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Cafés in Alsergrund (9.)

Freud's Berggasse, the university quarter and Währinger Straße, from Café Stein to Café Weimar.

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Alsergrund, the 9th district, lies north of the Innere Stadt between the Gürtel and the Danube Canal and covers 2.99 km².1 It is a district of hospitals and lecture halls: the AKH, Vienna's largest hospital, is here, and the University of Vienna, TU Wien and BOKU all have departments in it.1

Sigmund Freud lived and worked at Berggasse 19 from 1891 until 1938, Franz Schubert was born in the district, and Beethoven died at Schwarzspanierstraße 15.12 For coffee, Währinger Straße is the spine, with student cafés by Schottentor and Café Weimar near the Volksoper.24

Local tip: By the university, Cafe Glaser at Währinger Straße 2-4 serves until 02:00 on weekdays, and Café Stein next door, a student meeting point, until 01:00 from Thursday to Saturday.2

At a glance

77Cafés listed
35With opening hours
06:30Earliest opening
02:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: BrötchenWelt, from 06:30 (Mon–Fri 06:30–18:30 · Sat 07:00–16:00 · Sun 07:00–14:00).
  • Closes latest: Cafe Glaser, until 02:00 (Mon–Fri 08:00–02:00 · Sat 18:00–02:00).
  • Most common features: indoor seating (39%), outdoor seating (34%), vegetarian options (18%).

Kaffee Kultur

  • Spitalgasse 1A
  • Mon–Fri 07:30–18:00 · Sat 09:00–17:00
  • +43 670 5098888
  • Indoor seating
  • Partial wheelchair access
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BrötchenWelt

  • Berggasse 27
  • Mon–Fri 06:30–18:30 · Sat 07:00–16:00 · Sun 07:00–14:00
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Getting around Alsergrund

The U2, U4 and U6 all touch the district's edges, with the U2 at Schottentor on the southern border.2 Inside, trams D, 5, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 and bus 40A cover the streets.2

The Strudlhofstiege, an outdoor staircase finished in 1910, is one of the district's Jugendstil landmarks.2

Freud, the Servitenviertel and Liechtensteinstraße

The Sigmund Freud Museum fills his former flat at Berggasse 19, though the famous couch went with him to London.2 The park in front of the neo-Gothic Votivkirche, built from 1856 to 1879, is named after him.12 La Mercerie at Berggasse 25 takes cash only, and BrötchenWelt at No. 27 opens at 06:30 on weekdays.

The Servitenviertel around Berggasse, Servitengasse, Porzellangasse and Schlickgasse is known for its small shops.2 Café Konditorei Ingrid Bürger on Servitengasse opens at 07:00. The Liechtenstein Museum shows the princely collection of mainly Baroque paintings, Rubens among them, and Goppion Caffè and Naschsalon are a short walk away on Liechtensteinstraße.2

Währinger Straße, from Café Stein to Café Weimar

Jonas Reindl has a café at Währinger Straße 2-4, at the Schottentor end.3 In the same block, Cafe Glaser stays open until 02:00 on weekdays. Café Stein at Nos. 6-8 is a student meeting point and serves until 01:00 from Thursday to Saturday, and No Panic Coffee in the same building opens at 07:30.2

Café Weimar at No. 68 opened in 1900 as Café Orleans, on the ground floor of a building put up in 1880 by the theater architects Fellner & Helmer.4 It is a meeting place for audiences and performers from the nearby Volksoper, and Hans Diglas has run it since autumn 2017.4 It opens daily until 23:30.

Weltcafé, at Schwarzspanierstraße 15, serves fair-trade food and coffee and offers free Wi-Fi.2

The Altes AKH and Spitalgasse

The Altes AKH, the old General Hospital, has several restaurants and bars inside and next to it.2 Its round Narrenturm, once an asylum, now houses the Pathological-Anatomical Collection.2

Across Spitalgasse, Coffee Pirates at No. 17 opens at 08:00 on weekdays and 09:00 at weekends, with a second shop at No. 15, and Kaffee Kultur is at No. 1A. Farther north, Cafe Nuss at Nußdorfer Straße 9 opens at 07:00 on weekdays and stays open until midnight, and on Sechsschimmelgasse, Cafe-Konditorei Bredendick at No. 4 opens at 07:30 and Ooné at No. 7 keeps daytime hours all week.

Sources

  1. Alsergrund, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Vienna/Alsergrund, Wikivoyage, accessed October 2026
  3. Modern cafés, wien.info (Vienna Tourist Board), accessed October 2026
  4. Café Weimar, Wikipedia (German), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Alsergrund (9.) cafés: questions

Where did Freud live in Vienna's Alsergrund, and which cafés are nearby?

Sigmund Freud lived and worked at Berggasse 19 in Alsergrund from 1891 until 1938, and his former flat is now the Sigmund Freud Museum. On the same street, La Mercerie at Berggasse 25 is a cash-only café, and BrötchenWelt at No. 27 opens at 06:30 on weekdays. The Servitenviertel around Servitengasse is a few minutes away.

When did Café Weimar in Vienna open?

Café Weimar at Währinger Straße 68 in Alsergrund opened in 1900 as Café Orleans, in a building put up in 1880 by the theater architects Fellner & Helmer. It is a meeting place for audiences and performers from the nearby Volksoper. Hans Diglas has run it since autumn 2017, and it opens daily until 23:30.

How do you get around Alsergrund in Vienna by public transport?

The U2, U4 and U6 all touch the edges of Alsergrund, with the U2 at Schottentor on its southern border. Inside the district, trams D, 5, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 and bus 40A cover the streets, including Währinger Straße and the university quarter.

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