7 cafés in 3 citys. Places change: check opening hours before you go.
Ester Nordhammar opened Vete-Katten in 1928 as a bakery, konditori and chocolate maker. The name is said to come from her answer when asked what to call it: 'det vete katten' – 'the cat knows'.
Order: Kanelbulle · Räksmörgås (shrimp sandwich) · Brewed coffee
A Haga café in a protected 19th-century building with a glass ceiling from 1896. The first Hagabulle, a cinnamon bun the size of a plate, was baked here in 1985.
Order: Hagabullen · Bryggkaffe
💡 One Hagabulle easily feeds two.
A court konditori by the Fyris river founded in 1870 and now run by the fifth generation of bakers. Its cinnamon buns place well in local contests.
Order: Kanelbulle · Cake from the counter with coffee
A Gothenburg roaster that competes in barista championships and roasts weekly at its Magasinsgatan roastery, with cafés around the centre.
Order: Espresso · Filter
💡 There is a second central café at Vallgatan 5.
A Södermalm roastery and café that took silver at the World Coffee Roasting Championship. Every coffee it sells scores 86 or more on the SCA scale.
Order: Filter · Espresso
Johan & Nyström still calls itself the little roastery at heart, though it has grown into one of Europe's larger specialty roasters. Its Södermalm café is the place to taste the range.
Order: Pour-over · Kanelbulle
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
A Vasastan coffee bar ranked No. 64 in Europe on the 2026 World's 100 Best Coffee Shops list, and the highest-placed in Sweden.
Order: Filter · Cardamom bun
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.