{"id":13325,"date":"2019-04-14T05:52:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T04:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=13325"},"modified":"2025-08-29T07:52:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T06:52:56","slug":"cafe-korb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/cafe-korb\/","title":{"rendered":"Caf\u00e9 Korb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/korbsmall.jpg\" alt=\"Korb sign\" class=\"wp-image-13382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/korbsmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/korbsmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Historical need not mean antique. Caf\u00e9 Korb&#8217;s traditional decor is more Warhol than Wagner, giving it a special place in the pantheon of Viennese coffee houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Combines 60s-style design with Viennese coffee house tradition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Very central location close to Stephansdom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Local clientele and bustling atmosphere<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The toilets are different (seriously)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/vienna-walking-tours-l205287\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_Coffee\" rel=\"sponsored\">historical walking tour<\/a>* in Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nearby:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/peterskirche\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3039\">Classical music in Peterskirche<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/coffee-houses\/\">Vienna coffee houses<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Debate, discourse &amp; coffee<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cafekorb.jpg\" alt=\"Caf\u00e9 Korb fa\u00e7ade\" class=\"wp-image-48374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cafekorb.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cafekorb-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Includes a convenient bus stop)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like most of the &#8220;traditional&#8221; coffee houses, Caf\u00e9 Korb looks back on a rich history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The location opened in the early 1900s, where the guest list (possibly) included Emperor Franz Joseph. Which leads me to visions of the superbly-moustachioed monarch eating cake, and nobody willing to point out all the crumbs caught in the prodigious royal whiskers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone expecting a turn-of-the century atmosphere, though, is in for a shock. The current decor is a child of the swinging sixties, when the caf\u00e9 underwent a complete transformation and refit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Formica tabletops adjoin their more marbled cousins, and the walls burst with photos, film posters and similar paying tribute to some of the more illustrious guests and Caf\u00e9 Korb&#8217;s owner: Sudanne Widl is a celebrity in her own right&#8230;actress, artist, muse and fashion icon, to name but a few of her fields of activity.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cafekorb1.jpg\" alt=\"Front of Caf\u00e9 Korb\" class=\"wp-image-48375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cafekorb1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cafekorb1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(&#8230;and bike parking?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That list of guests includes names famous beyond the confines of Vienna and Austria, such as Sigmund Freud, Elfriede Jelinek (winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature), Andy Warhol, and Arthur Miller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider the Korb an authentic, no-fuss caf\u00e9 in relatively small premises (with plenty of seating outside in warmer seasons). But also a coffee house and cultural rendezvous in one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The caf\u00e9 hosts public philosopher meetings, regular lectures, readings, concerts, and similar. The location has even served as a venue for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/wien-modern\/\">Wien Modern<\/a> festival of contemporary classical music. These events and performances take place in Caf\u00e9 Korb&#8217;s basement Art Lounge.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cafekorb1909.jpg\" alt=\"An outdoor caf\u00e9 around 1909\" class=\"wp-image-74996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cafekorb1909.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/cafekorb1909-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Kiosk Korb, a former outpost of the coffee house on the Graben. Printed by Br\u00fcder Tim\u00e1r in the early 1900s; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 236075; excerpt reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As such, the caf\u00e9 pays continuing homage to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/coffee-house-experience\/\">Viennese coffee house tradition<\/a> of discourse and debate. I once found a newspaper cutting from 1908, for example, giving notice of a meeting of the Kosmos scientific-literary association in Caf\u00e9 Korb to discuss school reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can even spot the location on Netflix. The caf\u00e9 provided an outdoor set for one of the Vienna scenes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/songsfilms\/the-recruit-locations\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60459\">Season 1 of The Recruit<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The place bustles with regulars and local characters; louder than its more austere cousins, the Korb feels better suited to excited chatter than long hours reading Proust.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/cafekorb2.jpg\" alt=\"Outdoor caf\u00e9 seating at night\" class=\"wp-image-66119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/cafekorb2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/cafekorb2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The outdoor area just after closing time and also where Owen Hendricks sits in <em>The Recruit<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the central location close to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/stephansplatz\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"83491\">Stephansplatz<\/a>, the prices were not excessive on our visit; the coffee was excellent and the same could be said of the hefty portion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/apfelstrudel\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"73061\">apple strudel<\/a> we ordered with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also had dinner here before taking in one of the lovely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/classic-ensemble-review\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61093\">evening classical concerts<\/a> at nearby Peterskirche church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The menu included a who&#8217;s who of traditional Viennese cooking, with its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/sausages\/\">sausages<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/wiener-schnitzel\/\">Schnitzel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/tafelspitz\/\">Tafelspitz<\/a> and other local snacks and meals.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/peterskirche2023.jpg\" alt=\"View of Peterskirche from the Graben\" class=\"wp-image-64748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/peterskirche2023.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/peterskirche2023-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(A close neighbour, though Peterskirche church takes a slightly different approach to interior architecture)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary, not your classical coffee house with tall ceilings and hushed corners. But one where you can experience the more artistic Viennese in their traditional element.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, and be sure to visit the toilet, which doubles as a piece of art in its own right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to Caf\u00e9 Korb<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The coffee house sits close to two of Vienna&#8217;s most historic religious buildings. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/peterskirche\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3039\">Peterskirche<\/a> (mentioned above) in all its baroque glory is practically the next-door neighbour. And the shadows cast by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/stefansdom\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"294\">Stephansdom&#8217;s cathedral towers<\/a> almost reach the caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subway: take the U3 or U1 line to Stephansplatz station outside the cathedral. It&#8217;s a five minute walk down the scenic Graben pedestrianised street and across past the Peterskirche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bus: catch the 1A, 2A or 3A bus to the Brandst\u00e4tte stop, which is actually outside Caf\u00e9 Korb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Brandst\u00e4tte 9, 1010 Vienna | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafekorb.at\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1qxMhuM31vUOcHvWtm9QzWRPeiURPKwCX\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historical need not mean antique. Caf\u00e9 Korb&#8217;s traditional decor is more Warhol than Wagner, giving it a special place in the pantheon of Viennese coffee houses. Debate, discourse &amp; coffee (Includes a convenient bus stop) Like most of the &#8220;traditional&#8221; coffee houses, Caf\u00e9 Korb looks back on a rich history. 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