Coffee Shop Project

by Natalie Muenster

During my sabbatical starting in September 2023, I started spending more time in coffee shops in Berlin to recharge, find inspiration, and lure my creative self back out of the shell it lived in while I’d been pouring myself into my software engineering work. This project is the working product of my time spent rebuilding the visually creative part of my brain.

View fullsize What improves a frigid early-April day in Germany? A tiny warm cafe. I’d originally intended to just defrost my hands a bit but it was such a cozy space with a gorgeous view of the river, I couldn’t resist sitting down for a cappuccino. W
View fullsize Aside from the warm drinks 🍵 and warm baristas ☺️, I loved my visit to @soulofcoffeeberlin because there were such a variety of people at the cafe — a few pairs catching up… some people working… but my favorite was a group of thr
View fullsize What a gorgeous cafe in Wedding! I came to @soulofcoffeeberlin as a side quest during my main adventure to Peters Art Shop (the art supplies store all of my fellow artists here recommended) — I take any opportunity to leave my usual neighborhoo
View fullsize Introducing ~~Café Luc, a sunny pristine spot in Prenzlauer Berg! Cute, fresh, warm, small — but all in the right balance for your staple cafe in the neighborhood. Okay so I have major regrets not getting the pistachio croissant when I
View fullsize Café Luc was recommended to me by a new friend who’d just moved to Berlin, it was her favorite spot so far 💫☕️ So of course I was eager to try it… I only wish I’d captured her here in this drawing, reading or writing as I s
View fullsize My friends in Berlin have often heard me ~rave about the graves~, professing my love for a good graveyard cafe. 🪦🌳 This one, Kaffeebar Jacobi, has terrace seating outside as well for the nicer days — particularly useful if you feel like getti
View fullsize I was delighted to find Kaffeebar Jacobi after I spent 3 hours spinning lopsided and too-small cups at the ceramics studio around the corner 🫠. A stop at this cafe before heading home was the perfect way for me to pause after my creative session to
View fullsize Last March I found a sunny cafe with the most striking shadows made by the cute garlands and flags outside. Winkel Kunterbunt is a decent ways up the slope from the river in Zermatt — my path getting there included walking this tiny footpath ha
View fullsize The sweetest cafe in Zermatt 🤗 Winkel Kunterbunt (also adorable name, translates to something like “colorful corners”) is right next to a playground and its patrons are accordingly kids and their caretakers! I saw a toddler and her grand
View fullsize Herz Stüberl is through and through a Zermatt locals hangout, especially in late afternoon/early evening when I was there. The staff and regulars periodically peeked over to check on my progress and were eager to see the finished version. I coul
View fullsize Overdid it skiing earlier in the day? Same. I came here looking for a nook to warm up and pass some leisurely hours with a hot chocolate🥛🍫. I realized very quickly I was one of only a few tourists in the cafe, the rest were regulars who would stop
View fullsize Pick up a pastry or stay for hours, Boutique de La Maison is a lovely bakery cafe to pop into. I went with a friend after trying out a quadrupedal movement workout class… 🐒 so after leaving my comfort zone, I dove right back into it with a cr
View fullsize If you want the most decadent croissant in Berlin (but still traditional, since I know there’s all sorts of croissant variations popping up…) please please go here for their almond croissant 🥵 it’s to die for. Boutique de La Mais
View fullsize A cold rainy day in March, and Backaro was the perfect escape. I admit I did take the tram to this area to intentionally (but still ~serendipitously~?) wander around to stumble upon a cafe… and this one was exactly what I was hoping for &mdash
View fullsize I found this little gem of a cafe _just_ off the beaten path (and by that I mean the coffee shop zoo that is Berlin’s Friedrichshain area… so it’s still quite central). 🐯 Nice prices, nice things to snack on, nice vibes, even a ni

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