Józef K

Coming back to the topic of sweet'n'cosy cafes I started to explore in my yesterday's post I couldn't keep my hands off posting about the cafe which exactly falls under the definition of a perfect one for me. It simply could not be better! If you are in Sopot, Poland, one day, this place is a must-see, although it is not one of those hot spots visited by crowds of tourists (counting on you to guard this secret;))... In fact the cafe seems to be still mostly enjoyed and visited by locals, which helped it to preserve its charm.

Józef K is a literary cafe and quite an ambitious one I would say - where apart from getting a cup of lovely 'Kot Behemoth' chocolate (umm, with that lovely minty after taste!) - or acorn coffee, which you will never find anywhere else - you can pick a book from the cafe's little library and either enjoy works of authors like Bulgakov and Tolstoy or just browse through some colourful table books in a feast-for-your-eye interior. But that is not it! Józef K promotes a quarterly "Korespondencja z ojcem", samples of which can be found on this website and is closely connected to the so called Slavic Literature Cooperative, which supports young writers from Central&Eastern Europe and Balkans. Lovely interior, great reading and a creative idea behind it all! Enjoy:


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Images via Jozef K

9 comments:

Michaela said...

Those are FANTASTIC photographs, the atmosphere is amazing...
:))

Unknown said...

wow, this place looks fantastic!

Olga said...

It does, it is my one of my top favourite places around here ;)

Halimas said...

...and they serve local unpasteurized draught beer :)

Olga said...

And I bet you really miss this place ;)

I.nna said...

ale klimacik... nie wiedziałam, że gdzieś jeszcze są takie kawiarnie :)
jak będe w Sopocie, na pewno tam zajrzę

Olga said...

hej hej :) jak by cos, moge podpowiedziec jak tam trafic ;)

Cape Cod Rambling Rose said...

WOW! This place is amazing! It looks so surreal! Thank you for telling me about this post. I only WISH we had something like this here!

Oh! My name is Louise (named after my Polish great-grandmother Ludwiga). =)

Olga said...

Great to meet you, Louise ;)