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Coffee house culture: the ever-present newspaper

The Viennese caf (German: Wiener Kaffeehaus) is a typical institution of Vienna that still plays an important role in Viennese culture and tradition.

Contents

1 Character

2 History

3 Well-known coffee houses

4 Former coffee houses

5 References

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Character

Caf Central in Vienna

Caf Schwarzenberg in Vienna

Caf Dommayer in Vienna

Caf Dommayer in Vienna

Unlike some other caf traditions around the world, it is completely normal for a customer to linger alone for hours and study the omnipresent newspaper. Along with coffee, the waiter will serve an obligatory glass of cold tap water and during a long stay will often bring additional water unrequested, with the idea being that you are a guest who should feel welcomed and not pressured to leave for another patron.

In the late 19th and early 20th century, leading writers of the time became attached to the atmosphere of Viennese caf and were frequently seen to meet, exchange and to even write there. Literature composed in caf is commonly referred to as coffee house literature, the writers thereof as coffee house poets. The famous journal Die Fackel by Karl Kraus is said to have been written in caf to a large extent. Other coffee house poets include Arthur Schnitzler, Alfred Polgar, Friedrich Torberg, and Egon Erwin Kisch. Famous writer and poet Peter Altenberg even had his mail delivered to his favorite caf, the Caf Central.

The furnishings of a Viennese caf can vary from plush and comfy to coldly modern and stylish. The classic look includes Michael Thonet chairs and marble tabletops.

Many caf provide small food dishes like sausages as well as desserts, cakes and tarts, like Apfelstrudel and Linzer torte.

In many classic caf (for example Caf Diglas, Caf Central, Caf Prkel) piano music is played in the evening and social events like literary readings are held. In warmer months, customers can often sit outside in a Schanigarten.

History

Legend has it that soldiers of the Polish-Habsburg army, while liberating Vienna from the second Turkish siege in 1683, found a number of sacks with strange beans that they initially thought were camel feed and wanted to burn. The Polish king Jan III Sobieski granted the sacks to one of his officers named Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki, who started the first coffee house. After some experimentation, he added some sugar and milk, and the Viennese coffee tradition was born.

In reality, one of the first caf was started by Armenian Johannes Diodato, a spy for the Austrians, who was given an initial coffee trade monopoly for his services.

The new drink was well received, and coffee houses began to pop up rapidly. In the early period, the various drinks had no names, and customers would select the mixtures from a colour-shaded chart.

The heyday of the coffee house was the turn of the nineteenth century when writers like Peter Altenberg, Alfred Polgar, Karl Kraus, Hermann Broch and Friedrich Torberg made them their preferred place of work and pleasure. Many famous artists, scientists, and politicians of the period such as Arthur Schnitzler, Stefan Zweig, Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Adolf Loos, Theodor Herzl and even Leon Trotsky were constant coffee house patrons. In Prague, Budapest, and Lviv (Lemberg) and other cities of the Austro-Hungarian empire there were also many coffee houses according to the Viennese model.

From 1950, the period of "coffee house death" or Kaffeehaussterben began, as many famous Viennese coffee houses had to close, perhaps due to the popularity of television or the appearance of modern espresso bars. Nevertheless, many of these classic Viennese spots still exist, and tourism and a renewed interest in their history have prompted a comeback.

Well-known coffee houses

The Caf Prkel at night

The original 1950s interior of the Caf Prkel

The Caf Westend in Neubau

Kaffee Alt Wien, B?ckerstra?e 9

Caf Br?unerhof, Stallburggasse 2 - Thomas Bernhard's favourite caf in Vienna

Caf Central, in the Palais Ferstel, entrance of Herrengasse 14 (corner of Strauchgasse) Peter Altenberg's favorite caf and at times his primary address

Caf Demel, Kohlmarkt 14 - the most famous sweet bakery, less of a typical caf

Caf Diglas, Wollzeile 10

Caf Einstein, Rathausplatz 4

Caf Frauenhuber, Himmelpfortgasse 6 - Vienna's oldest caf. Mozart's favorite.

Caf Griensteidl, Michaelerplatz 2 newly opened at the site of the classic Caf Griensteidl (18471897) in 1990

Caf Hawelka, Dorotheergasse 6

Caf Hummel, Josefst?dterstra?e 66

Kleines Caf, Franziskanerplatz 3

Caf Korb, Brandst?tte 9

Caf Landtmann, Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Ring 4 - Sigmund Freud's preferred caf.

Caf Mozart,...(and so on)