Coworking in Amsterdam is priced in three tiers that barely overlap, and the difference between paying €19 and €45 for the same working day is usually the postcode rather than the desk.
This guide covers what each tier costs, which districts suit which kind of work, the spaces worth touring, and the questions to ask before you sign anything longer than a month.
What It Costs
Day passes run roughly €19 to €45, and the top of that band usually includes lunch or gym access rather than a better desk.
Flexible hot-desk memberships start around €75 a month for part-time access and reach about €250 for unlimited use, normally including wifi, coffee, printing and the shared areas.
Dedicated desks - a fixed place that stays yours - run €200 to €450 a month, and typically add 24-hour access, meeting-room credits and post handling.
Private team offices begin around €335 and reach several thousand a month on the Zuidas.
Two things move the real cost.
Prices are often quoted excluding the 21 per cent VAT, which you reclaim if you are VAT-registered and simply pay if you are not; and three- or six-month commitments carry discounts that are not advertised but are almost always available if you ask.
Registering your business address at a coworking space is a separate paid add-on at most of them, and worth confirming before you register with KVK.
Districts
Centrum and the Canal Belt suit solo workers and small consultancies, with high per-desk prices and floorplates too small for teams.
Zuidas is the financial and legal district, with the corresponding addresses, the corresponding prices and a direct train to Schiphol in eight minutes.
Noord, reached by free ferry from behind Centraal Station, is the creative and tech end and has the lowest rents of the four.
Sloterdijk and Westpoort give teams room to grow at a fraction of Zuidas rates, at the cost of anywhere interesting to have lunch.
The question that decides it is whether clients come to you.
If they do, the address is part of what you are buying; if they do not, you are paying for someone else’s lobby.
Spaces Worth Touring
Prices below were current at the time of writing and coworking rates move - confirm before you commit.
Startdock on the Herengracht is the community-first option, with flexible desks from about €142.50 a month and day passes near €19.95, plus communal lunches and Friday drinks that produce introductions without anyone having to call it networking.
TSH Collab, the coworking arm of The Social Hub, starts around €109 a month including tax and bundles in 24-hour gym access, a rooftop terrace and a heavy events calendar.
It is the fastest route to a social circle for anyone who has just landed.
Zoku runs about €200 a month excluding VAT and is built around its rooftop workspace, a daily coffee ritual and a communal kitchen - a hotel-and-workspace hybrid aimed squarely at people living out of a suitcase for a few months.
Its €40 day pass includes lunch, which makes it a reasonable trial.
Fosbury & Sons is the design-led end, closer to a members’ club than an office, and the right answer when the room itself is part of the client meeting.
B. Amsterdam is the largest startup campus in the city, with a gym, padel courts and enough companies in the building that the corridor conversations have commercial value.
A Lab at Overhoeksplein 2 in Noord combines workspace with a cultural venue in a former Shell laboratory, rates 4.5 on 263 Google reviews, and is consistently the best value in the city for creative work.
Treehouse Tribe is smaller and organised around sustainability and purpose-led businesses, and Mindspace and Regus cover the hospitality-style and corporate ends respectively.
Cheaper Than Any Of It
Amsterdam’s public libraries - the OBA network, with its flagship at Oosterdokskade - provide free desk space, power and wifi during opening hours, and the top floor of the central branch has a view most paid spaces cannot match.
Laptop-friendly cafés work for a morning and not for a working week, and the etiquette is simple: buy something every ninety minutes, avoid the lunch rush, and do not take calls at the table.
Regus and similar operators sell low-cost day access plans that are cheaper per day than most memberships if you only need a desk twice a week.
Before You Sign
Book day passes at two or three places in the same week rather than touring them - a tour shows you the furniture, a working day shows you the noise level, the wifi under load and whether anyone talks to you.
Ask what the notice period is, whether meeting rooms are included or metered, whether the price includes VAT, and what the access hours actually are.
Ask how many members there are per desk, because the difference between a full room and a comfortable one is a ratio nobody publishes.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does coworking cost in Amsterdam?
Day passes €19 to €45, flexible memberships €75 to €250 a month, dedicated desks €200 to €450, private offices from about €335.
Check whether the quoted price includes the 21 per cent VAT.
Which space is best if I have just arrived?
TSH Collab or Startdock - both run frequent events and communal lunches, which is how most newcomers meet their first Dutch contacts.
Is there anywhere free to work?
The OBA public libraries, which provide desks, power and wifi during opening hours at no cost.
The central branch at Oosterdokskade is the largest.
Which district should I choose?
Centrum for solo work, Zuidas if the address matters to clients, Noord for the lowest prices and the best space, Sloterdijk for a growing team.
Can I register my company at a coworking space?
At most of them, as a paid add-on rather than as part of the membership.
Confirm it in writing before your KVK appointment.
Are discounts available?
Usually, for three- or six-month commitments, and they are not advertised.
Ask during the tour.
