Third places in Lyon
60 places in Lyon where you can sit, read or work on your own, many without buying anything. Open data from OpenStreetMap.
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60 places
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Bibliothèque INSA Lyon Marie Curie
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-22:00; Sa 09:00-17:00; Su off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon
Hours: Mo off, Tu-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Su,PH off; Jul 09-Aug 31 Tu-Fr 13:00-19:00; Jul 09-Aug 31 Sa 13:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque municipale du 6e Clémence Lortet
Hours: Mo off; Tu-Fr 13:00-19:00; We 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Su off; PH off; Jul 09-Aug 31: Tu off; Jul 09-Aug 31 We-Sa 09:00-13:00; Aug 13-17 off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque universitaire Sciences Lyon 1
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-22:00; Sa-Su 10:00-20:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque universitaire de la Manufacture
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-22:00; Sa 09:30-17:00; Su 09:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bilbiothèque du 7e Jean Macé
Hours: Mo off; Tu-Fr 13:00-19:00; We 10:00-13:00,14:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Su off; PH off; Jul 09-Aug 31 Tu-We off; Jul 09-Aug 31 Th-Fr 13:00-19:00; Jul 09-Aug 31 Sa 10:00-13:00; Aug 13-17 off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Café for long stays
ETIENNE Coffee & Shop Lyon Confluence
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-20:00; Su 10:00-19:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Ka'fête ô mômes
Hours: We,Sa 10:00-18:00; Fr 16:30-18:30; SH Mo-Sa 10:00-18:30
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
L'instant
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-19:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Le Candide
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-00:00; Sa 16:00-00:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Le Labo
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:30-17:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Le Luminarium
Hours: We-Fr,Su 11:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-19:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Le Rancard
Hours: Mo, We-Sa 10:00-19:00; Su 10:00-17:00, Tu Off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Les Dimanches chez Lou
Hours: We-Fr 09:00-18:00; Sa-Su 09:30-16:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Community centre
Maison Pour Tous - Salle des Rancy
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-12:30,14:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-12:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Café for long stays
McCafé
Hours: Mo-Sa 07:30-19:00; Su 08:30-19:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Moi j'm'en fous je triche
Hours: Tu-Fr 19:00-24:00; Sa 15:00-24:00; Su 15:00-19:00
Wi-Fi - Library
Médiathèque Le 20
Hours: Mo,Fr 15:00-19:00; Tu-We 10:00-12:00,14:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-13:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Médiathèque de Vaise – Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
Hours: Mo-Su off; PH off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Médiathèque du Bachut – Marguerite Duras
Hours: Mo off, Tu 13:00-19:00; We 10:00-19:00; Th 13:00-19:00; Fr 12:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Su,PH off; Jul 09-Aug 31: Tu,Fr 13:00-19:00; Jul 09-Aug 31: We 10:00-12:00,13:00-19:00; Jul 09-Aug 31: Th off; Jul 09-Aug 31: Sa 10:00-13:00; Aug 13-17 off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Café for long stays
Nuage Café
Hours: Mo-Su 07:00-21:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Patchwork Café
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:30-23:00; We-Fr 10:30-24:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Starbucks
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:30-20:00; Sa 08:30-20:00; Su 09:00-20:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Tomé
Hours: Mo, Tu, Th, Fr 12:00-18:30; Sa 11:30-19:00; Su 11:00-18:30
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Zeitgeist Café
Hours: We-Su 09:00-18:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Ô Passage
Hours: Tu-Su 09:00-19:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Anticafé
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-22:30, Sa-Su 10:00-21:30
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Au Coin de la Rue
Hours: Mo-Sa 11:30-18:30
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Aussie Frenchi
Hours: We-Fr 08:00-14:30; Sa 09:00-15:30
Wi-Fi - Library
Bibliothèque Diderot de Lyon - Site Descartes D9
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 10:00-20:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque du 3e Duguesclin
Hours: Mo off; Tu,Th 13:00-19:00; We,Fr 10:00-12:00,13:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-17:00; Su off; Jul 09-Aug 31: Th-Sa 9:00-13:00; Jul 09-Aug 31 Su-We off; PH off
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque du 5e Point du Jour
Hours: Mo off; Tu 13:00-19:00; We 10:00-19:00; Th 13:00-19:00; Fr 10:00-12:00,15:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-18:00; Su off; PH off; Jul 09-Aug 31: Tu-We off; Jul 09-Aug 31 Th-Fr 13:00-19:00, Jul 09-Aug 31 Sa 10:00-13:00; Aug 13-17 off
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque du 5e Saint-Jean
Hours: Mo off; Tu,We 10:00-12:00,13:00-19:00; Th-Fr 13:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-17:00; Su off; PH off
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
CEDRATS
Hours: Mo-Fr 14:30-19:30
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Café for long stays
Café Le Simone
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-19:30
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Cafétéria Archimède
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:15-13:45
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Carbone - café librairie
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-20:00; Sa 09:00-19:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Choc'Hotelo
Hours: Mo-Su 14:00-20:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Komé Café
Hours: Mo-Fr 14:00-21:30; Tu 14:00-20:00; Sa,Su 12:30-21:30
Wi-Fi - Library
Médiathèque Bernard Pivot
Hours: Tu,Th,Fr 15:00-19:00; We 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Médiathèque du Tonkin
Hours: Tu, Fr 16:00-19:00; We, Sa 10:00-13:00, 14:00-18:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Agence Communale Rillieux-la-Pape Mairie
Hours: Tu-Sa 09:00-12:00; PH off; 2024 Jan 06 off
No purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque du 2e arrondissement
Hours: Tu 13:00-19:00; We 10:00-12:00,14:00-19:00; Th-Fr 15:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-18:00; Jul 07-Aug 31: Su-We off, Th-Fr 13:00-19:00, Sa 10:00-13:00; PH off
Wheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque du 3e Lacassagne - Marguerite Yourcenar
Hours: Tu 13:00-19:00; We 10:00-19:00; Th-Fr 13:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Jul 09-Aug 31: Tu off; Jul 09-Aug 31: We-Sa 09:00-13:00; PH off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque du 4e Croix-Rousse
Hours: Tu,Th,Fr 13:00-19:00, Sa 10:00-18:00, We 10:00-13:00, We 14:00-19:00
Wheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque municipale du 1er Arrondissement
Hours: Tu,Th-Fr 13:00-19:00; We 10:00-13:00,14:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-18:00; Su-Mo off; PH off
Wheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque universitaire Henri de Lubac - Campus Saint-Paul
Hours: Mo,We,Th 09:00-19:00; Tu 10:00-19:00; Fr 09:00-17:30
Wheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque universitaire lyon2 chevreul
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-22:00; Sa,Su 10:00-18:00
Wheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Free museum
Boutique Souvenirs du Petit Musée de Guignol
Hours: Mo-Su,PH 10:30-13:00,14:00-19:30
Wheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Community centre
Cercle Laïque Antoine Rémond
Hours: "C'est le club house d'un club de Basket"
No purchase needed - Community centre
Escales solidaires Wilson
Hours: 24/7 open "Voir calendrier d'ouverture sur le site ou sur place"
Wheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Free museum
Fondation Bullukian
Hours: Tu-Fr 14:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-12:00, 14:00-19:00
Wheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Community centre
MJC Sans-Souci
Hours: Tu-Fr 14:00-19:00; We 9:30-12:00; Sa 9:30-12:00
Wheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Community centre
Maison du Vélo Lyon
Hours: We,Sa 14:00-18:00; Th,Fr 14:00-19:00
No purchase needed - Free museum
Musée de l'informatique du centre de calcul de l'IN2P3
Hours: "Sur rendez vous"
No purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Annie-Schwartz
Hours: Th,Tu,Fr 15:00-19:00; We,Sa 10:00-12:00,14:00-18:00
No purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque de la Mulatière
Hours: Tu,Th,Fr 15:00-18:30; We 10:00-12:00,15:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-12:00
No purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque du 7e Gerland – Hannah Arendt
Hours: Mo off; Tu,Th 13:00-19:00; We 10:00-19:00; Fr 12:00-19:00; Sa 01:00-13:00,14:00-19:00; Su,PH off; Jul 09-Aug 31 Tu off; Jul 09-Aug 31 We-Sa 09:00-13:00; Aug 13-17 off
No purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque du 7e Guillotière
Hours: Mo off; Tu,Th,Fr 15:00-19:00; We 14:00-19:00,10:00-12:00; Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-17:00; Su,PH off; 2024 Jun 04-2024 Sep 28 off
No purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque du 9e Saint-Rambert
Hours: Mo off; Tu,Th 13:00-19:00; We,Fr 10:00-12:00,13:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-17:00; Su,PH off; Jul 09-Aug 31: Tu-We off; Jul 09-Aug 31: Th-Sa 09:00-13:00; Aug 13-17 off
No purchase needed
Events in Lyon 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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