Sometimes it can be delightful to work in your pajamas from the comfort of your hotel room or apartment, but nothing beats spending hours in a tranquil work bubble amid aesthetically pleasing surroundings, without having to get up to make coffee.

Working from home can mean being interrupted by toddlers, partners or procrastinator-monster thoughts that tell you to put work aside after only minutes, to buy lemons or play an iPad game in bed. Athens is jam-packed with cafes, many of which are truly beautiful and serve top quality coffees and snacks, but, perhaps, more conducive to people-watching than putting your head down and getting some work done. Below is a reliable selection of the best cafes in central Athens that can serve as your daytime office. Needless to say, all of them offer free and reliable WiFi.

Booze Cooperativa

The capital’ s original multi-space when it opened in 1989, the three-story building, which is neoclassical on the outside and post-industrial/creative design on the inside, with touches of vintage, regularly hosts exhibitions, workshops, dance and music performances, theatrical plays and networking events. The long wooden bench on the ground floor cafe/bar area is an ideal daytime spot for setting up your laptop to work under the low-hanging creative design lamps, where you’re likely to be joined by contemplative chess players or other out-of-office workers. You can order coffee, tea, refreshments and, if you’re going off-course, tall glasses of Weiss beer.

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