Find information about the best coworking spaces in Las Palmas, laptop friendly cafes to work from, where to go when your laptop or phone is broken and needs to be repaired, what the internet speed is in Gran Canaria, how good the mobile phone coverage is and ofcourse where to find the best coffee. Plus much more! New articles are added on a regular base. If you want to join the community in Las Palmas enter your email address next to the logo (just below this text on the right) to receive your personal invite link to Slack.
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Laptop friendly cafe LUWAK on Calle Joaquín Costa
LUWAK is a small specialty coffee and healthy food café on Calle Joaquín Costa 24. It’s a typical digital nomad café with friendly staff, good coffee and fast wifi. They are open from Tuesday to Sunday till 4PM. On weekdays they open at 9AM and on the weekends at 10AM. In February I went to […]
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Laptop friendly cafés to work from in Las Palmas
Now that remote working is on the rise, there are also more and more cafes in Las Palmas where you are more than welcome to bring your laptop, have a coffee and work. These laptop friendly cafes usually make sure to offer fast wifi, good coffee and something tasty to eat. Already before covid I […]
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Mobile phone coverage in Gran Canaria
Mobile phones and 4g modems are quite common in Gran Canaria and the four main line providers (Movistar, Vodafone, Orange and Masmovil/Yoigo) are are reliable almost everywhere. The owner of cables and mobile phone towers is Movistar, the other operators rent the lines from this company. For this reasons the first developer of 5G lines […]
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Timing in Gran Canaria
Digital nomads comes from different regions of the world and timing regarding activities changes everywhere. I will make an effective résumé of the main activities you might be involved when staying or living here, specifically talking about my and community experiences in Gran Canaria. Getting a NIEDepending on where you are staying it will take […]
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Fiber internet in Gran Canaria
Internet is a big deal in Gran Canaria, especially in Las Palmas. The main internet backbones pass through the islands and head towards South America and Africa, that’s why connectivity is so efficient. Home user contracts are mainly fiber and start at 300mb down/up for €30 a month (sometimes discounted at €15 for a year), […]
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Coworking spaces in Las Palmas
While some digital nomads love to work from home or from cafes and restaurants, also coworking spaces are very popular. This is an overview of all the coworking spaces in Las Palmas that I know of. If I am missing one, please let me know in the comments below! And feel free to share your […]
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Printing documents in Las Palmas / Gran Canaria
Though we live in a very digital time, every now and then you need to print some documents. Not every digital nomad works from a coworking and not even all coworkings have a printer available. So where to go? Easy! Google is your friend; type in copisterias and a whole bunch of copy shops will […]
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Laptop friendly terraces in Las Palmas
For the full digital nomad experience, you won’t be working from a coworking: you work with your face in the sun, sipping from a hot cup of coffee on a nice terrace. Since digital nomads usually sit for quite some time on a terrace and not everyone spends a lot of money, some cafes don’t […]
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Phone and laptop repair in Las Palmas
When all you need for work is your laptop, one of the worst things that can happen is a broken laptop! Luckily, there are some good and reliable repair shops in Las Palmas, where you can take your phone or laptop to have them repaired. AppleIf you have an Apple device, most people go to […]
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The best coffee in Las Palmas
There are a lot of coffee shops in Gran Canaria and ordering a coffee here can be quite complicated. So to rate the best coffee in the island, a local Italian decided to visit several coffeeshops to try their espresso. The rating of the coffees is based on coffee type, cup temperature, consistency, cleaning of […]
