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Sep 4, 2012 — What is it about sitting on a café patio, overlooking a lazy river, and watching the world pass by that’s so conducive to creativity? Maybe it’s the romanticism of a foreign country, or the energy of like-minded people trying to make the world laugh or cry through their art, or it’s just the insane amount of caffeinated beverages coursing through everyone’s veins. Whatever it is, there’s nothing like a good café to get those creative embers burning.
Throughout the world, cafés have served as home-base to some of the finest literary greats and artistic savants the planet has ever seen. And even though all 30 people banging away on their Mac Book Pros can’t be writing the next great masterpiece – there’s a chance that one of them could be next year’s Nabokov.
So if you’re looking for the best cafés to inspire you to paint like Picasso, write like Fitzgerald, or drink like Hemingway, here are some of our favorites around the world.
Parc Buttes-Chaumont
2 Allée de la Cascade
75019 Paris
01 42 00 00 45
Dorsoduro 992, Fondamenta Nani
30123 Venice
041 5320034
Historic Bar / Historic Restaurant / Café
567 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
212‑989‑3956
Bar / Café / Spanish Restaurant
Calle de Bailén, 14
28005 Madrid
91 366 35 78
Carrer de Ferran 23
08002 Barcelona
93 317 67 87
Piazza Santo Spirito, 4/r
50125 Florence
055 215 732
Café / Market / Restaurant
8350 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048
323‑655‑2285
Nieuwmarkt 32-34
1012 Amsterdam
020 6272635
Bar / Café / Restaurant
36 Stoke Newington Road
London N16 7XJ
Which Cafés Inspire You?