Espresso in a hurry.

In the later expansion of the cafe,"China Hall" and "Oriental Hall" were added, and a statue of Marco Polo, who once traveled to the East, can be seen in a corner of the cafe. Today, visitors can enjoy a rich Italian espresso while enjoying the performances of musicians in the cafe.

Address: Piazza San Marco 56-59, Venice, Italy

Rivoire Cafe

Florence Art Miniature

Date of birth: 1872

Cafe age: 143 years old

Caffe Rivoire is located on Florence's most famous art square in the world. On the terrace of the cafe, looking around the square, you can enjoy Michelangelo's "David"(replica) of the Renaissance, Cellini's "Perseus", Bologna's "Hercules and Centaur"...

In 1872, the founder of the cafe discovered the secret of how to roast coffee beans perfectly and made coffee that was considered the most delicious at the time. Soon his coffee was loved by King Vittorio II of Italy and was sought after by the European aristocracy. Florence, as the birthplace of the European Renaissance, gathered many celebrities and gentlemen, so they competed to come to this coffee.

Address: Piazza della Signoria 5r, Florence, Italy

Tomaselli Cafe

Legend at the foot of the Alps

Date of birth: 1705

Cafe age: 310 years old

Opened in 1705, Cafe Tomaselli was the first coffee shop in Austria to open. Surrounded by the Alps, this old café facing the River Inn features typical European mountain décor. The wooden tables and chairs look elegant, and the walls are also covered with boards and decorated with portraits of famous people, including Mozart, Salzburg's most famous musician. He was said to have frequented it, and was accustomed to choosing a quiet seat to read and think.

When you come to Tomaselli Cafe today, you can not only taste more than 40 famous desserts, but also enjoy the wonderful music from the street and taste a cup of coffee in the music country.

Address: Alter Markt 9, Salzburg, Austria

Baum Cafe

The most authentic coffee.

Date of birth: 1711

Cafe age: 304 years old

Leipzig's Baum Cafe is the oldest in Germany and one of the best preserved and oldest in Europe. Baum translates as "tree" in German, and the name of this cafe has a lot to do with the history of coffee. In fact, Baum Coffee's full name is "Zum Arabischen Coffee Baum"(Arabic coffee tree) to indicate that its coffee is derived from the most authentic coffee source. Poet Goethe and famous German musicians Bach, Schumann, Liszt and Wagner have visited here. On the statue at the entrance of the cafe, an Ottoman holding a coffee pot was offering Amor a cup of coffee...

Kleine Fleischergasse 4, 04109 Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Four Cats Cafe

Coffee in the Gallery

Date of birth: 1897

Cafe age: 118 years old

Visitors who pass by this most artistic café on Barcelona's Rue de Montez often stop by to see its exquisite little front door. Els Quarre Gats is also translated as "three or five people" in Spanish. Barcelona's famous architect Gaudi and musician Isaac Albernis often enjoy a good time here. In 1899, Picasso held his first exhibition here, and the cafe still retains copies of Picasso's paintings at the time of the exhibition.

In addition to Picasso, manuscripts and graffiti left by artists and painters were also well preserved by cafes. When I came here to drink coffee, it was as if I had walked into a beautifully decorated gallery.

Address: Carrer Montsio 3 bis, 08002 Barcelona, Spain

Vienna Central Cafe

Coffee with Princess Sissi

Date of birth: 1860

Cafe age: 155 years old

Vienna is best known for its Café Central in the inner city. The cafe was a reconstruction of the former duke's residence, with a Germanic grandeur and splendor. Beethoven, Schubert, Johann Strauss and Sons, Theodor Herzl, Lenin, and Lev Trotsky are all regulars here. For a long time, many chess enthusiasts like to compete here, so it has also been known as the "chess school".

The café, where giant portraits of Franz Joseph, the last emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Princess Sissi hang, is often used to lament the ups and downs of the couple's life.

Address: Herrengasse 14, 1010 Wien, Austria

Budapest New York Cafe

The most beautiful cafe in the world.

Date of birth: 1894

Cafe age: 121 years old

The Budapest Café New York, which opened in 1894, is known as "the most beautiful cafe in the world" because of its palace-like interior decoration style. The devil statue holding a torch at the door, the dark brown solid wood door, the Italian crystal grape chandelier and the mural by the famous painter Lotz Carroy make this most beautiful luxury cafe. It is said that on the opening day, the owner of the cafe threw the key into the Danube River to show his customers that he would never close the shop.

There is also an exaggerated legend that letters sent from Europe with the words "New York" on them would not be sent to the United States by postmen, but would be delivered directly here. Free pens and paper have long been provided to impoverished artists, who have left their wild imaginations in this magnificent cafe like an art palace.

Erzsébet körút 9-11, 1073, Budapest

Not in the cafe, on the way to the cafe, this is Europe full of coffee aroma.