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Cafés in Kreis 4 (Langstrasse)

Langstrasse and Aussersihl: Miró on Brauerstrasse, Ombak on Stauffacherstrasse, Bar Butter on Zwinglistrasse and the Europaallee cafés.

Photo: Branka Krnjaja, Pexels License

Kreis 4 is Aussersihl, made up of the Werd, Langstrasse and Hard quarters, and locals call it Chreis Cheib, after the carcass pits that once lay here. It became a municipality in 1787, filled with factory workers, went bankrupt and was merged into Zurich in 1893; in 1913 it was split into Kreise 3, 4 and 5.1

Langstrasse is the city's most openly multicultural street, with about 42 percent foreign residents in its quarter, and parts of it are gentrifying.2 Studios and stylish bars sit beside strip clubs, and the area is clean and safe despite its name.3 For coffee, it is where many of Zurich's roasters and brunch cafés have settled.

Local tip: On Sundays, when Ombak and Radix are closed, Miró on Brauerstrasse opens at 09:00 and Kafi für Dich on Stauffacherstrasse at 09:00 as well.

At a glance

43Cafés listed
24With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
00:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Miró, from 06:00 (Mon–Fri 06:00–21:00 · Sat–Sun 07:00–20:00).
  • Closes latest: DuBischDra - Board Game Café, until 00:00 (Mon 11:30–14:00 · Tue–Thu 11:30–23:00 · Fri 11:30–00:00 · Sat 10:00–00:00 · Sun 10:00–18:00).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (21%), wheelchair access (19%), brunch (14%).

Cafe le mur

  • Engelstrasse 59
  • Mon–Fri 10:00–16:00
  • +41 44 241 59 39
  • Smoke-free indoors
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Coffee chains in Kreis 4 (Langstrasse)

Europaallee and the station side

Europaallee runs about 400 m along the southwest side of Zürich HB, reached through the station's western underpass. Built between 2009 and 2020 on a former railway yard, it holds shops, offices including Google's, flats and the PH Zürich teacher-training college.4

Lagerstrasse, its southern edge, has a row of cafés: Radix at number 12 opens at 07:00 on weekdays, Bean Bank Coffee & Co is at 18c and Cafe Europa at 22. The Matcha Club in the Sihlpassage under the station opens at 07:00 and runs until 21:00 on weekdays.

Roasters between Stauffacher and Langstrasse

Miró's roastery-café at Brauerstrasse 58 has been there since 2018, in an airy room designed through an open call to ETH architecture students; it brews Kalita and V60 filters, and medium is its darkest roast.5 Ombak at Stauffacherstrasse 105, also known as Omnia, combines a café, a barista school and a takeaway counter, with Sumatran espressos such as Black Pearl and Blue Batak.5

Tuttee Fruttee at Grüngasse 4 was COFFEE until its rename; its co-founder Shem Leupin, Swiss Barista Champion in 2013, roasts the beans at Stoll.5 Bar Butter at Zwinglistrasse 38 uses beans from Philipp Henauer, whose roastery was crema magazine's Roaster of the Year 2023, and serves almond croissants with them.5 ViCAFE has a roastery and coffee bar further out at Hohlstrasse 418.8

Brunch, board games and long evenings

Weekend brunch is a Kreis 4 habit. Bros Beans & Beats on Gartenhofstrasse pairs coffee and brunch with music, and irma on Zweierstrasse opens Thursday to Sunday from 09:00.6 Kafi für Dich on Stauffacherstrasse, near the Bäckeranlage park, puts on free concerts twice a month, hangs local artists on its walls and has a play corner for children.7

Kafi für Dich stays open until 22:00 from Monday to Saturday. DuBischDra on Kalkbreitestrasse is a board-game café that runs until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, and the Summergarte in the Zeughaushof serves until 23:00.

Festivals around Helvetiaplatz

Helvetiaplatz on Langstrasse has long been the stage for Zurich's May Day demonstrations.2 The Langstrassenfest is held every two years, with the Longstreet Carneval in the years between, and a summer open-air cinema runs on the Kanzleiareal next to the square.2

Sources

  1. Aussersihl, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Langstrasse, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Zürich, Wikivoyage, accessed October 2026
  4. Europaallee Zürich, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  5. Best cafés in Zurich (updated 14 June 2026), The Way to Coffee, accessed October 2026
  6. Breakfast and brunch in Zurich, Zürich Tourism (zuerich.com), accessed October 2026
  7. Zurich's best cafés (Celeste Neill, 16 October 2022), Time Out, accessed October 2026
  8. ViCAFE Rösterei & Kaffeebar, ViCAFE, accessed October 2026
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Kreis 4 (Langstrasse) cafés: questions

Where are the specialty coffee roasters in Zurich's Kreis 4?

Miró has had its roastery-café at Brauerstrasse 58 since 2018 and brews Kalita and V60 filters. Ombak, also known as Omnia, is at Stauffacherstrasse 105 with a barista school. Tuttee Fruttee at Grüngasse 4 roasts at Stoll, Bar Butter on Zwinglistrasse uses Henauer beans, and ViCAFE roasts at Hohlstrasse 418.

Where can you have brunch near Langstrasse in Zurich?

Bros Beans & Beats on Gartenhofstrasse serves coffee and brunch with music, and irma on Zweierstrasse opens Thursday to Sunday from 09:00. Kafi für Dich on Stauffacherstrasse, by the Bäckeranlage park, opens at 09:00 at weekends, and Tuttee Fruttee on Grüngasse is another brunch address in Kreis 4.

Which cafés are on Europaallee by Zurich main station?

Europaallee runs about 400 m along the southwest side of Zürich HB. On Lagerstrasse, Radix at number 12 opens at 07:00 on weekdays, Bean Bank Coffee & Co is at 18c and Cafe Europa at 22. The Matcha Club in the Sihlpassage under the station opens at 07:00 on weekdays.

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