Teyou: do you know the 12 oldest cafes in the world? A literary and artistic place to travel.

Coffee is to Europeans what tea is to Chinese, where cafes over a hundred years old are not uncommon, and the one you turn around the corner may have been Hemingway's writing; the corner where you sit may also have sat Beethoven, Picasso, Sartre and Beaufort. Go into these 12 ancient cafes, in the dense aroma, taste an ancient history, a wisp of beautiful memories.

1. Le Procope, Paris

Date of birth: 1686

Le Procope, which opened in 1686, was the first coffee shop in Paris. Located in the alley behind St. Germain Avenue, it is hard to imagine from the outside that this coffee shop has a history of more than 300 years. And if you know it, or talk to the waiters in the store, you will be surprised to find that Voltaire, Rousseau and Dickens were all regulars here, and they even wrote the great works handed down here.

Not only that, Robespierre, Danton and Mara, the three giants of the French Revolution, are here to discuss their thoughts on social change, and when Napoleon was a young officer, he left an army hat here as collateral because he had no money to pay for it-a hat that is still the "treasure of the town shop" in Le Procope.

In the more than years of Le Procope300, thinkers, writers and artists have patronized it. So much so that the decoration style dominated by large mirrors and marble was widely imitated by later cafes. Over the years, the world outside Le Procope has changed again and again, but the cafe still retains its traditional style.

2. Tomaselli Cafe, Salzburg

Date of birth: 1705

Tomaselli Cafe, which opened in 1705, is the first coffee shop to open in Austria. Surrounded by the Alps, this old cafe facing the River Chaine is decorated in a typical European mountain style. The wooden tables and chairs look so elegant that the walls are wrapped in boards and inlaid with portraits of celebrities, including Mozart, Salzburg's most famous musician. It is said that he used to patronize here and used to choose a quiet seat to read and think.

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

3. Baum Cafe, Leipzig

Date of birth: 1711

The Baum Cafe in Leipzig has a long history. It is the oldest coffee shop in Germany and one of the best preserved and oldest in Europe. Baum is translated as "tree" in German, and the name of this cafe has a lot to do with the history of coffee. In fact, the full name of Baum coffee is "Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum" (Arabian coffee tree) to show that its coffee comes from the most authentic coffee source. The poet Goethe and famous German musicians Bach, Schumann, Liszt and Wagner have all patronized here. On the statue at the door of the coffee shop, an Ottoman with a coffee pot is offering a cup of coffee to Amor.

4. Venice Flower God Cafe, Venice

Date of birth: 1720

Caf è Florian, which has a history of nearly 300 years, is located in the most beautiful square of St. Mark in Venice. It is said that because it was the only coffee shop for women at the time, it became a place for "amateurs" like the explorer Casanova, who came here in a hurry for a drink of Espresso before fleeing Venice because of a debt problem.

In the later expansion of the coffee shop, the "China Hall" and the "Oriental Hall" were added, and the statue of Marco Polo who once traveled to the East can be seen in a corner of the cafe. Today, guests here can enjoy the performance of musicians in the cafe while tasting the rich and mellow Italian flavor.

5. Rome, Greek Cafe, Rome

Date of birth: 1760

Beside the famous Spanish square in Rome, there is a famous cafe, the oldest Roman Greek cafe (AnticoCaffGreco), which was opened by a Greek in 1720. Famous European artists, poets and musicians have been fond of gathering here for centuries, and even the kings and popes at that time patronized it.

The decoration style of the cafe 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 waiters still retain the tradition of that year, with elegant tuxedos to serve the guests.

6. Clove Cafe, Paris

Date of birth: 1847

The lilac Cafe (la closerie des lilas), which opened in 1847, is located on the Avenue Montparnasse in Paris, where the youth of the new trend of thought gathered in Paris, and the collision of ideas, literature and art attracted a number of celebrities such as Zola and Cezanne. In the long list of masters of the cafe, the young, poor but ambitious Hemingway was once the most famous guest here. Like all rebellious young people, he quit his high-paying job and buried himself in writing in the coffee shop.

To this day, there is still a "Hemingway's chair" in the clove cafe to commemorate that it took him two weeks to complete the "Sun Rises as usual" here. Sit by the wide and transparent French window of the cafe, look at the exquisite garden and fountain of the cafe, drink a cup of coffee, and feel the spiritual mood of the master.

7. Vienna Central Cafe, Vienna

Date of birth: 1860

The most famous cafe in Vienna is the Cafe Central, which is located in the inner city. The cafe, rebuilt from the former duke's mansion, is full of Germanic grandeur and grandeur.

Walking through the gate, a statue of Altenberg, a famous Austrian writer and poet, sitting in a chair and meditating, came into view. Beethoven, Schubert, John Strauss and son, Theodore Hertzel, Lenin, and Lev Trotsky are all regulars here. For a long time, many chess lovers like to compete here, so it has also got the reputation of "chess school".

Huge portraits of Franz Joseph, the last emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Princess Sisi, the queen, hang in the cafe, where people often lament the couple's ups and downs. When you come here, be sure to taste Melange coffee, which is known as Austria's "quintessence coffee" and our main coffee with orange wine.

8. Paris Flower God Cafe, Paris

Date of birth: 1865

The Cafe de Flore in Paris is named after the ancient Roman goddess "Flore", which once stood in front of the cafe. In this cafe on the Boulevard Saint-Germain, Simon Bova, a famous French existential writer, wrote the shocking "Le Deuxi è me Sexe,1949".

Xu Zhimo and his friends often taste poetry here, and Zhou Enlai, who was studying in France, often patronized. Red seats, mirrors on the wall, silverware and coffee pots make the place elegant. Nowadays, this coffee shop on the left bank of Paris is often overcrowded, and sometimes it takes a long queue to taste the coffee here.

9. Rivoire Cafe, Florence

Date of birth: 1872

The Caffe Rivoire Cafe is located on the most famous Florence Art Square in the world. In the open-air seat of the cafe and around the wait-and-see square, you can enjoy "David" by Michelangelo during the Renaissance, "Perseus" by Cellini, "Hercules and Centaur" by Zhangbologna.

In 1872, the founder of the coffee shop discovered the secret of how to roast coffee beans perfectly and made what people thought to be the most delicious coffee at that time. Soon, his coffee was loved by King Vitttorio II of Italy and was sought after by the European aristocracy. Florence, as the birthplace of the European Renaissance, gathered many celebrities and scholars, so they rushed to this cup of coffee.

10. Dual Cafe, Paris

Date of birth: 1873

The dual Cafe (LesDeuxMagots) is named after two old men in ancient Chinese costumes carved on the walls of the cafe. Once, it was famous as the first silk shop run by the Chinese in Paris, but it was later transformed into a cafe and a haunt of Parisian celebrities. Sartre and Simon Beaufort are here to make love, Picasso and Dora. Chill had a spark of love, and Irish writer Joyce met the female owner of Shakespeare's bookstore.

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

Budapest New York Cafe, Budapest

Date of birth: 1894

The Cafe New York in Budapest, which opened in 1894, is known as "the most beautiful cafe in the world" for its palatial interior, with torch-carrying devil sculptures, dark brown solid wood doors, Italian crystal grape chandeliers and murals by the famous painter Roz Karoly. It is said that on the opening day, the owner of the cafe threw the key to the door into the Danube, showing customers his determination to never close the shop.

There is also an "exaggerated" legend that if a letter sent from Europe said "New York", the postman would not send it to the United States, but would send it directly here. For a long time, free paper and pens have been provided to impoverished artists, while artists have left all their imaginations in this coffee shop as brilliant as an art palace.

"four Cats" Cafe, Barcelona

Date of birth: 1897

Located in the most artistic cafe on Montes Street in Barcelona, whenever tourists pass by, they often stop to look at the exquisite facade of the cafe. "four cats" (Els Quatre Gats) is also translated as "three or five people" in Spanish. Barcelona's famous architect Gaudi and musician Isaac Albenis often enjoy a good time here.

Picasso held his first exhibition here in 1899, and the cafe still retains copies of Picasso's paintings from that year's exhibition. In addition to Picasso, the manuscripts and graffiti left by those artists and painters were also well preserved by the cafe. When I came here for coffee, I seemed to have walked into a beautifully decorated gallery.

Source: Sohu