8 Coworking Spaces in Genoa

About Genoa

A port city and the capital of Italy's Liguria region, Genoa is perched on the Gulf of Genoa in the Ligurian Sea that was historically one of the most important ports on the Mediterranean. Today its port is the busiest one in Italy and the 12th busiest in the European Union. Draped with a glorious historical past and a host of impressive landmarks, the old town of Genoa is a UNESCO World Heritage Listed area. It's simply smothered in cultural history in music, art and cuisine that led it to become the 2004 European Capital of Culture. The birthplace of Christopher Columbus and Grimaldo Canella, the founder of the House of Grimaldi, many other famous people have called it home over its long history. Genoa is the 6th largest city in Italy with a big population of 594,733 souls meandering its streets, sipping espresso in traditional cafes and hanging out getting creative in coworking venues.

The city forms the southern corner of the Milan-Turin-Genoa industrial triangle of northwest Italy and is a major economic hub that has hosted shipyards and steelworks since the 19th Century, plus it's home to numerous leading Italian companies. Its financial heart dates back to the Middle Ages with the Bank of Saint-George (one of the oldest in the world) dating back to the middle of the 15th Century. Today its economy has moved towards technologically pursuits in commerce and tourism. High tech corporations such as Ericsson and Siemens are located in the science technology park "Erzelli GREAT Campus" that is due to be the home for the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Genoa.

Italians have creative culture in their blood, from food to fashion, design to wine and there are plenty of innovative tech savvy souls lingering over espressos. The government is instigating new initiatives to make it easier for startups to "start up" in light of the fact that it has always had a reputation for being bureaucracy-heavy.
Genoa may not be the tech hub on a par with Turin, Milan or Rome, but it does have its locals who have no desire to move from their beautiful home city, plus there are the meandering globetrotters with laptops in their backpacks that linger longer than they should in this stunning area.

Coworking venues are giving them the space to mingle, to connect and to collaborate before running out the door to indulge in the iconic dish of "Pesto alla Genovese".