Viennese coffee house
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"The place where Alfred Polgar frequented at this time was Café Central where he could be found in the company of Peter Altenberg, Anton Kuh, Adolf Loos and Egon Friedell. There he found plenty of material for his astute observations and analyzes."--Sholem Stein |
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The Viennese coffee house is a typical institution of Vienna that played an important part shaping Viennese culture.
Since October 2011 the "Viennese Coffee House Culture" is listed as "Intangible Cultural Heritage" in the Austrian inventory of the "National Agency for the Intangible Cultural Heritage", a part of UNESCO.
In Cultural Amnesia Vienna's coffee-house culture is a cluster of interest with portraits of Peter Altenberg, Egon Friedell and Alfred Polgar.
Notable coffee houses
- Aida, a chain with locations all over the city. One popular location is right beside Stephansplatz.
- Kaffee Alt Wien, Bäckerstraße 9
- Café Bräunerhof, Stallburggasse 2 - Thomas Bernhard's favourite café in Vienna
- Café Central, in the Palais Ferstel, entrance of Herrengasse 14 (corner of Strauchgasse) — Peter Altenberg's favorite café and at times his primary address
- Café Demel, Kohlmarkt 14 - the most famous sweet bakery, less of a typical café
- Café Hawelka, Dorotheergasse 6
- Café Landtmann, Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Ring 4 - Sigmund Freud's preferred café.
- Hotel Sacher, Philharmonikerstraße 4 (a café part of the Hotel Sacher)
- Café Schwarzenberg, Kärntner Ring 17 (at Schwarzenbergplatz)
- Café Sperl, Gumpendorferstraße 11, Adolf Hitler's preferred caféTemplate:Citation needed.
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