Favorite Nordic Coffee Bars

Here are some of the best coffee bars in the Nordic countries, separated by country:

Norwegian coffee bars

Liebling

Liebling, Oslo

Liebling is not like any other café in Oslo. Tucked away in Grünerløkka, it manages to be eclectic, quirky and [...]

Stockfleths Oslo City

Stockfleths, Oslo

While founded in 1895, it was only in the 1990s that Stockfleths was transformed into a modern coffee shop. Since [...]

Dromedar Exterior

Dromedar, Trondheim

Since 1997, Dromedar has been serving the people of Trondheim, Norway’s third largest city. Originally established by Preben Osterhoof and [...]

Fuglen #1

Fuglen, Oslo

“The Bird”, as it is known internationally, is a novel concept executed with considerable skill. Having served coffee continuously since [...]

timwendelboe

Tim Wendelboe, Oslo

Tim Wendelboe is the self-titled coffee shop, micro roastery and training centre of Tim Wendelboe, the 2004 World Barista Champion [...]

Benk #2

Benk, Sandnes

Benk is a small coffee shop run by the husband and wife team of Hanne and Thomas Jørgensen. Located on [...]

Swedish coffee bars

Photo taken by Anders Valde

Koppi, Helsingborg

For nearly four years, Anne and Charles of Koppi have been roasting and serving coffee to the people of Helsingborg, [...]

Da Matteo

da Matteo, Gothenburg

The first da Matteo coffee shop opened in Viktoriapassagen, Gothenborg in August of 1995. At the time, it was an [...]

Photo by Alexander Ruas

Drop Coffee, Stockholm

In August 2009, Oskar Alvérus and Erik Rosendahl opened Drop Coffee together. Up until that moment, Oskar ran a small [...]

Johan & Nyström Koncept #2

Johan & Nyström Koncept, Stockholm

Johan & Nyström’s Concept store in Stockholm is not only a coffee shop. Opened in April 2009, it aims to [...]

Danish coffee bars

Kent Kaffe Laboratorium

Kent Kaffe Laboratorium, Copenhagen

Kent Kaffe Laboratorium (The Kent Coffee Lab) opened in February 2011. It is an all-organic coffee shop focused primarily on [...]

The Coffee Collective #2

The Coffee Collective, Copenhagen

The Coffee Collective was started four years ago, in the summer of 2007. At the time, they were only a [...]

Finnish coffee bars

Café Art #2

Café Art, Turku

Located in the small town of Turku, a few hours west of Helsinki, is one of the oldest and busiest [...]

Johan & Nyström, Helsinki

Johan & Nyström Koncept, Helsinki

Making its first foray in another country, this is the flagship store of Swedish company J&N in Finland. Based in [...]

La Torrefazione, Helsinki

La Torrefazione, Helsinki

La Torrefazione is a café and roastery established by Jens Hampf, together with the owners of Helsinki based roaster Kaffa [...]

Photo by Kalle Freese

Kaffa Roastery, Helsinki

Svante Hampf and Benjamin Andberg initially planned to start up a chain of coffee shops. However, they quickly realized that [...]

Kahvila Sävy #2

Kahvila Sävy, Helsinki

Kahvila Sävy is a small coffee shop owned and operated by the husband and wife team of Kaisa and Mikko [...]

Icelandic coffee bars

Kaffitár, Reykjavik #2

Kaffitár, Reykjavik

Established in 1990, Kaffitár has grown to become the dominant force in Icelandic specialty coffee. With a roastery and 8 [...]

Kaffismidja #1

Kaffismiðja Íslands, Reykjavik

Kaffismiðja Íslands is a boutique roastery and coffee shop located in a residential area of Reykjavik. Established in 2008 by [...]