Third places in Dublin
60 places in Dublin where you can sit, read or work on your own, many without buying anything. Open data from OpenStreetMap.
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60 places
- Café for long stays
3FE
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:30-15:30,Sa-Su 09:00-16:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Al's Bakery
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Bewley's Café
Hours: Mo-We 08:00-22:00; Th-Sa 08:00-23:00; Su 09:00-20:00
Wi-Fi - Library
Cabra Library
Hours: Mo,Su,PH off; Tu-Th 10:00-20:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-17:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Café for long stays
Caffè Nero
Hours: Mo-Sa 07:00-19:00; Su 08:00-19:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Library
Drumcondra Public Library
Hours: Mo,We,Fr,Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-17:00; Tu,Th 12:45-16:00,16:45-20:00; Su,PH closed
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Finglas Library
Hours: Mo, We 13:00-20:00; Tu, Th-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Café for long stays
Junior Common Room
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-21:30; Sa-Su,PH off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Kilkenny Cafe and Restaurant
Hours: Mo-Sa 08:30-17:30; Su 10:00-17:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Library
Marino Library
Hours: Mo 12:45-16:00, 16:45-20:00, Tu 10:00-13:00, 14:00-17:00, We 12:45-16:00, 16:45-20:00, Th-Sa 10:00-13:00, 14:00-17:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Café for long stays
Mind The Step
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-23:00; Sa 10:00-23:00; Su 10:00-18:00
Wi-Fi - Community centre
Our Lady's Hall - Drimnagh Community Centre
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-18:00, 22:00-22:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Café for long stays
Póg
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-16:00; Sa-Su 09:00-16:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Starbucks
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00; Sa,Su off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Starbucks
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:00-21:00; Sa-Su 08:00-21:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Vice Coffee
Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Courts Coffee Shop
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:00-18:00; Sa-Su 09:00-18:00
Wi-Fi - Library
Edward Murphy Library
Hours: Mo-Su 09:30-20:30
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Finglas Library
Hours: Mo, We 13:00-20:00; Tu, Th 10:00-17:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
James Joyce Library
Hours: Mo 09:00-17:30; Tu-Fr 08:30-23:00; Sa 09:00-17:30; Su 09:00-21:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Café for long stays
Red Bean Roastery
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-17:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Starbucks
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:30-19:00; Sa 07:30-19:30; Su 09:00-19:30
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
3fe / Victoria Arduino
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-16:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Library
Central Library
Hours: Mo-Th 10:00-20:00; Fr,Sa 10:00-17:00
Wheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Free museum
Chester Beatty Library
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Sa 11:00-17:00; Su 13:00-17:00
Wheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Café for long stays
Dash Cafe
Hours: sunrise-sunset
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Library
Dublin City Public Libraries - Kevin Street Branch
Hours: Mo,We,Fr 13:00-20:00; Tu,Th 10:00-17:00
Wheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Irish Traditional Music Archive
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-17:00; Th 10:00-20:00
No purchase needed - Library
National Library of Ireland
Hours: Mo-We 09:30-19:45; Th-Fr 09:30-16:45; Sa 09:30-12:45
Wheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Free museum
National Museum of Ireland, Archaeology
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su,Mo 13:00-17:00
No purchase needed - Free museum
National Museum of Ireland, Natural History
Hours: off "Closed temporarily"
No purchase needed - Library
National Photographic Archive
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-16:00
Wheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Old Library
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:30-17:00; Su 12:00-16:30
Wheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Café for long stays
Pulse Café
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-15:30
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Library
Ringsend Public Library
Hours: Mo,We 12:45-16:00,16:45-20:00; Tu,Th-Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-17:00; Su 07:45-17:00; PH closed
Wheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Free museum
Temple Bar Gallery
Hours: Tu-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa,Su 12:00-16:00
No purchase needed - Café for long stays
The Bald Barista
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:00-16:00; Sa 08:30-16:00; Su 10:00-16:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
The Green Kitchen & Garden Centre
Hours: Mo-Sa 08:30-16:00; Su 09:30-16:00; PH closed
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Library
Walkinstown Branch Library
Hours: Mo, We 13:00 - 20:00; Tu, Th 10:00 - 17:00
Wheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Café for long stays
Aspretto
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-21:00; Fr 09:00-17:00; Sa 09:30-17:00; PH off; SH off
Wi-Fi - Community centre
Beaumont Parish Pastoral Centre
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-13:00
No purchase needed - Café for long stays
Blas café
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-16:00; Sa 10:00-16:00
Wi-Fi - Library
Charleville Mall Library
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-13:00,13:45-17:00
No purchase needed - Café for long stays
Crema
Hours: Mo-Th 08:00-15:00; Fr 08:00-14:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
D2 Bubble Tea
Hours: Mo closed; Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 11:00-18:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Frank and Honest
Wi-Fi - Free museum
Garda Museum
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-14:00
No purchase needed - Library
Inchicore Library
Hours: Mo-Th 10:00-17:00, Fr-Sa 10:00-13:00, 14:00-17:00
No purchase needed - Library
Marsh's Library
Hours: Mo 09:30-13:00, 14:00-17:00; We-Fr 09:30-13:00, 14:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-17:00
No purchase needed - Free museum
Mary Aikenhead Heritage Centre
Hours: Tu-Su 10:30-16:00
No purchase needed - Library
National Folklore Collection
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-13:00, 14:00-17:00
No purchase needed - Free museum
National Museum of Ireland (Decorative Arts & History)
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su,Mo 13:00-17:00
No purchase needed - Library
Pembroke Library
Hours: Mo,Tu 13:00-20:00; We,Th 10:00-17:00; Fr,Sa 10:00-13:00, 13:45-17:00
No purchase needed - Library
TU Dublin Library, Grangegorman
Hours: Mo-Th 09:00-21:00; Fr 09:00-17:00; Sa 09:30-17:00; PH off
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Terenure Library
Hours: Mo 13:00-20:00, Tu 10:00-17:00, We 13:00-20:00, Th 10:00-17:00, Sa 10:00-17:00
No purchase needed - Community centre
YMCA Dublin Community Hub
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:00-22:00, Sa 09:00-16:30
No purchase needed - Library
1937 Reading Room
Hours: Mo-Su 00:00-12:00+
No purchase needed - Library
Eavan Boland Library
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Free library
Hours: 24/7
No purchase needed - Community centre
Robert Emmet Community
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed
Events in Dublin you can join alone — Come Alone
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What is a third place?
A third place is somewhere that is neither home nor work, where you can sit, read or work among other people. Libraries, community centres, free museums and welcoming cafés all count.
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