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Best Cafés in Europe (2026)

Coffee shops, bakeries, tea rooms and dessert spots for breakfast, a light lunch or a break between sights.

192 places · Updated November 12, 2026

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21. Mokafé

Café-brasserie and waffles$$Royal Galleries of Saint-Hubert

A long-standing café-brasserie inside the Royal Galleries of Saint-Hubert, known for its gallery terrace and crisp Brussels waffles with chocolate sauce.

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23. New York Café

Grand historic café$$$Erzsébetváros (Grand Boulevard)

A lavish 19th-century café on the Grand Boulevard, with gilded ceilings, frescoes and marble columns, open from breakfast until late evening.

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24. Nømad Coffee Lab

Speciality coffee bar$$Sant Pere (Ciutat Vella)

The original coffee bar of Nømad, the Barcelona speciality roaster founded by Jordi Mestre, tucked into a quiet passage near the Palau de la Música.

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30. The Barn

Speciality coffee roaster$$Mitte

The Mitte café of one of Berlin's best-known speciality coffee roasters, on Auguststrasse in the gallery district, serving its own light-roasted coffee daily.

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31. Vete-Katten

Traditional konditori$$Norrmalm

Classic Stockholm konditori founded in 1928 on Kungsgatan, serving princess cake, buns and pastries with freshly brewed coffee in a traditional setting.

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32. Winkel 43

Café, apple pie$Jordaan

A corner café on the Noordermarkt in the Jordaan, best known for its tall Dutch apple pie served with whipped cream.

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33. A Brasileira

Historic café$$Chiado

Opened in 1905 on Rua Garrett, this listed Chiado café was a meeting place for Lisbon's modernists, and a statue of Fernando Pessoa sits on its terrace.

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34. Bar El Comercio

Churros and chocolate bar$Centro

A family-run bar founded in 1904 in the shopping streets of the old town, famous for breakfasts of churros with thick hot chocolate and for its tapas.

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35. Bar Italia

Italian espresso bar$Soho

A family-run Italian espresso bar on Frith Street, opened in 1949 and open from early morning until the small hours.

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39. Café Saturnus

French-inspired café and brunch$$Östermalm

French-inspired café near Stureplan since 1989, known for large bowls of latte, cinnamon buns, all-day breakfast and weekend brunch.

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40. Café Savoy

Grand café and patisserie$$Malá Strana

A grand café near the Lesser Town end of the Legion Bridge, with a high historic ceiling, cakes from the Myšák pastry shop and breakfast served all morning.

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