It will not surprise anyone who knows me even a little that two of my favourite things are coffee and history. Mix them together and, sure enough, the end product – what some might term my dream environment – is a Viennese coffeehouse. Vienna’s coffeehouses are some of the planet’s most traditional eateries – they’re even Unesco-listed as Intangible Cultural Heritage – but after their turn-of-the-20th-century heyday, they fell on tough times. My most recent article for i Paper reveals how in the last few years some coffeehouse owners have embraced innovation and trialled some compelling social experiments to reinvent Vienna’s cafes for the 2020s.
You’ll need time in the capital to truly get to grips with coffeehouse culture. And of course, you may be visiting just as part of a long weekend. If you are, don’t despair! My latest article for Tripadvisor gives you the essential 3-days-in-the-city guide to everything that’s best about Vienna from grand palaces to gobsmacking museums and – yes – a taste of the glamorous coffeehouse tradition of yesteryear…
Categories: Central Europe Travel, Culinary Travel, Cultural Travel
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