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The World’s 100 Best Coffee Houses · 2026

The Best Coffee Houses in the Nordics

1 of the 100 venues in The World’s 100 Best Coffee Houses 2026 is in the Nordics. The highest placed is Tim Wendelboe in Oslo, at number 21 in the world.

Tim Wendelboe
N° 21 · Tim Wendelboe, Oslo

Light roast and filter

Nordic roasters are known for roasting light, which keeps the fruit and acidity of a bean in the cup, and for serving it as black filter coffee. Tim Wendelboe in Oslo is a small bar and roastery of that kind, run by a former World Barista Champion. The filter coffees are explained bean by bean, and the Cappuccino al Freddo is on the menu beside them. The queue often reaches the street. The bar has very few seats and serves no food and no decaf.

  1. Tim Wendelboe N° 21 Tim Wendelboe Oslo, Norway Coffee bar

Best by region

  1. The NordicsTim WendelboeOslo, NorwayN° 21
  2. EuropeThe Source Coffee RoastersEdinburgh, United KingdomN° 1
  3. AsiaGlitch Coffee & RoastersTokyo, JapanN° 4
  4. The Middle EastRemedy RoastersDammam, Saudi ArabiaN° 5
  5. North AmericaGoldchild Coffee RoastersSan Diego, United StatesN° 8
  6. Latin AmericaThree Monkeys CoffeeCusco, PeruN° 82
  7. AfricaBen Rahim Coffee CompanyTunis, TunisiaN° 67
  8. OceaniaTob CoffeeAuckland, New ZealandN° 71

Best by country

  1. United StatesGoldchild Coffee RoastersSan DiegoN° 8
  2. SpainNaji Specialty CoffeeMadridN° 3
  3. United KingdomThe Source Coffee RoastersEdinburghN° 1
  4. VietnamC.O.C LegacyHanoiN° 12
  5. ItalyCoffee Studio 7GrMilanN° 2
  6. CanadaOpulence CoffeeOttawaN° 14