Cafe Louvre on Narodni trida has operated since 1902, with a billiard room upstairs that has never closed. Kafka and Einstein were regulars during the era when Prague hosted overlapping German-Jewish, Czech, and Austrian intellectual communities. The cafe represents Prague’s Central European coffeehouse tradition: functioning as a second living room for writers, thinkers, and dissidents across multiple political eras. Coffee and cake runs EUR 8-12. Metro Line B to Narodni trida. Open daily from morning until late evening.
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Cafe Louvre Prague
Also known as Kavárna Louvre
Cafe Louvre has been on Narodni trida since 1902, and the billiard room upstairs has been in continuous use the entire time. Kafka was a regular. So was Einstein, who lived in Prague for part of 1911-1912 while working at the German university.
- Type
- cafe
- Destination
- Prague
- Cost
- Paid entry
- Founded
- 1902
- Era
- Art Nouveau
- Address
- Narodni 22, 110 00 Prague
- Coordinates
- 50.0900, 14.4269
- Official website
- Visit website