Café Katzenwald
Wolfenbuettel, Niedersachsen
Café Katzenwald is a vegetarian cat cafe in Wolfenbüttel's old town, on Löwenstraße at the start of the pedestrian zone when coming from the Schlossplatz. Opened in May 2025 as the first cat cafe in the Braunschweig region, it is decorated as a forest with warm wood, plants and a large tree on one wall. Its cats come from the Tierheim Helmstedt animal shelter, with a focus on older cats or cats with disabilities that have poorer chances of adoption, and they can be adopted when a suitable home is found. The group is kept at four to six cats, which have a separate room closed to guests where they can retreat and spend the night. The vegetarian menu includes breakfast, bagels, waffles, cakes and hot dishes with vegan options, plus coffee and matcha, and cat treats are sold. There is outdoor seating.