Erlangen

Erlangen is a city of 120,000 people (2025) in Franconia, Germany. It is home to most of the Friedrich-Alexander University (two faculties are in Nuremberg) and the Siemens company. It grew as a result of settlement of Huguenot refugees from France, and because it was the secondary residence of the margraves of Ansbach Bayreuth.

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Eat: 44
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Amir der Kaffemann

Amir is a near-fanatic coffee lover and expert, one of the best places to have a really good cup of coffee (he roasts his own blends). You can also have a decent tea, smoothies, and snacks such as bagels. It has only few outdoor seats available.

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Café Brazil

A café and bar which offers a short but good menu of regularly changing dishes and cakes, and breakfast.

Mon-Fri 09:00-13:00, Sat Sun holidays 10:00-13:00, school holidays 10:00-13:00

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Café Cycles

A friendly café with a small set of dishes and a bar at night; it also offers some tables in a quiet side street so one can sit outside in summer.

Mon-Fri 11:00-02:00; Sat Sun 10:00-01:00

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Café Margarta

A nice French, somewhat hip café with outdoor seating at the Marktplatz (market square), also offering breakfast

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Café Mengin

Situated between the Schlossgarten and Schlossplatz, this good café offers delicious cakes; furthermore there is a great breakfast offering and later during the day other small dishes

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Coffini

At a major intersection of the pedestrian zone with another street, near the Erlangen Arcaden mall, you can sit outside in the buzzing crowd in summer or in the somewhat quieter inner area which is in one of the old small "palace" style buildings of Erlangen. Fresh cake.

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Dartmoor Inn

A pub started as an English-style pub, but gradually grew to become more of a sportsbar, which you should especially visit when interested in playing darts or eating fish and chips; it also offers burgers.

Mon-Sat 17:00-01:00 (Sat if football game is on, from 13:00)

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Erlanger Teehaus

A good place for a tea or cake in the comfortable rooms or nice garden; it also offers good breakfast.

Mon-Fri 08:00–22:00, Sat 08:00–20:00, Sun 10:00-19:00

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Gummi Wörner

A rather hip bar, where students and Siemens employees are often seen; on Saturdays they usually open the basement and have a DJ play music.

Tue-Sat 20:00-02:00 (sometimes 03:00 on weekends)

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Kafferösterei Königmann

Offers coffer, hot chocolate and tea; you can also sit outside with a view onto the Neustädter Kirchplatz which is next to it.

Mon-Fri 09:00-18:00, Sat 09:00-16:00

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Kanapee

A well-established bar with several rooms especially popular amongst students, they also show the big Bundesliga football games.

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Murphy's law (Irish pub)

This Irish pub at Lorlebergplatz also offers a selection of dishes in the evening (try the great chicken and mushroom pie); furthermore, they sometimes have live music. It is very popular amongst students and the working crowd, especially on weekends.

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Sax

During the day for a coffee or small dishes, or at night for a beer.

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Schwarz & Stark

Friendly, modern and spatious cafe with a limited lunch offering.

Mon-Fri 09:00-19:00

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Schwarzer Ritter

While it opens at similar times as other bars, this is the place to go when everything else has closed; it becomes crowded only very late at night or early in the morning. Their main draw is that they offer warm food until 05:00.

Sun-Thu 20:00-06:00; Fri Sat 20:00-07:00

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Strohalm

This bar is an institution in Erlangen, especially amongst the scene of music interested people as it regularly hosts live acts and an open stage.

Tue Fri Sat 20:30-03:00; Wed Thu 20:30-01:00; Sun 19:00-01:00

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Transfer

A rather alternative place whose interior has not changed for quite long, it is very friendly inside, even though the requirement to ring the doorbell to get in may suggest otherwise.

Mon 21:00-24:00; Tue Wed 00:00-02:00, 21:00-24:00; Thu-Sat 00:00-04:00, 21:00-24:00

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Waldcafé

Attached to the Walderlebniszentrum, this café is under old trees in the midst of green. It is run in a way including disabled people, most of the offers are home made.

only in summer season: Sat 13:00-17:00; Sun 11:00-17:30

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Zirkel

Student club in the basement. The owner of this place and the Kanapee bar is the same and they often have cross-promotions (e.g. drink a certain amount at Kanapee for free entrance to Zirkel). On Friday and Saturday nights there will often be a lot of high school students, but on Tuesday and Thursday nights university students tend to dominate the crowd.

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