When was Vete-Katten on Stockholm's Kungsgatan founded?

Ester Nordhammar founded Vete-Katten in 1928 as a konditori, bakery and chocolate maker. Its main café at Kungsgatan 55 in Norrmalm opens 07:30–20:00 on weekdays and 09:00–19:00 at weekends. The name is said to come from her reply, "Det vete katten" (who knows), when asked what to call it.

Which cafés near Stockholm Central Station open earliest?

Dagnys at Centralplan, in Norrmalm by Stockholm Central Station, opens at 05:00 on weekdays, 06:00 on Saturdays and 07:00 on Sundays. Metro Café on Sveavägen opens at 06:00 on weekdays. Vete-Katten runs two counters inside the station, in the north hall and the upper hall.

Which cafés in Stockholm's Norrmalm stay open late?

Pas d'art on Biblioteksgatan and Italiano stay open until 01:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, and Ragazzi on Olof Palmes gata until midnight on those nights and 23:00 Monday to Thursday. Metro Café on Sveavägen serves until 21:30 every day, and Kafé Plattan under Sergels torg until 21:00 on Thursdays.

Cafés in Norrmalm, Stockholm: Hours and Map

Norrmalm sits at the heart of the inner city, and its southern part is what Stockholmers call City.¹ The railway made it the center in the 1860s, and the Norrmalmsregleringen redevelopment, approved in 1945 and halted after the Almstriden protests of 1971, gave it Sergels torg, Hötorgscity and its modernist office blocks.¹ Only about 8,650 people lived here in 2021.¹ Visit Stockholm calls it by far the busiest district in town.⁵

Hamngatan, Drottninggatan and Regeringsgatan have the most cafés here. Kungsgatan, dug through the Brunkeberg esker and opened in 1911, runs from Kungsbron to Stureplan past Hötorget.² Most cafés in the area close by 19:00 on a weekday, but a few stay open until midnight or later at weekends.

Local tip: Before an early train, Dagnys at Centralplan opens at 05:00 on weekdays; Vete-Katten's two counters in the north hall and upper hall of Centralstationen are the alternative.⁴

At a glance

68Cafés listed

28With opening hours

05:00Earliest opening

01:00Latest closing

Opens earliest: Dagnys, from 05:00 (Mon–Fri 05:00–21:00 · Sat 06:00–20:00 · Sun 07:00–21:00).

Closes latest: Pas d'art, until 01:00 (Mon–Tue 11:30–22:00 · Wed–Thu 11:30–23:00 · Fri 11:30–01:00 · Sat 12:00–01:00 · Sun 13:00–21:00).

Most common features: vegetarian options (16%), indoor seating (15%), bakery café (15%).

Coffee chains in Norrmalm

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Espresso House

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NorrmalmDaily 06:30–19:00
Brunkebergstorg 12
Centralplan 15Mon–Fri 05:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 06:00–20:00
Drottninggatan 18Mon–Thu 07:00–21:00 · Fri 07:00–22:00 · Sat 08:00–22:00 · Sun 08:00–21:00
Drottninggatan 35Mon–Fri 06:30–23:00 · Sat 07:00–23:00 · Sun 08:00–22:00
Drottninggatan 90AMon–Fri 07:00–19:00 · Sat 08:00–19:00 · Sun 09:00–19:00
Klara Västra Kyrkogata 17Mon–Fri 07:00–19:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–18:00
Klarabergsviadukten 59Mon–Fri 06:00–19:00 · Sat 06:00–18:00 · Sun 06:00–19:00
Kungsgatan 38Mon–Fri 06:00–19:00 · Sat 10:00–17:00 · Sun Closed
Kungsgatan 43Mon–Fri 07:30–21:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–21:00
Norrlandsgatan 18Mon–Fri 06:30–19:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–19:00
Regeringsgatan 52Mon–Fri 06:30–19:00 · Sat 09:00–19:00 · Sun 09:30–18:00
Vasagatan 1Daily 06:30–20:00

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Bröd & Salt

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Centralplan 1Mon–Fri 05:30–23:00 · Sat–Sun 06:30–23:00
Drottninggatan 20
Kungsgatan 2
Kungsgatan 68Mon–Fri 06:30–19:00 · Sat 08:00–19:00 · Sun 08:00–18:00
Regeringsgatan 48

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Joe & The Juice

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NorrmalmMon–Fri 08:00–19:00 · Sat 10:00–17:00 · Sun 11:00–17:00
NorrmalmMon–Fri 08:00–19:00 · Sat 10:00–18:00 · Sun 11:00–17:00
Regeringsgatan 54Mon–Fri 08:00–19:00 · Sat 10:00–17:00 · Sun 11:00–17:00
Sergelgatan 8-10
Tegnérgatan 18

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Caffè Nero

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Drottninggatan 27, Stockholm, 111 51Mon–Fri 07:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–20:00
Drottninggatan 86Mon–Fri 07:00–21:00 · Sat 08:00–21:00 · Sun 09:00–21:00
Kungsgatan 44Mon–Fri 07:30–20:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–20:00
Sveavägen 41, Stockholm, 111 34

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Thelins konditori

Kungsgatan 49Mon–Fri 07:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–20:00

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Wayne's Coffee

Waynes CoffeeMon–Fri 06:30–21:00 · Sat 07:30–22:00 · Sun 08:00–21:00
Waynes Coffee, Hamngatan 14

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Vete-Katten

Vete-Katten Bakfickan, Gamla Brogatan 32Mon–Fri 07:30–20:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–19:00
Kungsgatan 55Mon–Fri 07:30–20:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–19:00
Vasagatan 22Mon–Fri 07:00–19:00 · Sat–Sun 11:00–17:00

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Coffeehouse by George

Drottninggatan 53

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Ritorno

Torsgatan 20Mon–Fri 07:00–16:00 · Sat 08:00–15:00 · Sun 09:00–15:00

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Starbucks

Hamngatan 33Mon–Fri 07:30–21:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–20:00
Klarabergsviadukten 49Mon–Fri 05:30–22:00 · Sat–Sun 06:30–22:00

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Vete-Katten on Kungsgatan

Ester Nordhammar founded Vete-Katten in 1928 as a konditori (pastry café), bakery and chocolate maker; the name is said to come from her answer when asked what to call it, "Det vete katten", an idiom for "who knows".³ It has been smoke-free from the start, and in 2012 it was sold to a group that included master confectioner Johan Sandelin, who had worked there since 1997.³

The main café at Kungsgatan 55 opens 07:30–20:00 on weekdays and 09:00–19:00 at weekends.⁴ Its Bakfickan shop is on Gamla Brogatan, another branch is in Hotel Continental at Vasagatan 22, and two counters work inside Centralstationen.⁴ Thelins, which has a café at Kungsgatan 49, charged 59 kr for a semla in the February 2026 survey.⁶

Drottninggatan, Hötorget and Sergels torg

Drottninggatan was laid out in the 1630s and 1640s, renamed for Queen Christina, and runs about 1,500 m north from Riksbron; most of it is car-free.⁷ August Strindberg spent his last four years at No. 85, the Blå tornet building that is now the Strindberg Museum, and La Fleur Café & Bar shares the address.⁷

Kulturhuset Stories and Panorama are both at Sergels torg 7, and Kafé Plattan, on Beridarebanan beneath the square, stays open until 21:00 on Thursdays. House of Beans trades in the lower level of Hötorgshallen, the market hall on Hötorget.

Hamngatan and the shopping streets

NK Konditoriet and Franska caféet are at Hamngatan 18–20, and Coppola, Hamngatan Stories and Skafferiet share Hamngatan 37, the Gallerian mall.⁴ NK Art Bakery on Regeringsgatan opens at 07:30 on weekdays, and RC Café & Patisserie has counters at Kungsgatan 27 and Sveavägen 15–17, both from 07:00. Visit Stockholm points to the local chains Fabrique and Bröd & Salt here as well.⁵

Early and late in City

Dagnys at Centralplan opens at 05:00 on weekdays, 06:00 on Saturdays and 07:00 on Sundays, and Metro Café on Sveavägen at 06:00 on weekdays. At night, Pas d'art on Biblioteksgatan and Italiano stay open until 01:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, and Ragazzi on Olof Palmes gata until midnight. Metro Café serves until 21:30 every day.

Sources

Norrmalm, Wikipedia (Swedish), accessed October 2026

Kungsgatan, Stockholm, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026

Vete-Katten, Wikipedia (Swedish), accessed October 2026

Vete-Katten: konditorier och öppettider, Vete-Katten, accessed October 2026

Cafés on Norrmalm, Visit Stockholm (September 21, 2026), accessed October 2026

Listan: här hittar du den mest prisvärda semlan i Stockholm, Börskollen (February 17, 2026), survey by Sambla, accessed October 2026

Drottninggatan, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026

Cafés in Norrmalm

At a glance

Bodybuddy

Café Vólta

Caffetteria del Corso

Coppola

D'Abramo

Dagnys

Dirty Coco

K-Märkt

Kafé Plattan

Kanvas

Locanda

NK Art Bakery

Oolong Tea House

Oolong Tea House

Panorama

Pas d'art

Petite France

Ragazzi

RC

RC Café & Patisserie

Sempre

Café Ami

Chokladfabriken

Metro Café

RC Café & Patisserie

Bagatelle Café

Bageri Norrmalm

Café Albert

Café Avenyn

Cafe Egoiste

Cafe Entre

Café Eugenia

Café Mejan

Cafe Söderberg

Cheesecake industrin

Franska caféet

Coffee chains in Norrmalm

Espresso House

Bröd & Salt

Joe & The Juice

Caffè Nero

Thelins konditori

Wayne's Coffee

Vete-Katten

Coffeehouse by George

Ritorno

Starbucks

Vete-Katten on Kungsgatan

Drottninggatan, Hötorget and Sergels torg

Hamngatan and the shopping streets

Early and late in City

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More of Stockholm

Gamla stan

Djurgården & Skeppsholmen

Vasastan

Östermalm

Kungsholmen

Södermalm

Norrmalm cafés: questions

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