Third places in Paris
60 places in Paris 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
Amendūla
Hours: Mo, We-Fr 09:00-19:00, Sa-Su 10:00-19:00
Wi-Fi - Community centre
Antenne Jeune
Hours: Mo-Fr 14:00-19:00; Mo 10:30-13:00; Th 10:30-13:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Amélie
Hours: Tu, Th 13:00-19:00; We 10:00-19:00; Fr 13:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque André Malraux
Hours: Tu,Th-Fr 13:00-19:00; We 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Andrée Chedid
Hours: Tu,Th-Fr 12:00-19:00; We 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; PH off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Astrid Lindgren
Hours: Tu,Th,Fr 15:30-17:30; We 14:00-17:30; Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-17:30
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Benjamin Rabier
Hours: Tu-Fr 14:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Buffon
Hours: Tu-We 10:00-19:00; Th-Fr 13:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; SH Tu-Fr 13:00-19:00; Mo,Su,PH off; Apr 04,May 23 off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Charlotte Delbo
Hours: Tu-Fr 13:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; PH off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Claire Bretécher
Hours: Tu-Fr 13:00-19:00; We,Sa 10:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Claude Lévi-Strauss
Hours: Tu 13:00-19:00; We 10:00-19:00; Th-Fr 13:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Colette Vivier
Hours: Tu, Th-Fr 16:00-18:30; We, Sa 10:00-12:30, 13:30-18:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Diderot
Hours: Sep-Jun: Tu-Sa 14:00-18:00; Jul-Aug: Tu,Th,Fr 15:00-18:00; Jul-Aug: We,Sa 14:00-18:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Drouot
Hours: Tu,Th,Fr 12:30-19:00; We,Sa 10:00-18:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque François Villon
Hours: We 10:00-19:00; Tu,Th-Fr 14:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Dec 25,Jan 1 off
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Glacière - Marina Tsvetaïeva
Hours: Tu,Th,Fr 14:00-19:00; We 10:00-12:30,14:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-12:30,14:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Gutenberg
Hours: Tu,Th-Fr 13:30-18:30; We,Sa 10:00-12:30,13:30-18:00; PH off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Hergé
Hours: Tu 13:00-18:30; We 10:00-13:00,14:00-18:00; Th-Fr 13:00-18:30; Sa 10:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Italie
Hours: Mo-Th 08:30-12:30,13:30-17:30; Fr 08:30-12:30,13:30-16:30
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Jacqueline Dreyfus-Weill
Hours: Tu 14:00-19:00; We-Fr 14:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-12:30,14:00-18:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Jean d'Ormesson
Hours: Tu 13:00-18:00; We 10:00-12:00,13:00-18:00; Th-Fr 13:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-13:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Louise Michel
Hours: Tu-Fr 14:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-12:00, 13:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Louise Walser-Gaillard
Hours: Tu,Th,Fr 13:00-18:00; We,Sa 10:00-13:00,14:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Marguerite Audoux
Hours: Tu-Fr 13:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand
Hours: Tu,Th,Fr,Sa 13:00-18:00; We 10:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Maryse Condé
Hours: Tu,Th,Fr 13:30-18:30; We,Sa 10:00-12:30, 13:30-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Naguib Mahfouz
Hours: Tu,Th,Fr 13:00-19:00; We,Sa 10:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Oscar Wilde
Hours: Tu,Th,Fr 13:00-19:00; We,Sa 10:00-13:00, 14:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Rainer Maria Rilke
Hours: Tu,Th,Fr 13:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; We 10:00-19:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Robert Sabatier
Hours: Tu 13:00-19:00; We 10:00-19:00; Th 13:00-19:00; Fr 13:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; Su 13:00-18:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Saint-Éloi
Hours: Tu-Fr 13:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-22:00 ; Jul28 - Aug16 off
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Toni Morrison
Hours: Tu,Th-Fr 14:00-19:00; We 14:00-18:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; PH off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Valeyre
Hours: Mo,Su,PH off; Tu,Th-Fr 12:00-19:00; We,Sa 12:00-18:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque Vaugirard
Hours: Tu,Th-Fr 13:00-19:00; We 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-18:00; PH off; 2026 Aug 25-2027 Feb 27 off
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque de l'Hôtel de Ville
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-18:00; Jul 06-Sep 01: Mo-Fr 09:30-17:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque des Batignolles
Hours: Tu,Th 13:00-19:00; We,Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa 10:00-12:30
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque du cinéma François-Truffaut
Hours: Sep-Jun: Tu-Sa 12:00-19:00; Jul-Aug: Tu-Sa 14:00-19:00; Sep-Jun: Mo,PH off; Jul-Aug: Su,Mo,PH off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-18:00
Wi-FiNo purchase needed - Library
Bibliothèque universitaire des langues et civilisations
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-22:00; PH off; Aug 02-16 off; Dec 25-Jan 03 off
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Café for long stays
Brouillon
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-16:30
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Café Chinchin
Hours: Mo-Su 07:00-02:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Café Pimpin 20
Hours: Tu-Fr 08:30-18:00; Sa, Su 11:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Café République
Hours: Mo-Th 06:30-02:00; Fr 06:30-04:00; Sa 06:30-05:00; Su 06:30-24:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Café des Phares
Hours: Mo-Su 07:00-02:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Café du Centre
Hours: Mo-Su 06:00-02:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Caféothèque de Paris
Hours: Mo-Su 09:30-19:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Cafétéria
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00; Sa-Su 09:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Cajou
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-16:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Community centre
Centre Paris Anim' Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-22:30; Sa 09:45-19:30
Wi-FiWheelchair: yesNo purchase needed - Café for long stays
Charlotte
Hours: Su-Sa 07:00-02:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Coffee
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-18:00; Sa, Su 10:00-18:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Columbus Café & Co
Hours: Mo-Sa 08:00-18:30; Su 12:00-18:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Costadoro
Hours: 07:30-20:00; Su 08:00-20:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Do Ré Mi
Hours: 07:00-02:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Doriimu
Hours: Mo-Su 12:00-21:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Désirée
Hours: Tu-Su 10:00-20:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
Gamma Café
Hours: Mo-We 06:00-21:00; Th-Fr 06:00-22:00; Sa-Su 08:00-22:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes - Café for long stays
Jules
Hours: Mo-Su 07:00-02:00
Wi-Fi - Café for long stays
La Terrasse
Hours: Mo-Sa 06:00-24:00, Su 07:00-24:00
Wi-FiWheelchair: yes
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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.
Where does the data come from?
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Do I have to buy anything?
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