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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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81. Dolce Vita

Gelato and cake shop$Old Town

A colourful little dessert shop just off Stradun, known for its ice cream, cakes and muffins and for staying open until late in the evening.

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82. Drop Coffee

Speciality coffee roaster and café$$Södermalm

Speciality coffee café by Mariatorget run by an award-winning Stockholm roaster, rotating its light-roasted coffees daily on espresso and filter.

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85. Hart Bageri

Artisan sourdough bakery$$Frederiksberg

Richard Hart's artisan bakery on Gammel Kongevej in Frederiksberg, the first of his Copenhagen shops, known for sourdough bread, croissants and cardamom rolls.

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90. Roscioli Caffè

Café and pastry shop$$Campo de' Fiori

The Roscioli family's café and pasticceria on Piazza Cairoli serves coffee and pastries from early morning, a few minutes from Campo de' Fiori.

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91. The Fumbally

Café and bakery$$The Liberties

A daytime café and bakery on Fumbally Lane in the Liberties, with its own sourdough, a weekly Friday dinner and workshops in the Fumbally Stables.

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93. Toma Café

Speciality coffee$Malasaña

One of the pioneers of Madrid's speciality coffee scene, opened in Malasaña in 2011, roasting its own beans and baking pastries on site.

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96. Wittamer

Pâtisserie and chocolatier$$$Sablon

A Brussels pâtisserie and chocolate house on the Place du Grand Sablon since 1910, known for its cakes, chocolates and viennoiseries.

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99. Café Hawelka

Traditional Viennese coffee house$$Innere Stadt

A dim, picture-lined coffee house off the Graben, run by the Hawelka family for some 80 years and long a meeting place for Vienna's writers and artists.

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100. Café Henrici

Coffee house and all-day café$$Niederdorf

A modern coffee house at the southern end of the Niederdorf since 2009, inspired by San Francisco coffee culture, with all-day food, brunch and a sunny terrace.

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