Hi Lars, there were great changes in European coffee-culture in the last 10 years. Especially in Germany, England, Scandinavia, Switzerland and Austria we had many coffeebars that opened their doors. Unlike the traditional European Coffeehouse these were more like the coffee bars that we could find in Seattle (with coffee to go, syrups, bagels, etc.). In 1997 the first coffee-bars opened their doors in Germany. They all work espresso-based, so to say different from the middle-European coffee culture of french-roasted coffee in 0,2l-cups. There are many places that are now familiar with good espresso, ristretto or even a good cappuccino (which was formerly strongly influenced by a coffee-drink called "kapuziner" which originates in Austria which is made of some mokka-style coffee, milk and whipped cream that toppes the drink). Cappuccino was horrible in Germany still 5 years ago in most places, as you were served a tall coffee with whipped cream on top. This has tremendously changed since that. However ther are many people that order "italian" cappuccino instead of "german" or "austrian" to make sure it would be made with frothed milk.
