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Cologne · Sülz & Klettenberg

Cafés in Sülz & Klettenberg

Café Osterspey on Luxemburger Straße since 1919, roasters on the Lindenthalgürtel and Ägidiusstraße, and cafés along Berrenrather Straße.

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Sülz takes its name from the Fronhof Sulpece, recorded in 1145 as “Villa Sultz”. It was farmland with brickworks until it joined Cologne in 1888, and with about 36,700 residents at the end of 2024 it is the city’s fourth-largest Stadtteil.1 Several University of Cologne institutes, the Studiobühne theater and the Uni-Center bring students here.1

Klettenberg was built in one go at the start of the 20th century as an extension of Sülz, with its street names approved in 1903 and 1904.2 Luxemburger Straße, with Stadtbahn line 18, is its main road; Sülz itself is served by lines 9, 13 and 18, and about 10,500 people lived there at the end of 2021.2

Local tip: For coffee before 07:00, Snacks & Coffee on Weyertal opens at 06:30 on weekdays, and Bäckerei Kraus on Luxemburger Straße at 06:00 (08:00 on Thursdays and Sundays).

At a glance

43Cafés listed
21With opening hours
00:00Earliest opening
00:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: kunstkAFFEe, from 00:00 (Tue–Fri 10:00–17:00 · Sat–Sun Open 24 hours).
  • Closes latest: Café Samowar, until 00:00 (Daily 10:00–00:00).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (33%), indoor seating (33%), wheelchair access (21%).

Stube

  • Berrenrather Straße 205
  • Mon–Fri 09:00–17:30 · Sat–Sun 10:00–18:00
  • Indoor seating
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Coffee chains in Sülz & Klettenberg

Café Osterspey and the Konditoreien

The Osterspey family ran a cake shop at Luxemburger Straße 267 from 1919. In 2021 two young pastry chefs, Lea Schlosser and Kevin Thomas Kleber, took over the café with its furniture and its name; they bake lemon tartlets, fruit gateaux and petits fours daily, mostly from regional ingredients.3

Patisserie Sonntags is on Zülpicher Straße, and Café Bauchgefühl at Berrenrather Straße 160 bakes its own cakes and serves brunch from 08:30 on weekdays except Tuesday and from 10:00 at weekends.

Roasters on the Lindenthalgürtel and Ägidiusstraße

Kaffeerösterei Holm, a roaster from Frechen, took over a former Eisknabe ice-cream shop on the Lindenthalgürtel and offers cow’s or oat milk at no extra charge.4 Its café at number 61 opens at 08:00 on weekdays.

Jackson on Ägidiusstraße is a family-run roastery with its own roasting machine, serving in a courtyard with a wood stove.5 It opens on Wednesday and Friday afternoons and on Saturday mornings. Ernst, the Südstadt roaster, opened a second café on Weyertal, near the university, in April 2022.6

Berrenrather Straße and Sülzburgstraße

Berrenrather Straße follows one of three old arterial roads from Roman times, along the line of a Roman aqueduct.1 e bom! at number 211 has vegan dishes and a terrace, Stube at 205 opens at 09:00 on weekdays, and Jules at 315 serves 09:00–18:00 Monday to Friday.

On Sülzburgstraße, Melange orange at number 23 opens at 07:30 on weekdays, and Awli Backyard at 96 has outdoor seats and stays open until 19:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.

Klettenberg’s park and squares

Fritz Encke laid out the Klettenbergpark in 1905–1907 in a former gravel pit 10 m deep, with a 0.9 ha pond, a rock stream and waterfall, a heath landscape and a rose garden in its eastern part.2 The Klettenberggürtel, a four-lane road with a green median, holds a market on Wednesdays and Saturdays.2

Tom am Platz on Elisabeth-von-Mumm-Platz opens at 09:00 on weekdays and 10:00 at weekends, and Savoca Caffè on Gottesweg serves from 08:00 to 23:00 every day. Back in Sülz, Café Samowar on Palanterstraße stays open until midnight daily, and Impact at Luxemburger Straße 190 until 22:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.

Sources

  1. Köln-Sülz, Wikipedia (German), accessed October 2026
  2. Köln-Klettenberg, Wikipedia (German), accessed October 2026
  3. Historical Cologne cafés that coffee lovers won’t want to miss (Kirsten Niemann, January 26, 2024), KölnTourismus magazine, accessed October 2026
  4. 11 Cafés in Köln mit richtig gutem Kaffee (Christin Otto), Mit Vergnügen Köln, accessed October 2026
  5. 11 Kaffeeröstereien, die ihr kennen solltet (Christin Otto), Mit Vergnügen Köln, accessed October 2026
  6. Ernst Kaffeeröster, Bonner Straße (Brian Williams, June 16, 2022), Brian’s Coffee Spot, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Sülz & Klettenberg cafés: questions

How old is Café Osterspey on Luxemburger Straße in Cologne?

The Osterspey family has run a cake shop at Luxemburger Straße 267 since 1919. In 2021 the pastry chefs Lea Schlosser and Kevin Thomas Kleber took over the café with its furniture and name, and they bake lemon tartlets, fruit gateaux and petits fours daily, mostly from regional ingredients.

Where can you buy freshly roasted coffee in Cologne-Sülz and Klettenberg?

Kaffeerösterei Holm, a roaster from Frechen, has a café at Lindenthalgürtel 61 in a former Eisknabe ice-cream shop. Jackson on Ägidiusstraße is a family-run roastery with its own machine and a courtyard café. Ernst, from the Südstadt, opened a second café on Weyertal in April 2022.

What is there to see in Cologne’s Klettenbergpark?

The Klettenbergpark was laid out by Fritz Encke in 1905–1907 in a former gravel pit 10 m deep. It has a 0.9 ha pond, a flowering meadow with a rock stream and waterfall, a heath landscape and a rose garden in its eastern part.

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