Is there a better combination than caffeine and a good book? Even though we love a coffee klatch with our best friends, Vienna’s coffee culture has much more to offer. In book cafés in Vienna, you can really wind down and browse through the latest reading material with a drink in your hand. Whether alone or with others, a visit to a book café is always worthwhile and the perfect way to pass the time. We show you the best places in Vienna that offer you a huge selection of books.
Phil
Laptops are not allowed in Phil, but the selection of books is all the greater. There is feminist literature, magazines, current novels and classics stacked on shelves up to the ceiling. A glittering disco ball always heralds special events here, and you can even buy art and the furniture in this beautiful book café.
📌 Location: Gumpendorferstraße 10-12, 1060 Vienna
⌚ Opening hours: Monday, 15:00-23:00, Tuesday – Thursday, 9:00-23:00, Friday – Saturday, 9:00-00:00, Sunday, 9:00-23:00
Café Schopenhauer
Café Schopenhauser is a classic among Viennese coffee houses and has retained this special ambience to this day. In addition to this tradition, the café has also brought literature and art into its four walls. There is a varied selection of daily and weekly newspapers as well as cultural and musical events. Here you can eat schnitzel, play chess and browse through the world of literature in their own bookshop.
📌 Location: Staudgasse 1, 1180 Vienna
⌚ Opening hours: Tuesday – Saturday 8.00-24.00, Sunday – Monday 8.00-22.00
Tiempo Nuevo
At the Tiempo Nuevo bookshop, you can enjoy an espresso, tea or a glass of wine with your reading pleasure. From children’s and young adult literature, foreign-language books and the latest novels to well-known fiction, this book café in Vienna offers you everything your reading heart desires. In the cozy armchairs, it almost feels like being on the sofa at home!
📌 Location: Taborstraße 17A, 1020 Vienna
⌚ Opening hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00-19:00, Saturday, 10:00-15:00
Book café Melange
The small book café Melange offers lots of little things for sale. From vinyl records to fabric bags and art objects, there’s plenty to marvel at here. And of course, the books are not to be missed: Next to a log fire, you can let yourself be seduced into other novel worlds in cozy upholstered furniture or browse through cookbooks and foreign-language literature.
📌 Location: Reindorfgasse 42, 1150 Vienna
⌚ Opening hours: Tuesday – Friday, 11:00-13:00 and 14:00-18:30, Saturday, 11:00- 14:00
Vox Libri
Vox Lib ri is a classic among Vienna’s book cafés. The large selection of books leaves nothing to be desired: There are German and English-language crime novels, fantasy novels and even some books in Slavic. Some of the café owner’s former professors have also donated books. With free WiFi and plenty of power sockets, this café is also the perfect place to study and work.
📌 Location: Jörgerstraße 26, 1170 Vienna
⌚ Opening hours: Monday – Saturday 9:00 – 22:00, Sunday, 09:00 – 18:00
Hafi Books
The young café Hafi Books also combines caffeine and literature. Here you will find English novels and photography and design books. Hafi Books is a particularly modern addition to the list of book cafés in Vienna: Not only are there regular reading circles with selected coffee and cake, but also book parties and afterworks in the evenings. The right place for book lovers who also want to make new contacts.
📌 Location: Rechte Wienzeile 45, 1050 Vienna
⌚ Opening hours: Monday – Friday, 11:00-18:30, Saturday, 11:00-18:00