{"id":80846,"date":"2026-03-25T10:38:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T09:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=80846"},"modified":"2026-04-30T08:33:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T06:33:58","slug":"scandinavian-embassy-coffee-bar-specialty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/winkels\/scandinavian-embassy-koffiebar-specialty\/","title":{"rendered":"Drink the best coffee in the Pijp at Scandinavian Embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"

It started with a pitch at a coffee event in Norway. Nicol\u00e1s Castagno introduced himself to The Coffee Collective in 2013 and talked about his plan: an Amsterdam bar that would be entirely dedicated to Scandinavian specialty coffee. No broad menu, no concessions - purely the best from the north. That idea became Scandinavian Embassy in De Pijp.<\/h2>\n

A barista himself, Castagno works with a rotating selection of roasters: The Coffee Collective from Denmark, Sweden's Koppi, Drop Coffee from Stockholm and Norwegian institution Tim Wendelboe. The selection changes, the bar is always high. Anyone who walks in here doesn't know exactly which roaster is in the grinder that week - and that's exactly the point. Scandinavian Embassy runs not on repetition, but on discovery.<\/p>\n

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The bar at Sarphatipark has an intimate Scandinavian interior that suits the neighborhood: quiet, but with character. You choose from filter coffee or espresso, prepared through various brewing methods, and order homemade pastries to go with it. Small, uncluttered, good.<\/p>\n

The bar on Sarphatipark has an intimate Scandinavian interior that suits the neighborhood: quiet, but with character.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For businesses and events, Scandinavian Embassy also offers catering, showing that the concept extends beyond its two permanent locations. De Pijp has long had a strong coffee scene, but a business that so consistently maintains one philosophy - exclusively Scandinavian small-batch roasters, always changing, never generic - is an exception even in that neighborhood.<\/p>\n

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Het begon met een pitch op een koffieevenement in Noorwegen. Nicol\u00e1s Castagno stelde zich in 2013 voor aan The Coffee Collective en vertelde over zijn plan: een Amsterdamse bar die volledig gewijd zou zijn aan Scandinavische specialty koffie. Geen breed menu, geen concessies \u2014 puur het beste uit het noorden. Dat idee werd Scandinavian Embassy … <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":80864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"district":[14],"class_list":["post-80846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-winkels","district-amsterdam-zuid"],"acf":{"slider":[80865],"fotograaf":"","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"Nicol\u00e1s Castagno bouwde een caf\u00e9 rond \u00e9\u00e9n obsessie: roasters als Tim Wendelboe, Koppi en The Coffee Collective \u2014 en nu ook een open bakkerij.","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"cord_A":"","cord_B":"","introductie_tekst":"Scandinavian Embassy draait volledig op specialty koffie van small-batch roasters uit Denemarken, Zweden en Noorwegen \u2014 en het aanbod wisselt bewust, zodat je hier nooit twee keer hetzelfde in je kopje hebt. Oprichter Nicol\u00e1s Castagno begon met \u00e9\u00e9n intieme bar aan het Sarphatipark, maar breidde in 2022 uit met een bakery waar chef Rikard Andersson dagelijks bakt. Met twee volwaardige locaties is het concept inmiddels stevig verankerd in de stad.","rubriek":"Locatie","locatie_event":null,"naam_locatie":"Scandinavian Embassy","adres":"Sarphatipark 34","stad":"Amsterdam","website":"https:\/\/scandinavianembassy.nl","telefoon_nummer":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80846"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80876,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80846\/revisions\/80876"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80846"},{"taxonomy":"district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/district?post=80846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}