When you come to Europe, be sure to visit an outdoor café.
In the pleasant shade of the trees, a few chairs are placed at will, but they are always full of friends.
The charm of an open-air café is not in luxury and refinement, but in the freedom and comfort.
Europeans' yearning for outdoor coffee stalls is like the Cantonese people's obsession with morning tea, and the Chongqing people's love for hot pot. On the day the Café de Las Des Desses des Des Dess in Paris reopened, even President Macron couldn't help but tweet that it marked a "return to happy times" for the French.
Recently, the Netherlands has also gradually unsealed, and a drink in the open-air café has satisfied the Dutch people's yearning for a better life.
The open-air café is a small love interest in ordinary life, a small romance. This late spring and early summer, let's have a date with Van Gogh that spans a hundred years.
Cafe Van Gogh
Van Gogh Café under the stars
11 Place du forum, Arles, France
From May to September 1888, Van Gogh stayed at the Lancassan Café in the Place du Forum in France. This is an all-night café, hence the name "Cafe at Night". Van Gogh was very keen on coffee, and it is rumored that he drank 23 cups of coffee in four days in order to create two works, "Cafe at Night" and "Open-air Café at Night".
In "Open-air Cafe at Night", the café that is illuminated by orange-yellow lights contrasts with the dark blue night sky dotted with stars, making the whole picture full of color vitality and vitality. Light also sprinkles on the pebbles with violet and pink colors, adding a touch of free romance to this summer night.
"I often think that the night is more vivid and colorful than the day."
I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.
More than 100 years after Van Gogh completed the painting, the café has remained a popular place in Arles and has now been renamed Café Van Gogh and still retains the iconic bright yellow canopy.
Van Gogh often came here to drink absinthe during his lifetime, but the absinthe used to pour sorrow is no longer sold. Beer, wine, brandy and more. For a few euros, you can enjoy a good time of getting drunk.
"The Table with Absinthe"
Created in 1887
In the collection of the Van Gogh Museum
Of course, you can also order a cup of coffee with croissants, quietly watch the people coming and go, and feel the small French city of Arles that inspired Van Gogh's creations. ☕
Montmartre
The café seat of the literary Montmartre
Paris, France
Montmartre is a small hill located in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. Climbing up the stairs, there is an indescribable wonderful feeling.
In the nineteenth century, many artists gathered here, and Van Gogh was one of them. In 1886, Van Gogh moved to his brother's apartment on the third floor of 54 Rue LePic. It is now a private residence, with only a marble slab that reads: "From 1886 to 1888, Vincent van Gogh lived here with his brother. There were also a few plastic sunflowers hanging from the window rails.
At that time, Montmartre, which was full of artistic atmosphere, was crucial to Van Gogh's growth as a painter, because here he met many painters of Impressionism and other genres, and boldly explored the various painting styles in Paris.
Montmartre was once surrounded by vineyards, where Van Gogh sometimes painted. He created more than ten paintings during his time in Montmartre, and Café de la Terrace Montmartre is one of them. Here it seems to be a fence around a warm and hidden corner, so that people can talk to each other.
Café Terrace Montmartre
Created in 1886
In the collection of Musée d'Orsay in Paris
Today's Montmartre has the Moulin Rouge, famous for its French "cancans", the Two Windmill Café, where the movie "Angel Amelie" was filmed, and the cunning rabbit bar once patronized by artists such as Picasso. With a €28 entrance ticket, a glass of fruity brandy and a special show, the Sly Rabbit entrance ticket is a great place to learn about Parisian nightlife.
Boulevard de Clichy
Memories of Clichy Avenue
In December 1886, at 62 KleuchyStraße, Van Gogh met Agostina Segatory of the Tambourine Café. Van Gogh's first exhibition of his life was also held in this café with her help. Van Gogh also had a unique way of expressing affection, when he could not afford to buy gifts, so he painted several still life paintings of flowers and gave them to her.
Agostina Segatory in the Tambourine Cafe
Today, Clichy Avenue is a world-famous red light district. The tambourine café that carried Van Gogh's memories also no longer exists. Walking through the Avenue clichy, I wonder how many people will think of this woman who left traces in Van Gogh's heart?
The Hoge Veluwe National Park
The café seat of the Van Gogh Forest Park
Suburbs of Arnhem, Netherlands
The Van Gogh National Forest in the Netherlands is known as "the most beautiful forest park in Europe", with beautiful natural scenery, agile wildlife, and the world's second largest collection of Van Gogh works - the Kullermoure Museum. "Outdoor Cafe at Night" is in the collection here. Outside of this museum, which exudes Van Gogh's charm, you can also explore the unique art of sculpture and take a break in the open-air café to feel the beauty of nature and art.