These 6 cities have mastered café culture

If you love coffee, put these destinations on your must-visit list.

by Zach Pontz  |  Friday, November 27, 2015

by Zach Pontz
Friday, November 27, 2015

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Melbourne residents are so committed to café culture that even a bit of rain can't keep them away. Melbourne residents are so committed to café culture that even a bit of rain can't keep them away. (Photo: ChameleonsEye / Shutterstock.com)

Cafés are central to the cultural life of many cities around the world.
Melbourne residents are so committed to café culture that even a bit of rain can't keep them away.
With Ottoman rule in the 19th, café culture came to Belgrade.
Eating on sidewalk outdoors in Tel Aviv
Paris's long and storied café culture is nearly synonymous with the city itself.
Stockholm youth conduct much of their social lives in cafés .
Seattle built the foundation of America's café culture.
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Melbourne, Australia's coffee love affair

Australians, on the whole, are obsessed with coffee, and no city embodies this national love affair more so than Melbourne. The city's cafés have become famous the world over for their friendly atmosphere, delicious coffee and trendsetting ways.

While coffee has been in Melbourne for a very long time, the culture the city knows today can be attributed to mid-20th century settlers from the traditional coffee-drinking regions of Southern Europe and the Mediterranean. They cultivated a café culture that has become such an integral part of the Melbourne of today; the city even hosts an annual coffee expo. Unsurprisingly, global chains like Starbucks have failed to take root here.

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