A guide to the best coffee shops around the world where creatives work, meet and hang out.
Vienna
Gota Coffee Experts
GOTAis a specialty coffee shop on Mariahilfer Straße in Vienna's 15th district, roasting their own beans in-house and recently named the 3rd best coffee shop in the world and best in Europe. The kind of place that takes coffee seriously without making you feel like a tourist for ordering milk. Cosy, unpretentious, and reliably excellent.
gota.coffeeSydney
Toby's Estate Coffee Roasters
Toby's Estate Coffee Roasters is part coffee shop, part roastery, with an island brew bar that puts you right next to the baristas and a glass wall straight in…Toby's Estate in Chippendale is part coffee shop, part roastery — with an island brew bar that puts you right next to the baristas and a glass wall straight into the roasting room. Recently crowned the world's best coffee shop by the World's 100 Best Coffee Shops list.
tobysestate.com.auGlasgow
Ottoman Coffeehouse
Ottoman Coffeehouse was founded by two siblings who travelled to Istanbul to learn the art of Ottoman coffee culture and is now one of Glasgow's most distinctive spots. Choose your brewing method, choose your beans, settle into the warmly decorated space and stay a while.
ottomancoffeehouse.co.ukZurich
Café Sprüngli
Café Sprüngli at Paradeplatz is a Zurich institution — a confectionery and cafe on this spot since 1859. The Luxemburgerli macarons are the thing to get, but the cafe itself is a proper old-school European patisserie worth sitting in for a coffee when you're in the Altstadt.
sprungli.chToronto
Forno Cultura
Forno Cultura is a serious Italian bakery with a handful of locations across Toronto. The bread, pastries, and coffee are all excellent, and the King Street West flagship has become a go-to morning stop for the creative and design community in the neighbourhood.
fornocultura.comMunich
Suuapinga
Suuapinga started as one small café in Schwabing and has grown into a proper Munich institution with six locations across the city. They roast their own beans and bake everything in-house, with cinnamon rolls and cardamom knots alongside a precise, well-considered coffee menu. Minimalist, warm and consistently good.
suuapinga.comManchester
Idle Hands
Idle Hands is a Northern Quarter cafe institution, known for its rare filter coffees from guest roasters and legendary cream pies. It's a small, laid-back spot on Dale Street that draws a loyal crowd of freelancers, designers and regulars who never quite leave.
idlehandscoffee.comCopenhagen
Atelier September
Atelier September is a beautiful, light-filled café on Gothersgade beloved by Copenhagen's design and fashion crowd. Simple, fresh food in a space that looks like a Scandinavian design mood board brought to life. Perfect for a slow working lunch.
cafeatelierseptember.comMunich
Lost Weekend
Lost Weekend is a fully vegan café, bookshop, vinyl shop and live events venue all in one glass-fronted space in Maxvorstadt. By day it's a good spot to work over coffee and a snack; by night it hosts poetry slams, stand-up comedy and live music. Art from local emerging artists lines the windows. A proper creative hub.
lostweekend.deMilan
Bar Luce
Bar Luce inside Fondazione Prada was designed by Wes Anderson to evoke a classic Milanese café. The pastel interiors, vintage pinball machines, and period details are unmistakably his, but it works as a genuinely good place for coffee, a spritz, or lunch. The outdoor space is accessible without a museum ticket.
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