8/16/2023 0 Comments Famous vienna coffee house![]() ![]() „Das Café Central ist nämlich kein Kaffeehaus wie andere Kaffeehäuser, sondern eine Weltanschauung.“ schrieb einst Alfred Polgar über sein Stammcafé. Bankiers wie die Rothschilds, Persönlichkeiten wie Theodor Herzl und Leo Trotzki, Kapazitäten der Medizin und der Wissenschaft, Akteure auf der Weltbühne und ihre Zuschauer, sie alle verwandelten das Central in ihre Bankkontoren, Rednerpulte, Kanzleien, Wohnzimmer und Praxen. Seit über hundert Jahren ist das Café Central in Wien das Kaffeehaus der Monarchie, der Republiken, des Gestern und des Heute. Hier steht die Wiege der Welt von Gestern und blickt mit neugierigen Augen auf die Kultur von heute. Doch jetzt sind Sie in einem der berühmtesten Kaffeehäuser der Welt gelandet. Sie haben vom ältesten Kaffeehaus in Venedig gehört und schon in einem feinen Pariser Salon in der Rue de Rivoli eine Tasse Tee bestellt. It is quite an entertaining experience to gaze at the world over a coffee cup, to look up from a newspaper or to interrupt a charming chat just to watch a newcomer enter your domain for the first time.Īnd now please follow me back to the days when it all started. Give 15%, as good waiters are rare, and you might require his services again in the future. When you finally ask to pay, after hours of reading, chatting, thinking and drinking water, the waiter expects a tip. Once you have received what you ordered – and you will always have ordered what you receive – the man in black will show his esteem for you by serving everything with a warm and friendly Gnädige Frau or Mein Herr. The true professional sits for hours in front of his cup, being automatically and constantly supplied with glasses of clear drinking water as an expression of the host’s limitless hospitality. It is ridiculous to order more than one coffee per morning or afternoon. Order the desired colour, consistency and quantity. It is now up to you to prove that you have profound knowledge of some three dozens different kinds of coffee served on the premises. This has changed dramatically, and some of the long-serving staff have personally witnessed the decline. The aloofness stems from the days when there was an average of one Nobel Prize winner seated at every third table in a Viennese Kaffeehaus. He noticed you three streets away, at the precise moment you decided to come to the Kaffeehaus.īe considerate if Herr Ober does not recognise you on your first visit. It is useless trying to attract his attention by gesturing wildly, with whistles or shouts. The man in the black tuxedo and bow tie who balances a minimum of 1212 small oval and three rectangular trays with glasses of water and the occasional cup of coffee all on one hand, is called Herr Ober, a commonly used abbreviation of Oberkellner (head waiter). Having been inspected by the crowd, you are either accepted and from then on ignored, or you are ignored from the start, which means that you have already been accepted. Once you enter a Kaffeehaus, you are on stage. Sie alle kehren in diesem Buch an die kleinen, runden Tische des Central zurück und erzählen ihre Geschichte. Später gesellen sich Peter Altenberg und Karl Kraus hinzu, Arthur Schnitzler, Herzl, Adler, Loos, Zweig, Bahr, Trotzki, Schiele, Klimt und Freud. ![]() Es ist das Wien von Ferdinand Raimund und der Musiker Dynastie Strauss. Mit Sultan Suleiman, dessen türkisches Heer große Mengen Kaffees nach Wien brachte, begann die Wiener Kaffeehauskultur. Anekdote und Historie verschmelzen zum Histörchen. Die Geschichte eines Wiener Kaffeehauses ist die Geschichte Wiens. Das Café Central im Palais Ferstel ist eines der berühmtesten Kaffeehäuser Österreichs, ja der Welt. Heinrich Ferstel baute es, die Welt besucht es. A most enjoyable collection of anecdotes and informative history. Many stories go with all these fabled characters. Visit the imperial Vienna of Emperor Franz Joseph and the modern Vienna of artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Very recently Queen Sirikit of Thailand gave a luncheon here. Meet the famous characters like Peter Altenberg, Kraus, Schiele, Klimt, Salten and Freud. ![]() Read about Sultan Suleiman, who’s Turkish army left tons of coffee in Vienna. The Café Central at the Palais Ferstel is one of the most famous coffee houses of the world. This book is bilingual (Deutsch & English): Heinrich Ferstel built it, the world visits it. ![]()
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