Best coworking spaces in Paris

Working from the kitchen table sounds fine for the first few days in Paris. By week two, the walls close in, and a proper coworking space in Paris starts to look like the thing that gets you out of the flat and talking to someone before noon.

This guide covers seven of the best coworking spaces in Paris, chosen for the neighbourhood as much as the desks themselves. Between Sentier, Saint-Lazare, Bastille, Montparnasse, the Marais, the Left Bank and Gare de l’Est, there is likely one within a short ride of wherever you land.

Our picks for the best coworking spaces in Paris

These seven were chosen because they sit in a district worth knowing, not just because the desks are comfortable. Most take bookings by the hour, the half day or the day, so you can try a neighbourhood before committing to a longer pass.

They suit very different working days, so here is how they line up on the things people usually ask about before their first visit.

Space	Best for	Good to know
HUBSY Arts-et-Métiers	Pay-by-time cafés	Edge of Sentier, 3rd
Wojo Saint-Lazare	Booking by the half day	Near Opéra, 9th
Koneko Work	A distinctive atmosphere	Near Bastille, 12th
Wojo Avenue du Maine	Montparnasse commuters	Steps from the station
myCowork Beaubourg	Long term residents	Heart of the Marais, 4th
Wojo BnF	Left Bank quiet	Paris Rive Gauche, 13th
The Place To	Free wifi, no membership	Opposite Gare de l’Est

If meeting people matters as much as the desk, start with the spaces that build a café or a genuine community into the day, then let the arrondissement decide the rest.

Best for a pay-by-time café in the centre

HUBSY Arts-et-Métiers sits on Rue Réaumur, right on the edge of Sentier and a few minutes from the Marais, which puts it about as downtown as Paris coworking gets. The model is simple: pay for the hours you stay, and coffee, tea and snacks are unlimited for that time.

There is no need to book ahead, and the space includes phone booths for calls, so it suits a spontaneous half day as easily as a planned one.

It suits people who want a coworking café rather than a formal office, and who like paying only for the time they actually use. HUBSY also runs a Saint-Lazare location on Rue d’Amsterdam, in the 9th near Opéra, on the same pay-by-time model.

Best for booking a desk near Saint-Lazare

Wojo’s Saint-Lazare site on Rue de Londres sits inside a working hotel a few minutes from the station, part of a network of some 300 addresses across France. A pass here also gets you into other Wojo locations if your week takes you elsewhere in the city.

Desks, meeting rooms and phone booths are bookable by the hour, the half day or the full day, and the hotel setting keeps the cafeteria and terrace open through the day.

It suits anyone who wants a proper coworking office space without a long commitment, and who values being able to book the same network again in another part of Paris. Opéra and the wider 9th are both a short walk away.

Best for the coolest coworking space in Paris

Koneko Work, near the Aligre market between Gare de Lyon and Bastille, is a coworking space built around cats waiting for adoption. Desks, phone booths and a private meeting room sit alongside animals who wander freely, with unlimited drinks and snacks included in the hourly rate.

It is genuinely one of the more memorable coworking spots in the city, and the calm, half library feel comes as much from the cats as the layout. Book ahead on a weekday, since regulars return often.

It suits people who want their coworking office in Paris to feel like something other than an office, and who do not mind the odd interruption for a head scratch. It sits an easy walk from both Gare de Lyon and Bastille.

Best for working near Montparnasse station

Wojo’s Avenue du Maine site sits between the 14th and 15th, a couple of minutes from Gare Montparnasse, with meeting rooms, phone booths and a food court in the same building. It suits people who want to work in Paris with a train platform nearby rather than a metro change away.

The location also puts you on the Left Bank, with lunch options from quick counters to sit down bistros within a five minute walk. Staffed hours follow the standard working day, so plan a weekday visit.

It suits commuters passing through Montparnasse as much as people settling into the 14th or 15th for a longer stay. For a quieter alternative slightly further south toward Porte d’Orléans, cafés along Avenue du Général Leclerc offer wifi without the booking system.

Best for a long term base in the Marais

myCowork Beaubourg sits between the Centre Pompidou and the Saint-Merri church, in the heart of the Marais with the 2nd just across the street. Ultra fast internet, phone booths and unlimited tea and coffee are included, and a single pass also covers myCowork’s second site near Montorgueil.

Meeting rooms handle groups from two to thirty, and the space works equally well for a single afternoon or a longer residency, with hourly, daily and monthly rates. It keeps standard weekday hours, so it is not the choice for a Sunday session.

It suits people who want their coworking space in Paris to double as a base for months rather than days, in a neighbourhood with plenty to do once the laptop closes. The 3rd arrondissement sits just on the other side of Rue des Archives.

Best for a Left Bank address

Wojo’s BnF site on Rue de Tolbiac sits inside the Paris Rive Gauche district in the 13th, close to the Bibliothèque François Mitterrand and the newer stretch of the Left Bank. Desks, quiet zones and meeting rooms are bookable by the hour or the day, on the same network as the Saint-Lazare and Montparnasse sites above.

Wifi is included, though a couple of regulars mention it can lag on busier afternoons. The riverside setting makes it an easy stop before or after a walk along the Seine.

It suits anyone who wants a coworking space in Paris on the Rive Gauche specifically. La Permanence in the 5th is a library style alternative nearby, charging by the hour with no booking required and open around the clock.

Best for free wifi and no membership

The Place To, opposite Gare de l’Est in the 10th, is a restaurant and bar that quietly doubles as one of the better free coworking spaces in Paris during the day. Wifi is free, charging points sit at most tables, and the only cost is whatever you order.

Mornings and early afternoons are the calmer stretch, since the room shifts into a full restaurant at lunch and a bar by evening. Large shared tables make it easy to spread out.

It suits travellers passing through the station and anyone who wants to try working in Paris coworking cafés before committing to a paid membership elsewhere. The 10th around Gare de l’Est has grown into a genuine work-from-anywhere pocket over the past few years.

How to choose a coworking space in Paris

Start with the commute, not the interiors. A twenty minute ride feels fine in week one and tedious by month two, so most people settle into whichever space sits closest to home rather than the one with the best rooftop. It is the same logic behind making friends in Paris more generally: pick a routine you can repeat, and let the repetition do the work.

Coverage thins out in a few pockets. Around Porte Maillot and Avenue de la Grande Armée in the 17th, and further into the 8th, expect large business-centre style spaces, so book a trial day before signing anything longer. The same goes near Bastille and further into the 11th, where independent spots turn over quickly.

Ask about the community on the tour, not just the wifi speed, since a weekly breakfast or an events calendar is usually what turns a membership into an actual routine. The same test works if you are comparing notes with a friend who ended up coworking in Berlin instead, since the neighbourhood is what tends to make a routine stick.

Need company for a coffee, lunch, or dinner in Paris?

Sitting near the same people for six hours a day is not the same as knowing them. Friendchise is built for the part that happens after the laptop closes: share your own plan, pick the place and time, and let people ask to join, or join a plan someone else has already posted nearby.

You can see people’s interests beforehand, so you already have something to talk about, and you decide who joins you. It works for a one to one coffee just as well as a small group over dinner, and it is free to try.

Pick one space, give it a proper few weeks, and see how quickly a desk neighbour turns into someone you would actually have dinner with.