Taste the coffee culture and take a look at the famous cafes in Europe

Europe is a beautiful continent, full of mountains and rivers, diverse and poetic: it is scattered with countless medieval castles, Roman and Gothic churches, intact medieval villages, wood-framed huts, and quiet and elegant fields, which can make one linger. But what makes people most yearning is the coffee culture of Europe.

If the origin of coffee can be traced back to ancient African and Arab cultures, then today's coffee shop is a purely European culture, and more accurately it is even a cradle and historical witness of modern European civilization.

Taste coffee culture Check out some of Europe's famous cafes

Since the first café appeared in Europe,"meeting in a café" has become a popular social way for Europeans for more than 300 years. Outside the home and office is the cafe, which can be called the third most important territory in life.

Cafe culture is a witness to modern European history and civilization

Therefore, there is a popular saying,"I am not at home, I am in the cafe, not in the cafe, on the way to the cafe".

All of Europe is an advocate of coffee culture.

Coffee culture is a mature form of culture in Europe today. From coffee entering this continent to the appearance of the first cafe in Europe, coffee culture developed at an extremely rapid speed and showed extremely vigorous vitality.

In Vienna, Austria, coffee, music and waltz dance are called "Vienna Three Treasures", which shows the profound significance of coffee culture.

Coffee is as important to the French as wine.

In French "coffee" and "cafe" is actually the same word, French "left bank coffee" actually refers to the capital Paris left bank cafe. French coffee is not about the quality and taste of coffee itself, but pay attention to the environment and mood of drinking coffee, showing elegant taste, romantic style and poetic realm, just like those exquisite and moving works of art in the Louvre.

"I'm not at home, I'm at the cafe, I'm not at the cafe, I'm on my way to the cafe."

Therefore, for French people who love romance, atmosphere and atmosphere alone, if there is no coffee, it is as incredible as no wine. It can be said that the end of the world has arrived.

Italians, on the other hand, have a soft spot for coffee, which has become the most basic and important factor in their lives. The first thing Italians do when they wake up is brew a cup of coffee. Both men and women, coffee cups are almost always in hand from morning till night. There is a famous Italian saying: "Men should be like good coffee, both strong and full of enthusiasm!" How unusual to equate men with coffee.

"Fast food" coffee shops are often considered to have no connotation in Europe.

In Europe, many people think that Americans drinking coffee in large cups are uncultured.

In every country on earth these days, one of the most popular ways to relax is to have a drink at a street cafe. All year round, if it's warm weather or if it's sunny, you'll see the streets filled with coffee drinkers.

Café Einstein in Berlin

Vienna's traditional style of the Einstein Cafe

Einstein's Cafe enjoys a high status in the eyes of Berliners. The building, formerly a villa used as a casino, has been renovated in the style of a traditional Viennese cafe and reopened to the world in 1996.

Paris unique St. Germain des Pres district flower God cafe

Café de Flore in Paris

Founded around 1890, Cafe Flora is located in the distinctive Saint-Germain-Des-Prés district of Paris. Since the early 20th century, Cafe Flora has been a popular meeting place for intellectuals, writers, painters, publishers and filmmakers. Among the café's regulars are Apollinaire, Jean-Paul Sartre and world celebrities such as Simone de Beauvoir, Giacometti, Hemingway and Picasso. Its most recent renovation dates back to 1924-1926.

The oldest restaurant in existence.

Café Procope Paris

Café Procobus is the oldest café in Paris and is located right in the heart of the famous Quartier Latin. Founded in 1686, the cafe claims to be the oldest surviving restaurant in the world. From its humble beginnings to its development as a gathering place for intellectuals in the 18th century, cafes attracted world celebrities such as Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. In the 19th century, famous figures such as Alexander von Humboldt and George Sand also frequented the cafe. In 1989, the café was renovated to recreate the classic style of the 18th century.

Greek Cafes in Rome

Goethe, Wagner, Mendelssohn, Stendhal, Liszt and Casanova... such a strong celebrity lineup naturally makes the famous Greek cafe proud. Located a few steps from the Spanish Steps, the Greek Cafe dates back to 1760. When Goethe arrived in Italy in 1786, he fell in love with the coffee and atmosphere and found inspiration for many of his masterpieces.

Caffè Greco

Café Hawelka in Vienna

Havika Cafe is one of the few remaining traditional Central European style cafes. Writers and artists who frequented the area included Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Ernst Fuchs, Helmut Qualtinger, Oskar Werner, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Georg Danzer and André Heller. Located in the heart of Vienna, the café has a rich artistic atmosphere and is popular with tourists and local residents alike.

Café Hawelka

Café Central in Vienna

Founded in 1860, the Café Centrale has long been a favorite meeting place for Vienna's intellectual elite, including Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Anton Kuh and Adolf Loos.

Vienna Central Cafe

By 1938, many chess players had become regular visitors, and the cafe earned the reputation of "chess school". Leo Trotzky, a Russian reformist, was one of them. Fully renovated in 1986, the Central Cafe remains Vienna's most popular café, especially among visitors from outside the city.

Café New York in Budapest

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Budapest had more than 500 cafes, including the oldest New York cafe in the Hungarian capital, founded in 1894. Like most cafes, New York Cafes did not escape destruction during World War II. However, in May 2006, the renovated cafe brought back its former glory with its beautiful galleries, exquisite ball lights and ceiling murals.

New York Hotels in Budapest

Prague's New Town Hall Cafe (Café Nouveau Obni Dum)

This Art Deco style cafe is a local gem located on the basement level of Prague's Town Hall (House of Representatives) near the Powder Tower. It is close to museums, restaurants and the Smetana Hall, where the Czech Republic declared its independence on October 28, 1918 and adopted its first decree.

Café Nouveau Obecni Dum

Café Slavia in Prague

Since its founding in 1863, Slavia Cafe has been one of the most popular restaurants and cafes in the Czech capital. Because of its location opposite the National Theatre, it is popular with Prague's major performing arts groups. Famous writers such as Franz Kafka, Rainer Maria Rilke and Nobel Prize winner Jaroslav Seifert in 1984, as well as famous composers such as Smetana and Dvorak, have visited the shop.

Slavia Cafe

Literaturhaus Café Hamburg

Although Hamburg's first café opened in 1677 (before Vienna), few North German cities are known for cafés. Until 1989, the establishment of the House of Literature Cafe not only gave Hamburg a truly Central European style cafe, but also provided a forum for writers from all over the world to exchange and read. The café and restaurant hosts around 90 events a year, earning it the reputation of being a "philosopher's café."