Set in a building styled after a Venetian palace, Supersense on Vienna’s Praterstraße is the mother of all concept coffeeshops, and may be one of the most underrated places in the city.
Apart from serving cups of high-end coffee, homemade cakes and plates of fresh, regional snacks that you’d find in a delicatessen, this place is also a stage that showcases photography, print, art and audio delights. And while pulling the rug out from under your feet with all of that, it also hits you square in the face with its architectural hotness. Can we move in, please?
The shop part of this cafe mutant can also feel like a museum – there are old printing machines, a large wooden table with random items on it, aged showcase cupboards, a wooden elevator, a recording studio in a antique phone box, a rug, vintage sofas and guitars inviting you to sit down and spontaneously pretend you’re hanging with Van Morrison, just jamming away.
There’s a warmth here that has been incubated by a cafe that has had a lot of thought invested into it. And it has all the characteristics that make for a perfect cold autumn day haunt.
