Café – World Heritage Map
Mission
The main focus of the project is on the heritage of the European café house culture, which has defined the Enlightenment period and most of the „European values” are routed in the heritage of it. The project aims to revitalize this fading culture through artists, building on its heritage with artists, whom were the leading force of social change till the beginning of the 20th century. The project not only aims to go back to the routes of the current Europe, but also to revisit the period when artists were the leading force of social change, defining many of the contemporary values. As Europe is facing new challenges can revisit this well-established methodology and built on its merit to use art again to find answers on our challenges again.
What’s new
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Join the Network of European Café Houses – OPEN CALL
For café houses, literary cafés, cultural cafés, and community-based hospitality venues across Europe. Issued by HADIK Coffee House, Budapest, within the framework of the CAFE project — Redefining Café Houses as unique European Cultural Heritage
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TRISTALINE KVINTET IN CAFÉ MAKS ON 12 JUNE
Yesterday’s concert by the Tristaline Quintet at the Maks bookstore and café in Nova Gorica. Jazz press…
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Gergő Karádi and Florencia Horváth at New European Bauhaus Festival
What happens when a poet and a songwriter enter into dialogue with one another? For them, the lesson is clear: personal experiences become universal, and creative worlds become boundless.
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ZEROSCENA – meeting with the Italian artists at Caffè Letterario dell’Emeroteca dell’Arte
The meeting with Cesare Pietroiusti, Zeroscena, and Carola Cappellari at the Emeroteca dell’Arte in Mestre represented a moment of public sharing of the research developed within the framework of CAFE – Redefining Café Houses as Unique European Cultural Heritage, a project that investigates the role of European cafés as spaces of cultural production, the layering…
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Cucchiaino – Mátyás Sirokai, Orsolya Vágner and Verus Klausz IN ITALY
What happens when an everyday gesture becomes choreography? And when sound emerges from the most ordinary objects, transforming a familiar space into a place of shared creation?
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Events
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A Dialogue Between Music and Canvas
On July 5th, Szimpla will host a unique artistic encounter. The melodies born from the dialogue between piano and violin will not only be heard, but also be seen.
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Café Volant AT HADIK CAFÉ HOUSE, BUDAPEST
As part of the program, Italian artists from ZEROSCENA will visit Hadik to present their research and artistic works during an informal discussion exploring the cultural role of coffeehouses, the significance of community gatherings, and Europe’s rich coffeehouse heritage.
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Nika Prusnik & Rok Zalokar at Szimpla SEPSISZENTGYÖRGY
Slovenian singer, poet and performer Nika Prusnik is one of the most exciting emerging voices of Slovenia’s contemporary arts scene. Known for her ethereal voice and ritual-like performances, she creates musical stories inspired by ancestral memory, love and transformation.
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Cesare Pietroiusti, the collective Zeroscena and Carola Cappellari
Date: 11 JUNE 2026
In an open and informal dialogue, some of the Italian artists involved in the project CAFE: Redefining Café Houses as Unique European Cultural Heritage will present their research, sharing creative processes, artistic practices, and the outcomes of the work developed throughout the project.
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