About
Your third desk.
The office is your first desk. Home is your second. Third Desk is for the days you want neither: a map of cafés, coworking spaces, hotel lobbies and libraries where you can open a laptop and stay a while.
Why it exists
Finding somewhere to work in a new city usually means a search that returns the wrong thing: the best coffee, or the most photographed room, but not whether anyone minds a laptop, whether there are outlets, or whether the Wi-Fi survives a call. Third Desk answers those questions first. Every listing shows the things that decide your afternoon, and when someone last checked them.
What a listing tells you
- The rules. Whether laptops are welcome, any time limit, and whether weekends are different.
- The setup. Wi-Fi quality, power outlets and noise.
- The practicalities. Opening hours on the city’s own clock, the address, and a link to Google Maps.
- The Wi-Fi. The network name, and the password once you sign in.
- The date. When a real person last confirmed it. Nothing on the map is undated.
How a place gets on the map
Places arrive two ways. Members add them after working there. And our own research turns up candidates from public reviews and existing lists, which appear as grey pins until someone confirms them. Green pins are confirmed work-friendly. Amber ones were confirmed a while ago and could use a fresh visit. Places that turn out not to allow laptops stay on the map, marked as such, so nobody else has to find out the hard way.
Every contribution is reviewed by a person before it goes live. Edits and check-ins from trusted members apply straight away. Photos and opening hours come from Google Maps; the rest comes from people who were there.
Right now
12,457 confirmed places across 374 cities in 137 countries, and growing as people add the places they work from. See every city.
Help keep it honest
The map is only as good as its last check. Three things help more than anything: add a place you have actually worked from, fix a detail that has changed, and when you copy a Wi-Fi password, tell us whether it worked. That one tap is a check-in, and it keeps the listing dated for the next person.
Run a space?
Cafés, coworking spaces, hotels and libraries can set their own listing: whether laptops are welcome, any limits, and how best to work from there. It is free. See For cafés and spaces.
Get in touch
Found a mistake, want to license the data, or have an idea? Email hello@thirddesk.co. The privacy policy and terms of service cover the rest.