Cafés in Gothenburg

Traditional

Ahlströms Konditori, famous for their Cortina cake with pistachio marzipan deep inside a cream and almond marzipan topping. Go back in time. Share a couch with chatty pensioners. Have a dignified cup of tea.

Café Husaren, with its charming stucco and glass roof feature, serves up homemade goodies, typical Swedish sandwiches (e.g. prawn and egg), hot chocolate, and what seems to be the biggest cinnamon rolls in the world to repeatedly happy customers. A Gothenburg classic. 

Quaint

Rosenkaféet, a picture pretty summertime secret surrounded by a glorious garden of roses. It’s a little bit of old-fashioned fabulous offering traditional Swedish fare, homemade cake. They focus on fresh, natural ingredients. 

Museums

Röhsska Café at the Röhsska is an airy space with high ceilings and a feeling of calm. Healthy buffets for lunch, GI friendly foods and herbal teas a specialty.

Hip

Da Matteo is about as hip as it gets in Gothenburg. This famous joint is so well established the walls breathe a cool vibe. They take pride in Italian style coffees and ice cream, with paninis and pastries filling the tables of ACNE clad trendy locals.

Neighbourhood favourites

Café Kringlan is unpretentious, homely, and like the sitting room of the locals in the charming cobblestoned Haga area.  This is where you will really get a sense of what the Swedish fika (coffee break) is all about – quality, relaxing time out over coffee.

Cum Pane is a small organic bakery in the Majorna district. They bake everything from scratch and their specialty is unsweetened sourdough bread baked in a stone oven. Their cinnamon buns are pretty amazing too! 

Tips?

Ice cream mad? You must have a scoop of chilli & chocolate, blueberry cheesecake, saffron & honey, polka and texasfudge ice creams at the eponymous café of Gothenburg founded ice cream makers, Lejonet & Björnen. Choose from 30 different ice cream and sorbet flavours.