Double Shot

Fuglen’s second Tokyo outpost serves up coffee with a slice of Norwegian design

Fuglen, which means ‘bird’ in Norwegian, originally started out as the small Kaffefuglen coffee bar in Oslo in 1963. It was part of the Norwegian coffee chain Stockfleths until 2008, when Einar K Holthe, its long-term daily manager, took it over with a couple of good friends and rebranded it as just Fuglen. Peppe Trulsen, the former owner of vintage furniture store Flabbergaster, brought his passion for midcentury Norwegian design to the interiors, mixologist Halvor Digernes developed an after-coffee cocktail menu, and Holthe continued to lovingly roast and brew the speciality beans that Fuglen is known for.