Splendour in the coffee house
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Belcafé, Zurich David Suter / Schweizer Heimatschutz -
Odéon, Biel David Suter / Schweizer Heimatschutz -
Café Romand, Lausanne David Suter / Schweizer Heimatschutz -
Alte Oehle, Thun David Suter / Schweizer Heimatschutz -
Tea Room Métropole, Sierre David Suter / Schweizer Heimatschutz -
Chez Andy, Zurich David Suter / Schweizer Heimatschutz -
Café Vordergasse, Schaffhausen David Suter / Schweizer Heimatschutz -
Zum Kuss, Basel David Suter / Schweizer Heimatschutz -
Tea Room Brändli, Aarau David Suter / Schweizer Heimatschutz -
Remor, Geneva David Suter / Schweizer Heimatschutz -
Hanselmann, St Moritz David Suter / Schweizer Heimatschutz -
Café Saint Pierre, Lausanne David Suter / Schweizer Heimatschutz -
At Angelika Kauffmann's, Chur David Suter / Schweizer Heimatschutz -
Ravelli, Locarno David Suter / Schweizer Heimatschutz -
Odéon, Zurich David Suter / Schweizer Heimatschutz -
Tea Room Comte Michel, Bulle David Suter / Schweizer Heimatschutz -
Hotel Albrici, Poschiavo David Suter / Schweizer Heimatschutz -
Café du Centre, Pully David Suter / Schweizer Heimatschutz -
Café du Coin, La Chaux-de-Fonds David Suter / Schweizer Heimatschutz
The Swiss are keen coffee consumers and they like to drink their cup in the company of others. The numerous cafés - often extensions of confectionary shops - are part of Switzerland's everyday life and the country's architectural heritage.
This content was published on March 9, 2013 - 11:00
A booklet by the Swiss Heritage Society, Die schönsten Cafés und Tea Rooms in der Schweiz (Switzerland's most beautiful cafés), presents a selection of 74 sites from across the country.
It includes traditional cafés, stylish espresso bars, wood-panelled interiors in the rural Lower Engadine valley and light-flooded new sweet shops in Geneva, as well as architectural objects from Basel in northern Switzerland to Lugano in the Italian-speaking south.
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