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OPEN Creative Work Space

Centro storico · Via Porta di Ferro 38, 95131 Catania CT

Piazza Università, Catania

Creative coworking and event venue in a cultural complex in the historic centre (same address as 2LAB Culture Contemporanee), active since 2017. About 20 desks, one private office, a meeting room and an event room aimed at artists, young professionals and startups, with free events for members. Late opening hours (11:00–20:00). Current activity could not be confirmed beyond directory listings.

Why it stands out

Creative/arts community
Late hours 11–20

What you'll find

Community events
Fibre Wi-Fi
Coffee included
Printer
Pet friendly
Café or bar

Good for

Creatives

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Essentials

Prices: /month€100Italian Coworking indicative: desk from €100/month; private office from €300/month or €30/day; small meeting room from €20/h (day-rate field shows a data error).price seen November 2026
Opening hours: Mon–Fri 11:00–20:00; weekends by appointment (listing)
Address: Via Porta di Ferro 38, 95131 Catania CT

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instagram.com/opencatania

Last checked: November 2026

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Straight-line distances; walking times assume 4.5 km/h, so real routes take a little longer.

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Places we like in Catania

Neighbourhoods
Catania centro storico
The UNESCO-listed Baroque core around Piazza Duomo, the Pescheria fish market, Via Vittorio Emanuele and the Monastero dei Benedettini. For laptop sessions there is Legatoria Prampolini, a bookshop café, and the university monastery, where you need your own hotspot. Catania Centrale station and the airport connections are close, and markets, cafés and nightlife are all on foot. Sant'Agata's festivities, 3 to 5 February, take over the streets.
- Old buildings with variable internet: ask for a speed test.
- Asking rents in the centro storico average €9.9/m² a month (mercato-immobiliare.info, 2 November 2026).
- Very crowded and closed to traffic during Sant'Agata in early February.
March–June, September–November
Neighbourhoods
Via Etnea / Borgo
Via Etnea, Catania's main street, runs about 3 km in a straight line from Piazza Duomo north to Tondo Gioeni, past Villa Bellini park. The northern stretch, Borgo and Monserrato, is more residential, and it is where Verso Coffice at Via Monserrato 116, the best-documented work café in Sicily, is located. Amelia Bakery is nearby too. A good compromise between old-town life and quieter streets, with metro and buses along the axis.
- Villa Bellini is the nearest park for breaks and runs.
- The southern stretch is busy with pedestrians and traffic; the upper part is further from the sea.
March–June, September–November
Neighbourhoods
Ognina
Residential quarter in the north-east of Catania, on the lava-rock coast towards Aci Castello. It is a seaside option away from old-town noise, closer to the sea front and to the road towards Acireale, Taormina and the Riviera dei Ciclopi. The trade-off: you need a bus or car for the centre and the airport, and there are fewer documented laptop cafés. Ognina has the highest average asking rents in the city.
- Asking rents average €11.0/m² a month, the highest zone in Catania (mercato-immobiliare.info, 2 November 2026).
- Bus or car needed for the centre and the airport.
May–October

Why it stands out

What you'll find

Good for

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Isola Catania

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Places we like in Catania

Catania centro storico

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Ognina