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Might be geographical? Many of Vienna's most popular cafés were established in the 1800s.
by ido 11y ago
Might be geographical? Many of Vienna's most popular cafés were established in the 1800s.
- cel1ne 11y agoMy exact thought. I also think elsewhere im europe there were cafes and bars where especially writers would work.
- phillc73 11y agoThis article from a few years ago is quite interesting regarding the literary history of London's coffee houses: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/London-cafes-the-surprising-history-of-Londons-lost-coffeehouses/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united...
- Shengbo 11y agoYes, as far as I know the very first cafés in Europe opened in the 17th century in Vienna, Paris and London and then spread to Italy and the rest of the Austro-Hungarian empire over the following two centuries.
- DrJokepu 11y agoYep, there were revolutions in Europe that started out in coffee shops.
- tehwalrus 11y agoAnd yet the guy with "a PhD in coffee shops" in the original article says he thinks they contributed to political stability in 18th Century England because they give people a place to rant and feel better afterwards... (I never was convinced that you feel better after a rant, though. Rather, you have just worked out your "angry muscles".)
- elcapitan 11y agoThere's actually even a term for this, "Kaffeehauskultur", see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viennese_coffee_house https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viennese_coffee_house.
- tim333 11y ago>Might be geographical? Anecdotally I'm typing this in Harpenden, 30 miles north of Soho where the cafe scene has changed totally - 20 years ago there were hardly any now it's full of them. On the other hand the Soho cafe scene is not so different from that film of it in the 50s. The Stockpot shown only closed last year.