Place to work + coffee

cressers · Post by **cressers** » Mon Dec 07, 2015 9:18 am

Hi

I work from home and would like to find a place with good coffee/free refills where I could work for a day here and there. Central helsinki preferred. Only requirement is reasonable let quiet (no loud music).

Any suggestions?

I have tried quite a few coffee shops, and while many are nice, I feel guilty if I don't buy regularly and the cost adds up, so one or two free refills would help

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Beep_Boop · Post by **Beep_Boop** » Mon Dec 07, 2015 11:20 am

I think the universal norm for staying in a café for an extended period time is to buy something at least once every 1.5-2 hours. I haven't been to any country where the case is otherwise. So I really don't know where your expectation is coming from.
The only possibility is for you to strike a friendship with the owner/manager of some café who will let you stay for free.

Now I have a question: Why wouldn't you work from the comfort and dignity of your own home? What's the attraction in causing annoyance to some café managers and baristas?

Querfeldein · Post by **Querfeldein** » Mon Dec 07, 2015 3:33 pm

Although I am in two minds about sharing those secrets (I'd still like to have a free table on my next visit), if I get tired of my office, my preferred space to work and have coffee in central Helsinki is the University Library cafe, Kaisaniemi:

http://www.helsinki.fi/kirjasto/en/libr ... n-library/

It's a semi-public space, so I am not sure any consumption is required at all. Check the opening times, particularly for weekends / public holidays. There are also a few coffee shops nearby (e.g. Steam, Robertson's) that aren't particularly nice, but where there is no shortage of space, and hence no problem working for an hour or two over a cup of coffee - there's always a large number of people working away at their laptops, and the staff don't seem to mind (as long as you get something to drink).

Piet · Post by **Piet** » Mon Dec 07, 2015 7:03 pm

cressers wrote:Hi

I work from home and would like to find a place with good coffee/free refills where I could work for a day here and there. Central helsinki preferred. Only requirement is reasonable let quiet (no loud music).

Any suggestions?

I have tried quite a few coffee shops, and while many are nice, I feel guilty if I don't buy regularly and the cost adds up, so one or two free refills would help

think about the fact that an owner of a coffee shop needs to earn money too otherwise they go bankrupt, so free refills is something I have never understood in the first place, maybe only in combination with lunch or something.

You might try any library and take a thermal insulating bottle with coffee with you.

or switch to other caffeine containing beverages you can take easily with you

burak25 · Post by **burak25** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 4:25 pm

First of all for all others, this is very usual way of work for freelancers. Freelance working at home is not always good idea, kills productivity, work-private life balance is lost etc.

In my home country I used to work at Starbucks and some other similar chains (my favorite was Cafe Nero) and I believe Helsinki finally has a Starbucks. And nobody asks you to leave or pressures you in Starbucks, it is their policy. Stay as long as you like.

Otherwise there are some companies who give you work space for like 5 € a day or so and wifi + unlimited tea-coffee and some snacks etc. (We have Koira in Tampere 100% sure there are more in Helsinki).

We had business meetings at Starbucks back then...

Beep_Boop · Post by **Beep_Boop** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 4:34 pm

burak25 wrote:Otherwise there are some companies who give you work space for like 5 € a day or so and wifi + unlimited tea-coffee and some snacks etc.

This sounds like a very good idea!

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