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Cafés in Nové Město

Café Louvre and Lucerna, Wenceslas Square, tea rooms and espresso bars around Florenc.

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Charles IV founded Nové Město (New Town) in 1348, just outside the walls of the Old Town to the east and south.1 Its plan grew from markets: Wenceslas Square began as the Horse Market, and Karlovo náměstí (Charles Square), about 550 by 150 meters, was widened from the cattle market.21 The district reaches from the Vltava embankment, where the National Theatre and the Dancing House stand, up to the National Museum at the top of Wenceslas Square.12

Nové Město has more cafés than any other part of Prague, and the widest mix. Coffeehouses from the early 1900s such as Café Louvre and the Imperial share its streets with čajovny (tea rooms), bubble-tea counters, a couple of all-night places and roasters’ espresso bars near Florenc. Vodičkova, Václavské náměstí and Národní have the most cafés, followed by Štěpánská and Myslíkova, which runs down toward the river.

Local tip: Café Louvre opens at 08:00 on weekdays, and its billiard hall offers weekday morning practice at a reduced price.4

At a glance

236Cafés listed
109With opening hours
00:00Earliest opening
02:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Malá Ryba, from 00:00 (Daily 00:00–02:00, 14:00–00:00).
  • Closes latest: Andělská čajovna, until 02:00 (Daily 16:00–02:00).
  • Most common features: open late (15%), wi-fi (14%), indoor seating (13%).

Apetit

  • Revoluční 12
  • Mon–Fri 07:00–19:00 · Sat 10:00–19:00 · Sun 10:00–18:00
  • +420 222 329 865
  • Indoor seating
  • Card payment
  • Vegetarian options
  • Partial wheelchair access
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Bílá labuť

  • Na Poříčí 23
  • Mon–Fri 09:00–20:00 · Sat 09:00–18:00 · Sun 10:00–18:00
  • +420 723 526 845
  • Smoke-free indoors
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Café Purkyně

  • Sokolská 31
  • Mon–Wed 08:00–15:00 · Thu–Fri 08:00–15:00, 18:00–23:00 · Sat 08:00–13:00, 18:00–23:00 · Sun 08:00–13:00
  • 773 706 010
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Caffe GP

  • náměstí I. P. Pavlova 1786/2
  • Mon–Fri 09:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 10:00–20:00
  • 777 775 270
  • Card payment
  • Partial wheelchair access
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Getting around Nové Město

Metro line B crosses the district underground, with stations at Karlovo náměstí, Národní třída, Můstek, Náměstí Republiky and Florenc.9 Line A runs beneath Wenceslas Square, which is about 750 meters long, from Můstek at the bottom to the National Museum.2 The square is being rebuilt in stages: the lower part was finished in 2023, and the upper part is due in summer 2027.2

Národní třída follows the line of the Old Town’s medieval moat, filled in after 1781, and marks the boundary with Staré Město; it was called Ferdinandova třída from 1870 to 1919.8 Café Louvre at No. 22, Café Nona at No. 4 and PATE at No. 10 are on the Nové Město side of the street.

Café Louvre, Lucerna and the Imperial

Café Louvre opened in 1902 on Ferdinand Avenue, today’s Národní. Franz Kafka and Max Brod rented a club room there after leaving a philosophy circle that met in the café, and Einstein came in 1912.3 On 15 February 1925, 38 writers met at the Louvre to found the Czechoslovak PEN Club, with Karel Čapek as its first chairman.3 It opens 08:00–23:30 on weekdays and 09:00–23:30 at weekends, and keeps a billiard hall.4

Palác Lucerna, between Vodičkova and Štěpánská, was built from 1906 to about 1920 by Václav Havel, grandfather of the later president, and holds Prague’s first shopping passage.5 Its Art Nouveau Kavárna Lucerna, at Vodičkova 36, opens daily 10:00–00:00, and David Černý’s horse, a reworking of the St. Wenceslas statue, is in the passage.5

Café Imperial, at Na Poříčí 15, has served guests since 1914 under ceramic wall decorations and ceiling mosaics. Chef Zdeněk Pohlreich now runs it as a grand café with Czech cooking, open daily 07:00–23:00, with a breakfast buffet from 07:00.6

Espresso bars and tea rooms

Specialty coffee gathers around Florenc and Masaryk station. EMA espresso bar at Na Florenci 3 belongs to Kamil Skrbek’s small group of cafés, which also runs Ema in Karlín, and roasts much of its coffee at its own Alf & Bet roastery in the former Holešovice brewery.101113 LOKA Masaryčka by doubleshot is on the same street. Further south, mamacoffee’s café at Vodičkova 6, near Karlovo náměstí, opens 08:00–21:00 on weekdays and 09:00–20:00 at weekends.12

The first Dobrá čajovna opened on 1 June 1993 in a courtyard at Václavské náměstí 14, where guests sit on soft cushions.7 A second Dobrá čajovna is on Ostrovní, open daily 14:00–23:00, and Andělská čajovna on Ječná serves tea daily from 16:00 to 02:00.

Early, late and all night

Basics coffee on náměstí Republiky opens at 07:00 on weekdays. At the other end of the day, Link 86, a bubble-tea counter at Václavské náměstí 55, never closes. Q café on Opatovická and Malá Ryba on Křemencova stay open until 02:00, and Café Jericho on Opatovická until 01:00 on weekdays and Saturdays.

Even here, more than half the cafés close by 20:00 on weekdays; Café Nona on Národní and Café Praha on 28. října are among those that stay open until midnight.

Sources

  1. New Town, Prague, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Wenceslas Square, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. History, Café Louvre, accessed October 2026
  4. Café Louvre, Café Louvre, accessed October 2026
  5. Palác Lucerna, Prague City Tourism (prague.eu), accessed October 2026
  6. Café Imperial, Café Imperial, accessed October 2026
  7. Dobrá čajovna, Prague City Tourism (prague.eu), accessed October 2026
  8. Národní (Praha), Wikipedia (Czech), accessed October 2026
  9. Line B (Prague Metro), Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  10. Pražský Karlín hýří poutavými podniky. Kávu dostanete od zvukaře i blogerů, Seznam Zprávy (March 27, 2024), accessed October 2026
  11. EMA espresso bar, EMA espresso bar, accessed October 2026
  12. mamacoffee Vodičkova, mamacoffee, accessed October 2026
  13. Alf & Bet | coffee, tea, bread, wine, books & love, Alf & Bet, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Nové Město cafés: questions

When did Café Louvre in Prague’s Nové Město open?

Café Louvre opened in 1902 on what was then Ferdinand Avenue, today’s Národní 22. Franz Kafka and Max Brod rented a club room there, Albert Einstein came in 1912, and on 15 February 1925 writers met there to found the Czechoslovak PEN Club under Karel Čapek. It opens 08:00–23:30 on weekdays and 09:00–23:30 at weekends.

Where is the first Dobrá čajovna tea room in Prague’s Nové Město?

The first Dobrá čajovna opened on 1 June 1993 in a courtyard at Václavské náměstí 14, at the lower end of Wenceslas Square, where guests sit on soft cushions. A second Dobrá čajovna is on Ostrovní, open daily 14:00–23:00, and Andělská čajovna on Ječná serves tea until 02:00.

Which cafés in Nové Město, Prague, are open late?

Link 86, a bubble-tea counter at Václavské náměstí 55, is open 24 hours. Q café on Opatovická, Malá Ryba on Křemencova and Andělská čajovna on Ječná stay open until 02:00, and Café Jericho on Opatovická until 01:00 on weekdays and Saturdays. Kavárna Lucerna, Café Nona and Café Praha close at midnight.

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