Cafes in Bologna

97 venues
  1. 1
    4.9 (686)
    Via Riva di Reno, 56/a, 40122 Bologna BO, Italy
  2. 2
    4.9 (220)
    Via Guglielmo Marconi, 5c, 40122 Bologna BO, Italy
  3. 3
    4.9 (167)
    Via Montebello, 1/B, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy
  4. 4
    4.9 (54)
    Via d'Azeglio, 29C, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
  5. 5
    4.9 (45)
    Via Fondazza, 39c, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
  6. 6
    4.9 (31)
    Via S. Vitale, 17b, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
  7. 7
    4.9 (22)
    Via Nosadella, 3, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
  8. 8
    4.8 (2709)
    Galleria II Agosto 1980, n° 7 - 8, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy
  9. 9
    4.8 (1229) €€
    Via Porta Nova, 12 b, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
  10. 10
    4.8 (317)
    Via Benedetto XIV, 1/c, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
  11. 11
    4.8 (306)
    Via d'Azeglio, 23a, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
  12. 12
    4.8 (280)
    Via Galliera, 49, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy
  13. 13
    4.8 (236)
    Via Irnerio, 20A, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  14. 14
    4.8 (227)
    Via Francesco Zanardi, 9/C, 40131 Bologna BO, Italy
  15. 15
    4.8 (201)
    Via Porta Nova, 8a, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
  16. 16
    4.8 (148)
    Via Riva di Reno, 100c, 40122 Bologna BO, Italy
  17. 17
    4.8 (136)
    V. Augusto Righi, 8a, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  18. 18
    4.8 (73)
    Via Galliera, 22, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy
  19. 19
    4.8 (61)
    Via Giuseppe Petroni, 27/B, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  20. 20
    4.8 (4)
    Via Goito, 8/a, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  21. 21
    4.7 (739)
    Viale Angelo Masini, 18, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  22. 22
    4.7 (269)
    Via delle Belle Arti, 12a, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  23. 23
    4.7 (178) €
    Via dell'Unione, 9a, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  24. 24
    4.7 (115) €
    Via S. Vitale, 54e, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  25. 25
    4.7 (66)
    Via Giuseppe Petroni, 27, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  26. 26
    4.7 (65)
    Via Vinazzetti, 1a, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  27. 27
    4.7 (23)
    Via Altabella, 17, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
  28. 28
    4.6 (1580) €
    Via Irnerio, 18d, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  29. 29
    4.6 (569) €€
    Via Galliera, 12c, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy
  30. 30
    4.6 (512) €€
    Via Don Luigi Sturzo, 30b, 40135 Bologna BO, Italy
  31. 31
    4.6 (413) €€
    Via Della Grada, 4e, 40122 Bologna BO, Italy
  32. 32
    4.6 (190)
    Via Giuseppe Grabinski, 40122 Bologna BO, Italy
  33. 33
    4.6 (170) €
    Via Giuseppe Dagnini, 12a, 40137 Bologna BO, Italy
  34. 34
    4.6 (90) €€
    Via Ugo Bassi, 21n, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
  35. 35
    4.6 (12)
    Via Farini, 24d, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
  36. 36
    4.5 (1419) €€€
    Via Mascarella, 1, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  37. 37
    4.5 (841) €€
    Via Guglielmo Oberdan, 27a, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  38. 38
    4.5 (631) €€
    Via Rialto, 22, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
  39. 39
    4.5 (95)
    Via Belmeloro, 3c, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  40. 40
    4.5 (15)
    Via Nazario Sauro, 2, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy
  41. 41
    4.4 (2317) €€
    Via Guglielmo Oberdan, 10d, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  42. 42
    4.4 (1474) €€
    Via d'Azeglio, 8, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
  43. 43
    4.4 (1272) €€
    Via Riva di Reno, 65/M, 40122 Bologna BO, Italy
  44. 44
    4.4 (442)
    Via Irnerio, 12/4c, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  45. 45
    4.4 (195)
    Via Porta Nova, 16a, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
  46. 46
    4.4 (111)
    Via Aristotile Fioravanti, 27, 40129 Bologna BO, Italy
  47. 47
    4.4 (103) €
    Via del Borgo di S. Pietro, 123g, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  48. 48
    4.4 (81)
    Via Cesare Boldrini, 16f, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy
  49. 49
    4.4 (79) €
    Via Camillo Ranzani, 7/2, 40127 Bologna BO, Italy
  50. 50
    4.4 (48)
    Via Urbana, 5a/5, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
  51. 51
    4.4 (48)
    Via S. Felice, 28, 40122 Bologna BO, Italy
  52. 52
    4.4 (18)
    Piazza Sergio Vieira de Mello, 3, 40128 Bologna BO, Italy
  53. 53
    4.3 (1252) €€
    Via S. Felice, 25e, 40122 Bologna BO, Italy
  54. 54
    4.3 (829) €€
    Via Mentana, 3/B, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  55. 55
    4.3 (393) €
    Str. Maggiore, 13, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
  56. 56
    4.3 (368) €€
    Via Sant'Isaia, 24/G, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
  57. 57
    4.3 (352) €€
    Corte Isolani, 5b, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
  58. 58
    4.3 (280) €
    Via Belmeloro, 1/c, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  59. 59
    4.3 (17)
    Via della Zecca, 1, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy
  60. 60
    4.2 (2998) €€
    Via Ugo Bassi, 12, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
  61. 61
    4.2 (1310) €€
    Via Guglielmo Marconi, 71a, 40122 Bologna BO, Italy
  62. 62
    4.2 (1236)
    Via Barberia, 34c, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
  63. 63
    4.2 (917) €€
    Via Antonio Zanolini, 3a, 40138 Bologna BO, Italy
  64. 64
    4.2 (906) €€
    Via Ugo Bassi, 3a, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy
  65. 65
    4.2 (703) €
    Via Collegio di Spagna, 5/d, 40123 Bologna BO, Italy
  66. 66
    4.2 (684) €
    Via dell'Indipendenza, 67/2c, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  67. 67
    4.2 (348) €€
    Via Irnerio, 21f, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  68. 68
    4.2 (295) €
    Via del Rondone, 2c, 40122 Bologna BO, Italy
  69. 69
    4.2 (217) €€
    Via de' Toschi, 9, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
  70. 70
    4.2 (144) €€
    Via degli Orefici, 6, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
  71. 71
    4.1 (4729) €€
    Via dell'Indipendenza, 39a, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  72. 72
    4.1 (3676) €€
    Via De' Giudei, 2d, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  73. 73
    4.1 (1023) €€
    Str. Maggiore, 50a, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
  74. 74
    4.1 (581)
    Piazza S. Martino, 4f, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  75. 75
    4.1 (568) €€
    Via dei Mille, 4b, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy
  76. 76
    4.1 (455)
    Largo Respighi, 2F, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  77. 77
    4.1 (46)
    Piazza Re Enzo, 1, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
  78. 78
    4.0 (1710) €€
    Via Clavature, 18b, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  79. 79
    4.0 (580) €€
    P.za Aldrovandi, 23/b, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
  80. 80
    4.0 (535) €€
    Via Castiglione, 134, 40136 Bologna BO, Italy
  81. 81
    4.0 (327) €€
    Str. Maggiore, 15a, 40125 Bologna BO, Italy
  82. 82
    4.0 (305)
    Via degli Orefici, 5c, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
  83. 83
    4.0 (275)
    Piazza del Nettuno, 3, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy
  84. 84
    4.0 (261) €€
    Via degli Orefici, 6f, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
  85. 85
    4.0 (148)
    Via dell'Indipendenza, 69, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  86. 86
    4.0 (41)
    Via de' Musei, 4/D, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
  87. 87
    3.9 (138)
    Via Francesco Zanardi, 1a, 40131 Bologna BO, Italy
  88. 88
    3.8 (2511) €€
    Via Zamboni, 6b, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  89. 89
    3.8 (2203) €€€
    P.zza Galvani, 1, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
  90. 90
    3.8 (1291) €
    P.za Giuseppe Verdi, 2, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  91. 91
    3.8 (140)
    Via Alessandro Tiarini, 1c, 40129 Bologna BO, Italy
  92. 92
    3.8 (72)
    Via Zamboni, 92a, 40126 Bologna BO, Italy
  93. 93
    3.8 (62) €
    40126 Bologna, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Italy
  94. 94
    3.6 (584)
    Via d'Azeglio, 34, 40124 Bologna BO, Italy
  95. 95
    3.6 (30)
    Via Guglielmo Marconi, 41, 40122 Bologna BO, Italy
  96. 96
    3.4 (994) €€
    Via dell'Indipendenza, 1c, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy
  97. 97
    3.2 (785) €€
    Piazza delle Medaglie d'Oro, 3/interno stazione FFSS, 40121 Bologna BO, Italy

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Guide to Cafes in Bologna

Bologna's cafe culture is a highlight for digital nomads, freelancers, writers, and travelers who need a reliable spot to work, reflect, or simply enjoy a great coffee. The city's cafes range from specialty third-wave coffee shops with precision-brewed single origins to neighborhood spots with free WiFi, generous opening hours, and a welcoming attitude toward laptop workers.

Traveler Tips for Cafes in Bologna

  • WiFi etiquette: In popular Bologna cafes, it's courteous to buy something every couple of hours if you're working for extended periods. Most cafes appreciate the business.
  • Power outlets: Check whether your chosen cafe has accessible power outlets before settling in — this varies widely in Bologna.
  • Peak vs off-peak hours: Mornings (7–10am) and late afternoons (3–6pm) tend to be the best times to find good seating in busy Bologna cafes.
  • Specialty coffee scene: Bologna has several world-class specialty coffee roasters with cafes. Look for those using local or single-origin beans for the best cup.
  • Neighborhood gems: Some of the best cafes in Bologna are tucked away in residential neighborhoods, away from tourist zones. Explore beyond the center.

A cafe in Bologna is often where the best conversations happen. Solo travelers, writers, programmers, and entrepreneurs all share these spaces. Use Nomax to find other travelers who are also working from cafes in Bologna — you might find a coworking companion, share cafe recommendations, or discover a new favorite spot together.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best cafes in Bologna?

Bologna has 97+ cafes tracked by Nomax. The top-rated options are listed on this page, sorted by rating and traveler reviews. Use the interactive map to explore venues by neighborhood.

How do I find cafes in Bologna on a map?

Use the interactive map on this page to see all cafes in Bologna as numbered markers. Click any marker to see ratings, opening hours, address, and contact details. You can also search and filter venues in the left panel.

Are there any tips for solo travelers visiting cafes in Bologna?

Yes. Solo travelers in Bologna recommend arriving at cafes during peak social hours to meet other travelers. Download Nomax to connect with fellow travelers before you arrive — many users coordinate meetups at specific venues.

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