Froyo in Austria: History, Trends, & Shops

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Foxy, Vienna. Source: Yelp

Gelato has a long history in Austria. It’s said that gelato arrived in Vienna in the 19th century. Frozen yogurt’s history in Austria is much more recent. The first froyo shops in Austria opened in 2011. By 2011, frozen yogurt was already popular in other European countries, so Austria was a relative latecomer to the froyo craze.

Austria in Central Europe has a population of 8.956 million. With Vienna as its capital, Austria has long been known for its architecture, arts, culture, and music. A nominal GDP per capita of $56,802 in 2023 is the 12th highest in the world.

History of Froyo in Austria & Current State of Froyo

In 2011, the first froyo shop, Foxy Frozen Yogurt, opened in Vienna, followed shortly by Kurt, which also opened in Vienna. Both were counter-serve shops that served tart/plain/natural frozen yogurt and a few other froyo flavors. Many froyo shops followed and some gelato shops also started offering froyo.

Today, nearly forty frozen yogurt shops can be found throughout Austria. There’s even a froyo shop in the building where Mozart was born. All the Austrian froyo shops are counter-serve. Many serve organic (bio) frozen yogurt made with local dairy. Many also serve bubble waffles, drinks, and pastries. Most of these froyo shops close during the winter and reopen in the spring (around March). International froyo chains haven’t had much success in Austria. Llaollao opened two shops in 2020 and they both closed in 2022.

Interestingly, the largest chain that serves froyo started as a juice shop. Kenny’s first opened in Vienna in 2016. Froyo has been on the menu since day one. Kenny’s currently has 17 locations in Austria.

We found four active froyo trucks and trailers that drive around Austria and attend festivals and events.

Current Froyo Shops

  • Betty’s Frozen Yoghurt opened its first shop at Marienmarkt in Wiener Neustadt in 2022, adding a froyo trailer a few months later.
  • DODS has two locations, one in Linz and one in Bad Ischl, and a froyo trailer in Linz that launched in 2023. The Bad Ischl branch opened in 2021. DODS serves organic froyo, waffles, and crepes in a counter-service format. The Linz branch may have opened in 2017.
  • Dorfkind is a bar, bistro, and café that serves froyo in Grossari, Salzburg. The shop opened on October 4, 2023.
  • Emily’s Frozen Yogurt opened in Baden in 2012. The shop is counter-serve and offers regular and vegan froyo.
  • Fabi’s Frozen Yogurt in Salzburg, Austria, is a counter-serve froyo shop that also serves coffee, wine, beer, and soft drinks. The froyo they serve is organic and made in-house. The shop is located in the building where Mozart was born and is currently a Mozart museum. Fabi’s opened in 2015.
  • Fresh & Berry in Vienna was established in 2012 and offers counter-serve froyo, ice rolls, bubble waffles, and bubble tea. There is also a location in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
  • Froopy opened on April 10, 2021 in Waidhofen an der Thaya, Austria. In addition to counter-serve froyo, Froopy serves bubble waffles and bubble tea. Froopy added a froyo trailer in 2023.
  • Froyo in Innsbruck offers counter-serve froyo made with local dairy. The shop opened in 2013.
  • Frozeria is a counter-serve organic froyo and bubble waffle shop in Wels that opened in 2023.
  • Kenny’s is a healthy foods café that serves bowls, smoothies, juices, waffles, and froyo. The first location opened in Vienna in 2016. At that time, it was called Kenny’s World of Juices. Froyo was offered from the very beginning. In 2020, it was renamed Kenny’s World to reflect the expanded menu. We’re not sure if every location offers froyo. Locations are listed below:
    • Reumannplatz, Vienna
    • Karlsplatz, Vienna
    • Sonnwenviertel, Vienna
    • Porzellangasse, Vienna
    • Ekz Citygate, Vienna
    • Donauzentrum, Vienna
    • Wien Mitte, Vienna
    • Wienerberg, Vienna
    • Auhofcenter, Vienna
    • Klagenfurt, Klangenfurt
    • Bludenz, Vorarlberg
    • Dornbirn, Vorarlberg
    • G3 Shopping Resort Gerasdorf, Niederösterreich
    • Mödling, Niederösterreich
    • Krems, Niederösterreich
    • Westfield Shoping City Sud, Niederösterreich
    • Coffee Corner Krems, Niederösterreich
  • Krämerei is a café that serves cakes, coffee, froyo, bubble tea, and more. Located in St Johann in Tirol, Krämerei specializes in chocolates and pralines.
  • Kurt closed the original location in Vienna and another location in Vienna, but it still has a location in Vienna at Landstrasse Hauptstrasse 6, one in Innsbruck, and a froyo trailer that launched in 2017.
  • MALU Frozen Yogurt is a counter-serve froyo kiosk in the MuseumsQuartier of Vienna that may have opened in 2015.
  • Peintner Frozen Yogurt opened a new counter-serve froyo shop in Innsbruck, Austria on May 17, 2023. The froyo is made with Tyrolean yogurt.
  • Rössl’s Frozen Joghurt serves organic froyo and ice cream made from local dairy in St. Wolfgang. The froyo is counter-serve.
  • Sandburg Bar, Podersdorf am See 7141 Austria, opened in 2017 and served froyo from the beginning. Sandburg also serves waffles, burgers, smoothies, drinks, and snacks.
  • Tuchlauben is a long-standing gelato parlor in Vienna that added froyo.
  • Yokos offers dairy-based organic white and plant-based vegan black froyo in Graz. The counter-serve shop first opened in 2022. The eco-friendly shop also uses edible spoons. Bubble waffles are available.
  • YOPI Fresh Frozen Yogurt opened in Gmünd in 2013. The counter-serve shop serves froyo, waffles, pancakes, and more.
  • Zanoni Frozen Yogurt, Rotenturmstraße 13, 1010 Vienna, is a froyo takeout-only spot opposite Zanoni & Zanoni’s main location which serves food, Italian ice cream/gelato, crepes, etc. The counter-serve spot is closed seasonally and may have opened in 2016.
  • Zum See is a lakeside froyo shop in Hafen Bregenz that opened on September 10, 2021, serving froyo, paninis, and toasts.

Closed Froyo Shops

  • Foxy, Faulmanngasse I 1040 Vienna, opened in May 2011 and closed in 2015. It was the first froyo shop in Austria. The froyo was counter-serve.
  • Frizolino, Braunerstrabe 2, 1010 Vienna, was a counter-serve froyo shop that opened in 2021 in Vienna. Originally from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, the Vienna shop closed in 2021. The shop in Amsterdam also seems to have closed in 2021. There was also a Frizolino planned for Ibiza that never opened.
  • FroYo opened in Salzburg in 2021 and closed in 2022. It was counter-serve and served organic frozen yogurt.
  • Frozy Shop was a counter-serve froyo shop in Vienna with one review in 2015.
  • Karl’s Bio Frozen Yogurt was launched in Vienna in 2021 by Wunderladen and is currently closed (but might reopen). The handmade organic frozen yogurt was topped with typical Viennese sweets.
  • Kurt Pure Frozen Yogurt, Schultergasse 2, 1010 Vienna, opened in 2011 and closed in 2019. It was counter-serve and they served organic froyo. One of the owners is from San Diego, California.
  • Kurt, Ungargasse 36 im 3. Bezirk opened in 2018 and closed in 2019.
  • Llaollao, Europe and Asia’s largest froyo franchise, first opened in late 2020 at Wagramer Str. 94, 1220 Wien (Westfield Donau Zentrum), a shopping mall in Vienna. The location seems to have closed in 2022.
  • Llaollao, Vösendorfer Südring, Vienna, opened a second branch at Shopping City Sud in late 2020. This branch may have also closed in 2022.
  • MALU Frozen Yogurt, Andritzer Reichsstraße 42c, 8045 Graz, Austria, was Malu’s brick & mortar counter-serve froyo shop in Graz. It seems to have opened in 2015 and closed in 2021. The Choco Kebab looked like shawarma on a cone and was shaved to order.
  • Manessi, Landstraßer Hauptstr. 18, 1030 Vienna, was a counter-serve froyo shop in Vienna that also offered vegan, soy-based froyo. The shop opened in July 2013 and closed in 2018.
  • Mo’s Frozen Bio Joghurt was a froyo shop in Salzburg. It may have closed in 2017.
  • Monkee’s was a froyo shop at ATRIUM City Center in Linz that also served Taiwanese bubble tea. The reviews were posted in 2013 – 2014.
  • Sunnysu in Innsbruck served froyo and bubble waffles. The last Instagram post was in 2022 and the website no longer works. The first Instagram post was in 2019. Sunnysu had locations in Germany but those seem to have closed.
  • Sweetie’s was a smoothie, waffles, and froyo shop at Neubaugasse 48-50 in Vienna that was open in 2016.
  • Tuchlauben, Opernpassage 5 1010 Vienna Austria was a smaller takeaway outpost that sold froyo (and gelato).
  • Wiener Strizzi was a bright red truck that served froyo and bubble waffles. The truck launched in 2019 in Vienna and the last Instagram and Facebook posts were made in 2019. The website still works though.
  • Yogurt Bar was a counter-serve froyo shop in Vienna that existed in 2012.
  • YOLO Frozen Yogurt was a froyo shop in the Meidling district of Vienna. There were no online reviews, so we’re not sure when this shop was open.
  • Yoyogurt was a froyo shop in Vienna that was open in 2017. It may have been a branch of the Italian froyo chain.

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