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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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121. Parcería Café

Specialty coffee and breakfast$Feria

A specialty coffee and breakfast spot opposite the Feria market, opened in 2018 by Colombian coffee lovers, serving espresso, filter brews, toasts and waffles.

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126. Stohrer

Historic pâtisserie$$Montorgueil

The oldest pâtisserie in Paris, trading on Rue Montorgueil since 1730 and credited by the house with inventing the baba au rhum.

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133. Bar Nilo

Coffee bar$Centro Storico

Small, busy coffee bar on Spaccanapoli opposite the ancient Nile statue, known for strong espresso and its homemade shrine to Diego Maradona.

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135. Café Festival

Café-bistro on Stradun$$$Old Town

A long-established coffee house and bistro on Stradun, popular with locals for coffee and an affordable midday meal and with visitors for its terrace.

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136. Café Guarany

Historic café$$Aliados

A 1933 café on Avenida dos Aliados known as the café of music, with marble reliefs by Henrique Moreira and murals of Amazonian peoples by Graça Morais.

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137. Café Landtmann

Grand Ringstrasse café$$$Innere Stadt

An elegant Ringstrasse café open since 1873, next to the Burgtheater and facing City Hall, once frequented by Sigmund Freud, Thomas Mann and Gustav Mahler.

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138. Chokladkoppen

Café on Stortorget$$Gamla Stan

Small café on Stortorget in Gamla Stan since 1997, serving hot drinks, pastries, large sandwiches and simple hot dishes, with a summer terrace on the square.

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139. Clem Café

Speciality coffee café$Extramurs

A speciality coffee shop opened in 2024 by three founders with fine-dining backgrounds, known for careful coffee, brunch plates and home baking.

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