Coffee culture in former Yugoslavia
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Ottoman period
Early 20th century
The kafana was the common meeting place for consultations over village or
In the 1900s, young
Late 20th and 21st century
In the late 1970s, a new type of drinking establishment first appeared in Yugoslavia: the caffe bar or colloquially kafić. These bars normally serve espresso instead of Turkish coffee, tea and soft drinks, as well as a wide selection of alcoholic beverages, but no food. Caffe bars are found in all cities, most shopping centers and at larger gas stations. They have become an essential part of social life as a meeting place for people of all ages, including families with children. University students are among the most frequent patrons of caffe bars. Many people come to caffe bars to smoke cigarettes, which is generally allowed in most ex-Yugoslavian countries, even indoors.
In big cities, seaside towns and other places visited by tourists, caffe bars have large outdoor seating areas, as well as television screens, mainly for watching live sports. Larger caffe bars are sometimes also nightclubs, featuring performances by popular local musicians, often in the turbo-folk genre.
Kafanas continue to operate, especially in Serbia, as a type of restaurant specializing in traditional cuisine and also serving alcohol and coffee. Traditional kafanas and modern caffe bars are separate types of establishment.
Coffee-quarters
- Stari Grad[5] and Skadarlija in Belgrade, Serbia.
- Baščaršija, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Coffee festivals
See also
References
- ^ "Kafane, moderni sanatorijumi". dw.de (in Croatian). Deutsche Welle. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-136-24100-0.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7565-3857-6.
- ^ Nušić, Branislav Đ (1966), Sabrana dela, vol. 22, Belgrade: NIP "Jež", p. 134
- ^ "My Kind of Place: Cafe culture now rules Belgrade | The National". thenational.ae. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
Further reading
- Skočir, Dinko (2017). "Prostorni aspekti posjećenosti kafića u Zagrebu: dobne i rodne razlike" [Spatial aspects of café bar visitation in Zagreb: age and gender differences] (PDF). Acta Geographica Croatica. 43/44 (1): 37–58. Retrieved 27 March 2020.