Office in Turin

2025-10-01

Woke up late because last night I have been scouring the internet trying to find a backup office where to work at night.

I just need a place between 6pm and 1 am with a chair where to sit, any nearby horizontal surface where to place my computer, an outlet, possibly wifi (not mandatory, I can always begrudgingly create an hotspot on my phone; in 2025 this should be trivial; but no, it’s apparently impossible to do in the fifth wealthiest city in Italy, and I presume in the rest of the peninsula.

Possible reasons

No “grind” work culture in Europe, at least the nice part.

I presume this could very well be cause by the European welfare systemm, namely the services, healthcare, and pension that the State provides you.

My thesis is that, in order for this safety net to exist, a steady influx of contributions is required; this, paired with collectivism, could have helped shaping a culture of salaried work, collective labour agreements, standardized hours.

If this were true that could also explain the general distaste for enterpreneurship by both the masses and the Ministry of Finances, and the infinite bureaucracy required to earn your own bread on your own terms.

Moreover, and this is clearly a stretch, this salaried work coulture could have helped shape a culture of daytime work where only those at the bottom of the pyramid (people working in manufacturing, working in the food industry, or offering health services) are supposed to work at night; unless you’re offering services to others you’re supposed to be looking for fun, drink or food at night; you did your daily share of sacrificesand now you’re expected to either be sleeping to recharge for tomorrow’s tasks.

No real night time solutions

The easiest solution for this conundrum would be to have your own space, either a private office you own or one that you rent for a feee (about 100 euro/month in most spaces).

Although most coworking spaces close around 1900, some claim 24/7 access for certain packages, usually the more expensive “fixed office” solutions where you have your own room.

Unfortunately this means that for a one-off or sporadic use there seems to be no pre-existing solution in coworking spaces, and the negative answers I got from the spaces that claimed all day access seem to confirm this hypotheses.

Cheap night timeish solutions

There are some ways to get an impromptu office for digital nomads until very late, usually midnight; it’s not the same as doing a full-nighter, and they’re usually public spaces so it’s going to be harder to focus, but they’re good solutions if one is willing to compromise.

Comala

The best daytime place where to work is Comala, a free public space that is usually open between 0800 and 0000, located next to the court of Turin and easily accessible by public transportation.

They have some rooms with excellent wifi, huge tables and several outlets; although it’s not a requirement, there is a bar on the ground floor offering drinks and food.

Sometimes there are events and courses and the rooms might not be available with little prompting, so you’ll have to adapt (it’s the price to pay).

Politecnico

Another daytime option you have are Sala Studio at Politecnico; it’s supposedly for students only, so you’ll have to ppretend to either be a student or a foreigner and hope nobody bothers checking your credentials.

The rooms are huge and well equipped with tables, chairs, and electrical outlet; unfortunately you won’t have internet, because that is linked to student credentials.

Sala Verdi

Another study room, supposedly open between 0800 and 0000; I have been told it’s very loud and it’s sometimes hard to find tables and outlets. Will have to check.

Combo Hostel

For abour 40 euros/night one could book a shared room at Combo Hostel and use their coworking spaces at night; given that it also has a bar and live music I presume it could not be a viable solution for most projects.

Airport Caselle

The airport is open at night and should be possible to find a socket, there’s free long term free wifi (SSID: Torino Airport Wi-Fi, register by email), no tables available unless you abuse your stay at the landside restaurants; there’s a lounge open but it’s 32 euro and open from 0430 to 2100 only.

Private night spaces where to work

Hotel lounges

One option could be to rent a room in a hotel, but that could increase the cost to 3 digit prices; maybe an informal agreement with hotels with 24/7 lounge access can be agreed upon, especially if there’s a fancy bar.

Airport capsule hotel

There apparently is a company called Zzzleep and go that offers cyberpunk capsule hotels in Turin Caselle.

They offer tiny containers with a bed, wifi and a socket. This option could be ideal and the cyberpunk aspect of it is titillating, although the price (9 euro/hour) and the terrible reviews I found don’t really make it my favourite option; let’s see maybe I will try once.