Laptop-friendly cafés in Amsterdam
Cafés in Amsterdam where you can sit, plug in, and work without a side-eye. Power, space, and a long-stay welcome.
15 cafés · Netherlands
Independent picks, never pay-to-list. How we choose.
Bocca Coffee
Founded in 2001, Bocca is widely regarded as the Netherlands' first fully vertically integrated specialty coffee…
Lot Sixty One Coffee Roasters
The café credited with igniting Amsterdam's third-wave movement, Lot Sixty One occupies a corner in Oud West where an…
Scandinavian Embassy
Since 2013 this corner café on the edge of Sarphatipark has been the benchmark for Nordic coffee culture in…
Friedhats FUKU Cafe
Co-founder Lex Wenneker, Dutch Barista Champion and World Barista Championship silver medalist, runs FUKU more like a…
White Label Coffee
Transparency is baked into White Label's DNA: every bean on the menu is traceable back to the farmer, and the…
YUSU
YUSU is a bright, welcoming specialty coffee bar in Amsterdam Oost built around the idea that great coffee should…
Coffee Bru
Anchored to the Beukenplein in Amsterdam Oost, Coffee Bru is the kind of neighbourhood cafe locals guard jealously,…
Espressofabriek
One of Amsterdam's true specialty coffee pioneers, Espressofabriek opened at the Westergasfabriek complex in 2005 and…
Five Ways Coffee Roasters
Founded by Melbourne-native Ben O'Callaghan, Five Ways roasts on a Loring S35 and serves from a corner cafe on…
Hummingbird Coffee
Hummingbird on Spuistraat has operated as Amsterdam's leading rotating-roaster bar since opening, bringing in a…
Monks Coffee Roasters
Melbourne-trained founder Patrick Abbott channelled his southern hemisphere coffee education into this…
Screaming Beans Amstelstraat
The Amstelstraat branch of Screaming Beans sits in a stretch of Centrum that balances tourist traffic with a genuine…
Stooker Specialty Coffee
B Corp certified and SCA-accredited, Stooker occupies a beautiful square on Kastanjeplein in Oost, combining a…
Uncommon Coffee
Roasting under the Common Greens label since 2018, Uncommon has built a following around sourcing lots that are…
White Label Coffee Noord
White Label's Noord outpost extends the brand's ethics-forward roasting programme to Amsterdam's creative north bank,…
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Good to know
These Amsterdam cafés are laptop-friendly: they tolerate long stays, generally have seating and outlets, and don't push you out after one cup. Always check peak-hour signage, since some limit laptops on weekends.
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