Tim Wendelboe is a cafe in Grunerlokka, Oslo.
Editorially verified May 26, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: A filter brew from the daily-rotating origins; the cortado is the bar order.
Tip: Sixteen seats only; no laptops, no Wi-Fi, the room is built for the cup. Weekend hours start at 11:00.
Address: Gruners gate 1, 0552 Oslo
Supreme Roastworks on Thorvald Meyers gate in Grunerlokka is the 2013 roastery-with-cafe from World Brewers Cup champion Odd-Steinar Tollefsen.
Signature drink: Pour-over single-origin
Order: Pour-over of the day from the rotating origins.
Tip: Open every day; the early hour has the rotating brew set up at the bar.
Babbo Collective at Øvrefoss took over Grunerlokka's former Liebling cafe at the top of Markveien in 2023, a working bakery counter by day and an Italian.
Signature drink: Filter coffee with sourdough plate
Order: Omelette on sourdough at the morning counter.
Tip: The room has a sun-side terrace in summer; sit by the bakery oven for a winter slot.
Fuglen on Universitetsgata in central Oslo is the 1963 mid-century coffee bar by day and cocktail room by night, with Solberg and Hansen beans.
Signature drink: Cortado
Order: The cortado in the morning; the Aquavit Sour past 18:00.
Tip: The room is a working bar; the furniture is for sale. Closed early Sunday.
Supreme Roastworks on Thorvald Meyers gate in Grunerlokka is the 2013 roastery-with-cafe from World Brewers Cup champion Odd-Steinar Tollefsen.
Signature drink: Pour-over single-origin
Order: Pour-over of the day from the rotating origins.
Tip: Open every day; the early hour has the rotating brew set up at the bar.
Java on Ullevalsveien by St Hanshaugen park opened in 1997 and added its own micro-roastery in 2000, the first of its kind in Norway, under former World.
Signature drink: Espresso, in-house roasted
Order: Espresso pulled from the in-house roast.
Tip: Open weekdays from 08:00; the room runs full at lunch Cash or contactless, both fine.
Talormade's Bispevika branch on Operagata in Bjorvika is the cafe-and-pastry counter behind Oslo's ice-cream doughnut, with bakery viennoiserie and a small.
Signature drink: Ice-cream doughnut and filter coffee
Order: Ice-cream doughnut with a filter brew.
Tip: Outdoor seating spills onto the Bispevika promenade in summer; queue is shortest on weekdays.
Babbo Collective at Øvrefoss took over Grunerlokka's former Liebling cafe at the top of Markveien in 2023, a working bakery counter by day and an Italian.
Signature drink: Filter coffee with sourdough plate
Order: Omelette on sourdough at the morning counter.
Tip: The room has a sun-side terrace in summer; sit by the bakery oven for a winter slot.
