The best co-working spaces in Lisbon for remote working

The case for remote working in Lisbon is strong. There are around 16,000 digital nomads in Lisbon, drawn to the Portuguese capital for its world-class surf, perennial sunshine, superfast wifi, relatively low prices and a palpable creative energy.

Young workers of every nationality can be found mixing in laptop-friendly cafes and workspaces in every neighbourhood, while you’ll also find quiet co-working areas nestled in many of Lisbon’s best boutique hotels and excellent coffee shops. When the working day ends, drinks follow most evenings at the city’s brilliant bars and live music venues. The Croissant app is popular, helping you uncover the best purpose-built co-working spaces Lisbon has hidden in plain sight.

If you’re thinking of making the jump, here are the best places for remote working in Lisbon, so you’ve got one less reason not to go for it.

Graça

Curva

Best for: A blend of coffee shop, art gallery, concept store and creative space
Location: R. Damasceno Monteiro 108D, 1170-113
Price: Coffees from 2.50 EUR

Work-friendly Curva is the sort of place you can roll into for iced coffee and scrambled eggs at 9am, and find yourself still there come late afternoon, digging into a halloumi salad and checking out a local artist’s new exhibit. The cafe’s elegant location, sandwiched between buzzy Intendente and relaxed Graça, attracts a low-key cool crowd tapping on a laptop by day, and sampling the ever-excellent wine list in the evening. There is also a gallery and concept store, where you can buy handmade jewellery and homeware from local independent makers.

Príncipe Real

Decadente

Best for: Working straight through into happy hour
Location: R. de São Pedro de Alcântara 83, 1250-238
Price: Coffees from 2.50 EUR

From 1 to 6pm each day, Decadente cafe at Independente Hostel & Hotel is open to outside guests for use as a co-working space, cleverly tucked away in the back of the building. The hotel’s frontage overlooks the city’s most magical viewpoint, Sao Pedro de Alcantara. Both locals (Portuguese and expats) and guests tend to work from the space, which creates a fun, collaborative atmosphere. Working from here offers up a few reasons to get your work polished off as quickly as possible: the excellent happy hour prices in the hotel bar, and the gorgeous vista steps from the entrance. The cafe-hostel-hotel sits on the border of Lisbon’s trendy Bairro Alto district, so you’ll find yourself in the middle of the action – and surrounded by like-minded people – the moment you’ve hit that deadline.

Honest Greens

Best for: rooftop working
Location: Calçada da Patriarcal 30 ao 38, 1250-182 Lisboa, Portugal
Price: Espresso for 1.75 EUR, kombucha for 3.95 EUR, wine from 3.45 EUR

Honest Greens’ latest success story is a breezy new venue in the thriving LGBTQ+ area of Principe Real. A rooftop awaits for working in the shade of an awning on comfy chairs, with views of the trees in Lisbon’s Botanical Gardens below. The cafe’s menu of superfood-packed snacks and salads are reliably tasty and healthy for a time-pushed crowd. Order up a Market Plate of lemon mustard chicken or steak chimichurri, alongside cold pressed juice, bubbles or craft beer. Dessert includes cauliflower mocha brownies, macadamia miso cheesecake and chia-açaí detox bowls. The specialty coffee here is excellent and powers half the city’s digital nomad workforce. We’d also recommend trying a 50 cent bica (espresso) at an old school cafe or two, for the quintessential Lisbon experience.

Baixa-Chiado

Tribe Social Club

Best for: A Soho House feel, at a much lower price point
Location: Praça Luís de Camões, 1200-283 Lisbon
Price: 10 EUR per day, 100 EUR per month

Right in the centre of Baixa-Chiado, Tribe Social Club is under ten minutes’ walk from two drinking, eating and meeting hubs: Cais do Sodre and Principe Real. Members have access to seats across five stylishly designed rooms, or you can claim a dedicated desk in the communal area (fixed or flexible). There’s a large boardroom rentable by the hour, a cosy call booth, and a reception picking up precious parcels. Tribe is the newest addition to Lisbon’s crowded co-working scene, with a notably inclusive feel; its ambitious co-founders are determined to offer accessible pricing. The ‘work hard, play hard’ community shares workshops, networking evenings and a 15% discount on great coffee, pizza and cocktails in-house, plus at various trendy locations in Lisbon.

Santos

LACS

Best for: 24-hour access
Location: LACS Santos, Av. 24 de Julho 98, 1200-870 Lisboa, Portugal
Price: 15 EUR per day, 40 EUR per week

What’s great about LACS is the flexibility: choose from shared or fixed desks, private studios and atelier, where interludes of pale yellow and duck-egg blue break up cool colourways. There’s parking for bikes and cars, the building is fully accessible, and furnished only with what you need; no bombastic breakout areas or garish signage to distract you. The Santos site has its own gym, but a two-minute jog away is Amplify’s newest spin, barre and bootcamp studio – a real cult workout spot in Lisbon.

Avenida da Liberdade

Stanislav Brunch

Best for: Slipping into a centrally located, but relatively quiet, Russian-style cafe
Location: 1150, R. São José 182
Price: Coffees from 1.80 EUR

Every day from 9am to 5pm, tunes play while homemade quiche and pastel de nata fly out of the kitchen at Stanislav, a cute Russian-style cafe in the Avenida da Liberdade neighbourhood. It benefits from a super central location, but is hidden away enough to avoid throngs of tourists. We recommend starting a Monday with a spin class or bootcamp session at the nearby Amplify gym, then heading here to blast through your emails, powered by Fabrica Coffee Roasters flat whites, bowls of porridge and the usual brunch suspects.

Various locations

IDEA Spaces

Best for: Entrepreneurs looking to connect with like-minded locals and remote workers
Location: Various. ROADBOOK recommends: Palácio Sotto Mayor, Parque das Nacoes, Saldanha
Price: Day passes from 15 EUR

With locations across Lisbon, these purpose-built workspaces have everything one might need for the most productive day possible. We like the Palácio Sotto Mayor outpost, where a fancy gym sits right next door – perfect for letting off some steam. Nearby you’ll find the imposing Sotto Mayor Palace, where a free tour can inject a little culture into your lunch break. Hot desk plans give you access to any of the IDEA Spaces, Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm. Dedicated desk plans ensure 24/7 access to your own space in the selected location, access to any common areas, a mail handling service, and some meeting room credits. All you need to bring is your laptop and your A-game.

Impact Hub

Best for: Entrepreneurs, freelancers and startups looking to collaborate
Location: Baixa-Chiado and Penha de França
Price: 25 EUR per day, 75 EUR per week

Penha de França’s towering Convent is a ten minute stroll from Impact Hub, an immense reminder of the historic centre’s deep roots in Portuguese culture. Impact Hub’s space sprawls across 1200 sq m, with plenty of private offices with room for up to 40 team members. Members get an Impact Hub Passport, with access to over 100 Hubs worldwide. Some of Lisbon’s other co-working spots often boast ‘vintage’ (read: uncomfortable) furniture, but not here: expect ergonomic chairs and standing desks throughout. There are vast terraces for lounging in the sun, and mercifully, showers to cool off in. Top tip: Miradouro da Penha de França’s views are just as lovely as neighbouring Graça’s, and less crowded. After sunset, head to neighbouring Beato and Marvila for natural wine and small plates.

Dear Breakfast (Bica)

Best for: Working from 9am until happy hour
Location: R. Gaivotas 17, 1200-163 Lisboa, Portugal (Alfama, Santos, Chiado & Bica locations)
Price: Espresso for 1.50 EUR, 4.00 EUR for wine

Dear Breakfast’s brilliantly eccentric brunch menu features a sausage traybake, fish finger katsu, caesar on toast, and parfait. You can add black truffle to your scrambled eggs, or compliment a heavy work task with a matcha margarita. Many Lisbon cafes operate a ‘no laptops’ policy, but Dear Breakfast’s Bica location is one of the exceptions. Grab a seat beside the huge open windows and enjoy the breeze as you work. The cheat codes to working successfully in a cafe this popular include arriving early, bringing a portable charger, finding the wifi code on the menu, and not forgetting some noise-cancelling earphones for peak hours.

Santa Apolónia

Heden

Best for: Environmentally-conscious bleisure travellers
Location: Doca Jardim do Tabaco, Terminal de Cruzeiros de Lisboa – Edifício NE 1st floor, 1100-651
Price: Memberships from 250 EUR per month

Heden offers dedicated co-working spaces in Graça, Santa Apolónia, Chiado and Alvalade, all with flex desks, private offices and meeting rooms. Santa Apolónia is the largest purpose-built modern co-working space in Lisbon. You can rent everything from art studios to a 120-person auditorium, while extracurricular perks include movie screenings, workshops, and wellness talks. You’re placed in the heart of the most characterful and historic area of Alfama, near the Castelo St Jorge, with a river-facing balcony and lush gardens – made for catching a few moments in the sun on long phone calls. It sits in a super convenient spot, right by Santa Apolónia Station and the Cruise Terminal. Sustainability is at the heart of everything Heden does, from building materials to the coffee they brew.

Cais do Sodre

Outsite Coworking Cafe

Best for: Joining a global network of remote workers and creatives
Location: Rua de S. Paulo 109, 1200-275
Price: Day passes from 17 EUR (includes one welcome drink)

The Outsite brand is noted for its co-living and workspaces across the world, designed to bring digital nomads together under one collaborative roof. Outsite’s Lisbon outpost occupies a heritage tiled building in the lively Cais do Sodré district. It is ideally located for after-work drinks and languorous lunches; this buzzy location is where much of Lisbon’s nightlife begins and ends. The cafe has private phone booths and soundproof meeting rooms, which block out the clamour of the neighbourhood. Daily, weekly, monthly and flexi passes are available, and with further locations from New York to Costa Rica and Bali to Nicaragua, you can connect with a global network of remote creatives.

Second Home

Best for: Proximity to Time Out Lisboa
Location: 1st Floor, Time Out Market Lisboa, Mercado da Ribeira, Avenida 24 de Julho 1200-479 Lisboa, Portugal
Price: 35 EUR per day, 250 EUR for roaming membership

A jungle of tranquil pot plants ensures privacy and immersion in this open-plan space. Hot-desking members can access the community programmes here, but ‘Resident’ memberships are best for teams of three to 16. Day passes are on the pricier side of things, but whether you take that as a challenge to drink as many free organic beverages as possible is up to you. Second Home’s best features include a generous guest policy, five days a month at Second Homes in London, and a mailing and registered address service – super handy for digital ‘nomad-min’. You also get free, unlimited access to yoga, fitness and breathwork classes, and a weekly surf club. Getting from ‘work to waves’ within 20 minutes is surely what being a remote worker in Lisbon is all about.

Alcantara

Ler Devagar

Best for: ‘Reading slowly’, as its translated name suggests
Location: R. Rodrigues de Faria 103 – G 0.3, 1300-501
Price: Books from 7 EUR 

LX Factory is a converted warehouse-style industrial space, and an essential stop for creatives and digital nomads in Lisbon. You’ll find kooky accommodation, off-the-wall club nights, art galleries, shops, boutiques and countless restaurants, as well as Ler Devagar: an alternative bookshop, cafe and concept store set across four floors, with plenty of tables for getting your head down. When you’re done for the day, order an ice-cold beer and take a moment to marvel at the moving bicycle suspended from the ceiling – a stunning piece made of waste materials by Italian artist Pietro Proserpiot. Stick around to catch a thoughtful new exhibition, book launch, or concert.

Costa da Caparica

Dr Bernard

Best for: Slamming the laptop shut and jumping straight into the sea
Location: Praia do CDS, Apoio de Praia 11, 2825-391
Price: Day passes for 10 EUR

Half an hour by (gloriously cheap) taxi or boat across the Tagus river will bring you to Costa da Caparica. It’s a surprisingly little-known sleepy beach town, full of clued-up digital nomads who’ve nailed remote working in Lisbon. They’re jogging or surfskating the seaside running track, riding the abundant waves (excellent for beginners) and doing some work here and there, too. Bright and breezy surf school, eatery, wellness centre and event space Dr Bernard pulls crowds for coffee, beers and pizza with incredible sea views. So many visitors bring their laptops along that Dr Bernard has now opened a dedicated co-working space, with printing and mail services, luggage storage and fast wifi.

Fabrica Moderna

Best for: Technical creatives
Location: R. Pereira Henriques 5 1950, Lisboa, Portugal (Marvila & Costa da Caparica)
Price: Available on request. Honesty bar with beer, juice and soft drinks for members

Shared lab space Fábrica Moderna offers creatives a space to rent, find mentors, and collaborate. Inside, you might spot jewellery designer Deema Murad fashioning a choker from bent nails, or tê.pê ceramics readying mugs for the kiln, as well as non-members getting involved in jewellery, clay and cyanotype workshops. The warehouse-dotted Marvila neighbourhood breeds great ideas: see circular economy mushroom farm NÃM, or third-wave Mexican restaurant Duro de Matar (as Lisbon’s answer to Brooklyn, watch this area explode). At the beachside Costa da Caparica location, you can surf before breakfast. Just south of the Tagus river, it’s a short cab ride from the centre of the city, or a little longer by boat and bus; the ferry from Cais do Sodre to Cacilhas costs just a couple of Euros. Here, you can hire private studios or share the lounge, kitchen, outdoor terrace, and yoga room with the like-minded creatives working there.

For a dose of culture, check out Lisbon’s array of art galleries and museums, as part of the ROADBOOK Lisbon city guide.