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A Viennese Coffee House
Marble tables, bentwood chairs and newspapers on wooden poles: Vienna's grand cafés, where time slows down.
- Open
- Every day, from morning to evening
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Innere Stadt, ViennaDirections
- Getting There
- Across the old center.
Why Go
Vienna's coffee houses have been the city's living rooms since the 1600s, and Austria lists their culture as intangible heritage. Order a Melange and a slice of cake, and stay as long as you like.
The grandest cafés are in the old center, near the Hofburg and the Ringstrasse.
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