Laptop-friendly spots in Zürich: libraries, cafés and free coworkings

A curated list of places in Zürich where you can show up with your laptop and get work done. Libraries, hotel lobbies, cafés and free coworkings, compiled by Corina Burri and Bilge.

Sometimes it's nice to leave your (home) office. Bilge and I curate a list with "laptop friendly places". Places where you're not expected to order a cappuccino every 30 minutes. Here is full list on Google Maps. We update as we discover new gems.

Hope you like it.

Below a glimpse of what the is in the list:

Free coworkings

Büro Züri

Bahnhofstrasse 9, 8001 Zürich

Free coworking space. Requires booking in advance.

Reseda Zürich Lochergut

Badenerstrasse 230, 8004 Zürich

Furniture shop with free meeting rooms you can reserve. Requires a bit of planning.

COIN COIN

Ernst-Nobs-Platz 1, 8004 Zürich

Multifunctional space: specialty coffee, matcha, wine bar, art space, co-working and events. Quiet to work, artsy and great for events.

Libraries

Library PH Zurich

Lagerstrasse 2, 8090 Zürich

Has a monitor you can plug your laptop into. And a place to nap.

PBZ Pestalozzi-Bibliothek Schütze

Heinrichstrasse 238, 8005 Zürich

Solid library option in the city.

Zentralbibliothek Zürich

Zähringerplatz 6, 8001 Zürich

One of Zürichs main libraries.

Hotel lobbies

citizenM Zurich

Talacker 42, 8001 Zürich

4-star hotel with a lobby that has lots of space to work. They have a coworking programm.

Placid Hotel Zurich

Buckhauserstrasse 36, 8048 Zürich

4-star hotel with a spacious lobby. Note: during lunch you are required to close your laptop.

Cafés and restaurants

CREAM Coffee Bar Food

Josefstrasse 214, 8005 Zürich

Restaurant and coffee bar with space to work.

ViCAFE Rösterei & Kaffeebar

Hohlstrasse 418, 8048 Zürich

Specialty coffee shop with space to work.

il baretto Josef

Josefstrasse 13, 8005 Zürich

A coffee place that is reliably quiet.

Auer & Co.

Sihlquai 131, 8005 Zürich

Below Impact Hub. Floaded with people doing remote work

Kornsilo

Seefeldstrasse 231, 8008 Zürich

Café with space to work

Kraftwerk

Selnaustrasse 25, 8001 Zürich

Café with space to work.

Other spots

Toni-Areal

Pfingstweidstrasse 96, 8031 Zürich

University building. Both the library and entrance area have lots of space to work.

BRIDGE

Europaallee 20, 8004 Zürich

Food court. Great outside of rush hours.

University of Zurich

Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich

University campus with plenty of open study space.

Kalkbreitestrasse 2, 8003 Zürich

Go to the backyard, enter the building. There is a cafeteria inside.

Nebu - Die Keramikmal Bar

Birmensdorferstrasse 308, 8055 Zürich

Pottery class studio with place to work.