Why does Hamburg-Eimsbüttel have Portuguese pastelarias?

Portuguese workers came to Hamburg after the recruitment agreement of March 1964, many to Eimsbüttel employers such as Beiersdorf and Valvo, and their families stayed. The Associação Portuguesa had its headquarters on Heinrichstraße for years. Pastelaria Transmontana II on Lappenbergsallee charged €2.10 for an espresso and €2.80 for a small galão in May 2026.

Which U-Bahn stations serve Eimsbüttel in Hamburg?

The U2 stops at Christuskirche, Emilienstraße, Osterstraße and Lutterothstraße, and Schlump is served by both the U2 and the U3. Osterstraße station is the center of the quarter, with breakfast cafés on Osterstraße and a run of cafés on nearby Eppendorfer Weg.

Where can you find Franzbrötchen and house-roasted coffee in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel?

Die kleine Konditorei at Lutterothstraße 9 is on Hamburg Tourismus’s list of ten good Franzbrötchen addresses. Golden Bean on Hellkamp serves its own roasted coffee and runs barista courses, and Public Coffee Roasters has a branch at Lappenbergsallee 43, a few doors from Pastelaria Transmontana II at number 48.

Cafés in Eimsbüttel, Hamburg: Hours and Map

Eimsbüttel is one of Hamburg’s most crowded quarters: 57,798 people lived on its 3.2 km² at the end of 2024, about 18,000 per km², second only to neighboring Hoheluft-West. First recorded in 1275 and part of Hamburg since 1894, it lost much of its old housing in the air raids of 1943, though Gründerzeit (late-19th-century) blocks still shape many streets.¹

The quarter’s center is the Osterstraße U-Bahn station, and the Eimsbütteler Park Am Weiher and tree-lined streets make it greener than its density suggests.¹ Portuguese families settled here from the 1960s, and their children and grandchildren keep its pastelarias and restaurants going.²

Local tip: For a Portuguese breakfast before work, Pastelaria Transmontana II on Lappenbergsallee opens at 07:00 on weekdays and Saturdays and at 08:00 on Sundays.

At a glance

72Cafés listed

47With opening hours

07:00Earliest opening

00:00Latest closing

Opens earliest: Café Estrella, from 07:00 (Mon–Fri 07:00–18:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–18:00).

Closes latest: Cafe Strauss, until 00:00 (Mon–Thu 10:00–23:00 · Fri–Sat 10:00–00:00 · Sun 10:00–21:00).

Most common features: outdoor seating (65%), indoor seating (58%), card payment (35%).

Getting around

The U2 runs beneath the quarter, stopping at Christuskirche, Emilienstraße, Osterstraße and Lutterothstraße, and Schlump on its edge is also served by the U3. A branch line to Hellkamp opened in 1914; Hellkamp stopped being a station in 1964.¹ The street keeps a few cafés: Café Eims at number 52 stays open to 22:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.

Portuguese Eimsbüttel

The recruitment agreement of March 1964 brought Portuguese men to Hamburg on special trains. Many worked for companies around the port or for Beiersdorf and Valvo, two Eimsbüttel employers. The Associação Portuguesa, founded in the 1960s, had its headquarters on Heinrichstraße for years, with Hamburg’s first bilingual Portuguese-German kindergarten attached. When West Germany stopped recruiting in 1973, and again when returning home was encouraged in 1984, most Portuguese families stayed.²

Pastelaria Transmontana II at Lappenbergsallee 48 opens at 07:00 from Monday to Saturday. Its May 2026 menu charged €2.10 for an espresso, €2.80 for a small galão and €4.20 for a cappuccino.³ Café Estoril is at Osterstraße 158, and a second Café estoril is on Karl-Schneider-Passage.

Osterstraße, Eppendorfer Weg and Weidenallee

Emilienstraße has three cafés close together, Copacabana Coffee at 19, THIRDROOM at 22–24 and Maison Émilie at 78, which opens at 07:30 on weekdays. Osterstraße has the breakfast places: 1407 Breakfast Club at number 50 serves daily 09:00–18:00, and Carlos Coffee at 83 opens at 07:30 on weekdays.

Eppendorfer Weg has a run of cafés between numbers 57 and 85, among them Caffè 57 ½, Black Hat Coffee and Black Line. On Weidenallee, toward the Schanze, Café Estrella at 63 opens at 07:00 on weekdays and Juwelier Espressobar at 29 only at lunchtime.

Golden Bean, on Hellkamp, serves coffee from its own roasting and teaches barista courses.⁴ Public Coffee Roasters has a branch at Lappenbergsallee 43. Die kleine Konditorei at Lutterothstraße 9 is one of Hamburg Tourismus’s ten picks for Franzbrötchen.⁵

Parks and late hours

By the park, Magic Weiher at Im Gehölz 2 opens daily 11:00–18:00 and Villa im Park sits on Else-Rauch-Platz. Most cafés here close by 18:30; Cafe Strauss on Wiesenstraße is the exception, open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, and Pera on Bundesstraße serves until 22:00.

Cafés in Eimsbüttel

At a glance

1407 Breakfast Club

Adam Cafe City

Baffo d'oro

Black Hat Coffee

Black Line

Café BiBimBox

Café Cole

Cafe Delice

Café Eims

Café Estrella

Café Lorenz

Café Noem

Café Oya

Cafe Strauss

Caffè 57 ½

Carlos Coffee

Coffee Crib

Copacabana Coffee

Der Geheime Garten - Blumencafé

Due Baristi

Glück und Selig

Good one

ima vegan

Juwelier Espressobar

Knopf & Krümel

La Bête Noire

La Douce

Magic Weiher

Maison Émilie

MYNT

Pancake Panda

Pastelaria Transmontana II

Speisekammer

Studio Gusto

THIRDROOM

Weidenkantine

Coffee chains in Eimsbüttel

Espresso House

Copenhagen Coffee Lab

Café May

Katzentempel

Public Coffee Roasters

Getting around

Portuguese Eimsbüttel

Osterstraße, Eppendorfer Weg and Weidenallee

Parks and late hours

Sources

More of Hamburg

Speicherstadt & HafenCity

Altstadt & Neustadt

Sternschanze

St. Pauli

Ottensen

Eppendorf & Hoheluft

Winterhude

Eimsbüttel cafés: questions

Why does Hamburg-Eimsbüttel have Portuguese pastelarias?

Which U-Bahn stations serve Eimsbüttel in Hamburg?

Where can you find Franzbrötchen and house-roasted coffee in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel?

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