Amsterdam’s shared workspaces split into two kinds: small chains with several addresses inside the canal ring, and one-off places where the desks share a roof with a concert hall, a community centre or a vegan kitchen.
Almost none of them publish opening hours or prices, so every one of these is a phone call or a visit rather than a booking made from your sofa.
Coworking spaces to try first
What separates these six is the shape of the day rather than the fit-out: two are open round the clock, one runs nine to nine including weekends, and the other three lock up at five or six and stay shut Saturday and Sunday.
They are spread across Noord, De Pijp, Zuid, Nieuw-West and the canal belt, so the practical question is which one you can reach without a commute.
de Werkplek
Hulstweg in Noord, open around the clock seven days a week, is the cheap and unfussy end of the market - fast wifi, coffee, and fair use in place of a rulebook.
Of the 69 reviews behind it, 99 per cent are five-star, the highest share of any workspace here.
TNW City
Singel 542 puts TNW City on the canal at the western edge of the centre, working as a business centre as much as a desk-hire operation.
It opens at half past eight and shuts at six on weekdays, and its 425 reviews at 4.6 are the largest count in the category by some distance.
StartDock Coworking, Keizersgracht 482
Flexible desks, dedicated desks, private offices and a virtual-office address are all on the list at StartDock’s Keizersgracht building, which doubles as an events venue when a team needs the room.
Nine to five on weekdays only, with 94 per cent of its 126 reviews at five stars.
EDGE Workspaces Olympic
Eight in the morning is the earliest start on this list, from the Olympic quarter of Zuid, where EDGE rents both single desks and whole offices and runs event space alongside.
Weekdays only, 123 reviews at 4.7, and worth knowing if your working day begins before the city’s does.
Plekky
Plekky’s business is putting empty office space back into use, so what is available shifts with what it has taken on, from a base on the Ruysdaelkade in De Pijp.
The doors are open twenty-four hours a day, every day, and its 36 reviews sit at a flat 5.0.
Your Daily August
The odd one out is a bar and coffee house on August Allebéplein in Nieuw-West, beside the park, that sells desk space as well as drinks.
Nine to nine every day of the week is a longer and later day than any conventional office here manages, and 97 per cent of its 62 reviews are five-star.
Why co
One operator, five canal addresses
StartDock runs five separate Amsterdam sites, all of them within a fifteen-minute walk of each other: Herengracht 420, Keizersgracht 452, Keizersgracht 482, Singel 126 and Prins Hendrikkade 21e.
Each sells the same menu of flexible desks, dedicated desks, private offices and a virtual office address, so the choice between them is really a choice of which canal you want to walk along.
Herengracht 420 is the most-reviewed of the five at 105, and Prins Hendrikkade is the one closest to Centraal if you are commuting in by train.
Desks inside something else
MidWest on the Cabralstraat in De Baarsjes is a neighbourhood hub and live-music venue that also rents workspace, and its 175 reviews cover all of that at once.
Social Impact Factory occupies the Kauwgomballenfabriek on the Willem Fenengastraat in Oost and pairs desks with conference and event facilities.
Cowork Club at the Arbeiderspaleis on the Oostzaanstraat in the Spaarndammerbuurt doubles as an education centre and event venue.
Tonnie & Co. on the Vrijheidslaan in the Rivierenbuurt runs its shared workspace alongside a homeware shop and a hireable multifunctional room.
Straightforward workspace, no venue attached
Treehouse Tribe on the Asterweg in Noord is built explicitly around people running their own business who want other people around them while they do it.
DB55 on the Danzigerbocht in the western harbour is a shared workspace and events venue, with 29 reviews and nothing else stated about it.
EDGE Workspaces Olympic on the Fred.
Roeskestraat is the corporate end of this list, offering office rentals and event space in the Olympic quarter.
Plekky on the Ruysdaelkade works the other way round, taking unused office space and turning it into flexible workplaces, so its stock changes.
What the listings will not tell you
Prices are published almost nowhere in this category, and neither are day-pass rules, so the two questions worth asking on the phone are what a single day costs and whether you can try one before committing.
Several places filed under coworking turn out to be photo studios, luggage stores or meeting rooms with no desks for hire, so check what a listing actually rents before you travel to it.
Sorting the business side
If you are working for an employer abroad rather than a Dutch one, whether you are allowed to sit at that desk at all comes down to your nationality and how your employer is set up, which our Amsterdam remote worker guide works through in full.
A shared address often doubles as a registered business address, which is where the city’s accountants come in for the KVK and tax paperwork behind it.
Contracts and client disputes are the territory of Amsterdam’s lawyers and attorneys, incorporation goes through its notaries, and liability cover through its insurance agencies.
Finding your desk
The full set of Amsterdam coworking spaces carries the address and phone number for each one.
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