More Than Just a Workspace: the Role of a Community Manager
By Noemi Nacci, Community Manager Intern Coworking spaces have become an increasingly common alternative to traditional offices, especially for freelancers,...
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- 26 May 2026
Networking in Prague: The Freelancer’s Guide to Meeting People and Finding Opportunities
Prague has quietly turned into one of Europe’s favorite spots for freelancers, and it’s not hard to see why. Between...
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- 02 April 2026
Meet Our Member: David – AI Entrepreneur and Digital Nomad
Meet one of our members, David Riha! He’s a Czech tech entrepreneur and co-founder of an innovative AI platform that’s...
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- 12 August 2025
MEET OUR MEMBERS: Tyler and Brady
At Locus, we’re proud to be more than just a coworking space—we’re a meeting point for people from all over...
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- 17 June 2025
In The Light of Locus’s 15th Anniversary: Members’ Memories and Current Owner’s Reflection on Locus’s Past and Future
Locus Workspace celebrated its 15th anniversary on the 4th of May! It is an important milestone and a perfect time...
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- 13 May 2025
2025 marks 15 Years of Locus: The Story of Locus’s First Steps, by Will Bennis
Traditionally, society forces us to choose between working at home for ourselves or working at an office for a company....
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- 04 May 2025
ECHN Staff Exchange with The Living Room in Malaga: Strengthening Community and Sharing Knowledge in Coworking Hubs
Last week, Locus's Community Manager Eva was given the opportunity to participate in a staff exchange program promoted by the...
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- 07 February 2025
8 Podcasts for Personal Growth: Boost Your Life and Career
No matter how exciting your job is, maintaining high energy every day can be draining. We all have those days...
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- 17 October 2024
Finding Your Balance: Effective Approaches to Work and Mental Health
Mental health and work-life balance are two completely different things for many people. The truth is that these two are...
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- 17 September 2024
The 4 main tips for building a community: following the steps of Locus Workspace
Over the past few years, the demand for coworking spaces has significantly increased, with more remote workers, digital nomads, and...
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- 18 July 2024
Discovering the 4-Day Work Week: Unlocking the Advantages of a Flexible Working Arrangement
In recent years, discussions surrounding employee satisfaction and productivity have prompted employers and companies to try new working models, such...
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- 19 April 2024
New in Prague? 5 Best Pubs in Prague to Meet People
Prague is a charming city whose history and architecture attract millions of tourists and visitors every year. Its international scene...
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- 16 February 2024
Exploring Prague 3: A Culinary Guide to Coffee, Brunch, and After-Work Spots Near Our CoWorking Space
We understand that finding the perfect spot for a refreshing coffee break, a delightful brunch, a satisfying lunch, or just...
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- 09 August 2023
9 Best Work Retreat Programs for Digital Nomads. Work Remotely and Travel
Are you a digital nomad seeking the perfect balance between work and travel? Have you recently started a remote job...
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- 08 June 2023
Working in Coffee Shops, Coworking Spaces or Home Office. What’s Better for Remote Workers?
Whether you’re a freelancer, a small business owner, a digital nomad or a remote employee, picking a proper place to...
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- 15 February 2023
Why you should choose a coworking space this winter
We can think of many reasons why working at a coworking space would be beneficial in general, no matter the...
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- 30 December 2022
Tips on making new friends as a newbie in Prague
Being a newbie in any city can be quite a challenge but it is easier to start your new life...
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- 23 November 2022
What to Look for in a Coworking Space. 8 Things to Consider to Make the Right Choice
It might seem an easy task, but finding the perfect coworking space is not always a piece of cake. First...
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- 26 October 2022
10 unconventional places to go to for a Sunday Trip from Prague
Prague is a great city to live in, and one of its main potentials is that it’s perfectly located in...
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- 08 September 2022
How to find events when you’re new in Prague
Moving to a new town, it’s always exciting, but it can also be challenging if you’re doing it all by...
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- 08 June 2022
Tips to Boost Your Productivity
Since Covid hit in 2020, most of us had to get used to working from home, which had a negative...
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- 27 April 2022
5 Best Task Management Tools for Freelancers
Do you struggle to keep up with your goals and cross items off your to-do list? We feel you. Working...
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- 04 March 2022
Prague public transportation guide
Prague is considered to be one of the cheapest capital cities in terms of public transportation in Europe. In fact,...
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- 25 January 2022
Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Digital Nomad: from Where to Start to Useful Resources
Are you a digital nomad or would like to become one? Whether you’re just new to this world or have...
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- 21 January 2022
5 Books You Should Read if You’re a Freelancer
Freelancers have to face many challenges: how to focus and avoid distractions, how much to ask for their work, defining...
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- 21 December 2021
10 Reasons Why Prague is a Good City to Live In as a Digital Nomad
In a previous article, we thoroughly described the application process to get a Digital Nomad Visa in the Czech Republic....
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- 03 December 2021
How to find accomodation in Prague
Finding an accomodation in a new city where you’ve never lived before can be complicated. Here are some tips for...
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- 24 November 2021
Cost of living in Prague. The Expat Guide
Moving to a new city can be overwhelming, and not knowing how much you’ll need to spend on essential services,...
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- 23 September 2021
Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs: how to apply for the program
Have you ever heard of the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs program? If you have a business idea that you’d like...
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- 05 August 2021
How Sociability Impacts Productivity
If you have been keeping up with our blog, you might’ve come across our post about “Advantages & disadvantages of...
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- 27 July 2021
Translator, Interpreter and Subtitler (Czech, English, French) – Meet Drahomira!
Meet one of our newest members, Drahomira Rezkova! She’s a translator, interpreter, and subtitler (Czech, English, French) and has worked...
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- 24 July 2021
Getting started as a freelancer in the Czech Republic: how to apply for a trade license
The Czech Republic is one of the best countries in Europe to be registered as a freelancer in terms of...
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- 20 May 2021
5 Tips to Maintain Productivity as a Freelancer Working Mostly Alone
At the present moment, it’s much more common just to stay at home and get your work done, especially if...
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- 07 April 2021
How To Introduce Yourself as a Freelancer and Expat
Becoming expat can be a big challenge. Even if you have a guarantee of employment waiting for you, it is...
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- 17 March 2021
Digital Nomad Visa in the Czech Republic
Advances in technology, especially in the aftermath of COVID-19, have lead to an increasing number of people adhering to the...
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- 11 February 2021
Advantages & disadvantages of freelancing
Considering that pandemic restrictions have changed workers’ mobility, remote work is becoming more attractive and in some cases, necessary. Furthermore,...
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- 29 January 2021
12 pages you’ll need to follow if you’re new in Prague
If you’re new in Prague and feel lost – don’t worry, we’re here to help you! Here’s a list of...
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- 15 January 2021
Meet our member Lukáš – Creator of Timelines app
Do you feel like wasting your time? Is your to-do list still half full at the end of the day?...
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- 07 December 2020
Young entrepreneurs exist! Meet our member Cyril
If you believe that business knowledge and tons of years of experience are necessary to run a successful business, you...
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- 18 November 2020
Locus Events are Going Virtual!
Online events at Locus Workspace are stronger than ever! One of our top priorities is to keep events alive to...
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- 15 October 2020
Living as a Digital Nomad – Meet our member Fredrik Hagen
Funding his own IT consulting firm enabled Fredrik to leave Norway and discover other parts of the world. He’s been...
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- 22 September 2020
Locus Workspace is for Sale – Update
As many of you know, Locus Workspace was put up for sale in March, partly due to the COVID-19 crisis,...
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- 30 August 2020
Community Manager profile: Polina Skryl
Hello Everyone!I’m flattered to introduce myself to everyone as a new community manager at Locus Workspace. My name is Polina....
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- 18 March 2020
Achieve Your New Year’s Resolutions
It’s that time of the year again: time to plan how you will make this next year the best year...
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- 23 December 2019
Defeat the Winter Hibernation Mood
Winter is a beautiful time of the year; however, it is difficult to get the motivation to work when all...
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- 18 November 2019
Come write at Locus for NaNoWriMo on Sundays in November!
By Beth Green “Um, why?” That’s the question I hear most frequently about NaNoWriMo, the month-long challenge to write a...
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- 25 October 2019
Locus’s Guide to Prague’s Christmas Markets
On Sunday, December 1st, Locus is organizing a get together to explore the Christmas Markets of Prague (learn more and...
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- 24 October 2019
Intern Profile: Rebecca Cerka
Hello Everyone! My name is Rebecca; however, you are more than welcome to call me Becca. I have been living...
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- 26 September 2019
Member Profile Pauline Menage
Check out Pauline’s website: http://paulinemenage.com Where are you from?I am from France. What’s a fun or interesting fact about where...
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- 15 September 2019
Intern Profile: Petra Skubanová
My name is Petra and I am in the last semester of my studies. Internship is the last step in...
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- 20 August 2019
Top 8 Ways to Improve Coworking Culture
Today we’re featuring a guest blog post from Michael Feldman. Mr Feldman is a professional journalist based in NYC that...
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- 15 August 2019
Community Manager profile: Daryna Vynnychuk
Hi, my name is Daryna Vynnychuk and I’m a second-year student in a Bachelor degree program for Communication and Human...
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- 24 July 2019
Community Manager profile: Artem Fatkullin
Processed with VSCO with a6 preset Hello, my name is Artem, I’ve been living in Prague for 9 years now,...
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- 22 July 2019
Erasmus Young Entrepreneur & Digital Nomad Profile: Guillaume Avond
Check out Guillaume’s website: gamastudy.com Name: Guillaume Avond Hometown: Montségur sur Lauzon, France My name is Guillaume Avond and I’m a...
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- 22 May 2019
Advantages and disadvantages of different working environments
The Freelancing market makes up 35% of the global workforce, which works out to 1.1 billion workers. In Europe Freelancing...
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- 22 May 2019
Intern profile: Gabriel Goin
My name is Gabriel Goin and I’m a second-year student in a Bachelor degree program for business and management. To...
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- 26 April 2019
The Impact of Coworking
The Impact of Coworking What is coworking? Here is Brad Neuberg’s original conception (this blog post represents the first public expression...
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- 17 April 2019
Intern Profile: Nirouz Kwrbou
My name is Nirouz Kwrbou but everyone calls me Rose, I’ve lived in Prague since 2013, I moved from Cairo,...
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- 22 March 2019
Intern Profile: Grace Arel
My name is Grace Arel and I am a third-year undergraduate student studying abroad in Prague. My home university, Bethel...
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- 25 February 2019
Making Dreams Reality with NaNoWriMo
by Beth Green Today is Halloween, so it’s an appropriate day to ask: What are you afraid of? What specific...
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- 01 October 2018
Member Profile: Cory Benson
Check out Cory’s website: bikerumor.com Where are you from?I am from a small city near Washington, D.C. called Frederick, Maryland....
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- 10 September 2018
FOCUS on Digital Nomads: Kevin Ohashi
Check out Kevin’s website: reviewsignal.com Name: Kevin Ohashi Hometown: Washington, D.C. Academic background: Bachelor degree in Economis, minor in computer...
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- 01 August 2018
Prague as a digital nomad destination
“Prague Castle, a castle complex in Prague, Czech republic” in travelercorner.com The first question is: “What makes a great digital...
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- 29 June 2018
Intern Profile: Julie Cantrel
Hometown: Hersin-Coupigny, France After getting a high school degree in Economics, Julie decided to enroll in a business school in...
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- 23 May 2018
Member Profile: Ariana Montanez
Where are you from? I’m from East Los Angeles, California What’s a fun or interesting fact about where you’re from?...
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- 28 March 2018
Buy, sell, trade, give in Prague: Best options for English-speakers
Looking for the best online to buy, sell, trade, or give away stuff in Prague, but don’t speak Czech? Don’t use...
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- 02 March 2018
R.I.P. Locus–Muzeum: Part III—OPTIMISM: A Tribute to My Father, Warren Bennis
N.B. Just to be sure it remains clear, Locus Workspace is NOT closing. We closed our original location at Krakovská...
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- 10 February 2018
R.I.P. Locus–Muzeum: Part II—RELIEF
On July 8th we posted the first in a series of three blog posts about closing Locus–Muzeum, Locus’s first coworking...
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- 03 January 2018
Member Profile: Jon Brooks
Jon Brooks is an entrepreneurial thinker and writer for highexistence.com, a self-improvement website aimed to show people the way to...
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- 18 December 2017
Member Profile: Beth Green
Beth Green is a freelance writer and cherished member of Locus Workspace. She comes from the western United States and...
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- 22 November 2017
Come Write at the NaNoWriMo Write-Ins in November!
You don’t have to write alone! Come to the NaNoWriMo write-ins on Nov. 12 and 19!byPhoto by StockSnap via Pixabay...
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- 26 October 2017
Intern Profile: Simona Nedeljaková
Hometown: Prievidza, Slovakia Occupation: Intern/Student Field of Study: Marketing Communication and Advertising After one year of study at Constantine the...
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- 18 October 2017
Lenka Černáková: My Internship at Locus Workspace
Lenka Černáková was a community manager at Locus for almost a year, and we’re very happy to announce that she came...
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- 16 August 2017
R.I.P. Locus–Muzeum: Part I—SADNESS
It is with great SADNESS, great RELIEF, and great OPTIMISM that we announce the closing of Locus–Muzeum, Locus’s first coworking space....
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- 08 July 2017
The C in Coworking Space Also Stands for Community
We’re excited to be “syndicating” a blog post from Robin Terrell’s amazing blog on the future of work (with a particular emphasis...
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- 10 May 2017
Member Profile: Enrique Fonseca Porras
Fonseca is one of Locus’s most inspiring freelance success stories. He moved to Prague 3 years ago from Valladolid, Spain...
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- 03 April 2017
Locus Workspace Interns – Spring 2017
Meet Your Locus Workspace Interns!Locus Workspace has new interns coming from the CIEE’s CES program, or Central European Studies. It...
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- 14 March 2017
Negotiating Like a Pro at Locus
On Wednesday February 22 Locus Workspace had the opportunity to host one of our own members, Martin Bednář, to speak...
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- 23 February 2017
Locus Member: Gerardo Robledillo
Name: Gerardo RobledilloHometown: Madrid, SpainOccupation: Web Developer, Website Owner of International Schools Database and Expatistan.comGerardo is the owner and founder of...
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- 24 October 2016
Locus Workspace Interns – Autumn 2016
Tenzin Kyizom Hometown: Berkeley, California, USA / Manali, India / Tibet School: University of California, Berkeley Major(s): Legal Studies and...
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- 30 September 2016
“Embarrassing confessions of a coworking space”; or “The evolution of a ‘clean your dishes’ message”
Dirty dishes have a negative effect on the coworking space for all members. The vast majority of members clean their...
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- 12 September 2016
Meet Locus Member Bryn Perkins
Locus Workspace is pleased to welcome long-time expat Bryn Perkins as a coworker. Bryn has been living in the Czech...
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- 29 August 2016
Coworking or Working in a Home Office
I have now experienced both working from home and working from a coworking space. Both have their advantages and disadvantages....
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- 06 July 2016
Locus Does NaNoWriMo
A November 2013 blog post from Sarah Tatoun that was mistakenly never published. As relevant now as when it was...
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- 20 October 2015
Regional Accelerators and Incubators
Below is a list of some of the business accelerators and incubators in the Czech Republic and in nearby countries...
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- 10 October 2015
Crowdfunding Portals on the Czech Market
Below are a few crowdfunding portals on the Czech market. I’d like to keep the list current and have some...
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- 03 October 2015
The Benefits of Coworking – a Personal Perspective
Much has been written about the psychological benefits of coworking and being with others. In my case, it has been...
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- 13 April 2014
Locus accepts Bitcoin and its own new local currency, the Locus Laugh (LOL)
As befits a coworking space, a business with strong associations to social enterprise, community building, crowdsourcing, and other contemporary social ideals,...
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- 22 October 2013
Nomad Holidays
Below is a wonderful blog post about organizing work-holidays for independent workers by the Czech Republic’s own Robert Vlach, founder...
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- 02 September 2013
Locus Workspace’s early influences
With Coworking Day just around the corner, this is a good time to reflect on why I originally wanted to...
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- 05 August 2013
August 9th is International Coworking Day
Every year on August 9th–10 days from now–coworking spaces and coworking enthusiasts around the world mark “International Coworking Day” (and...
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- 30 July 2013
Coworking in Prague … An Internship Experience
When something is kitschy or badly made or just bad in general we say that it’s Czech. I guess that’s...
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- 24 June 2013
Broadening and Building in Coworking
By Sam Spurlin It seems that many people who join a coworking space find the experience to be overwhelmingly positive. Much...
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- 30 July 2012
Academic Coworking
By Sam Spurlin A major project I’ve been working on during my time at Locus has been developing a proposal for...
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- 23 July 2012
Coworking As a Hub of Positive Psychology
By Sam Spurlin I throw around the term “coworking as a hub of positive psychology” a lot when I’m explaining to...
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- 17 July 2012
The Positive Psychology of Coworking
By Sam Spurlin One of the main reasons coworking has expanded so quickly over the past few years is the desire...
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- 09 July 2012
The Potential Energy in Coworking
By Sam Spurlin When I look at a coworking space I see potential energy. Remember that concept from middle school science...
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- 02 July 2012
Research to Be Done
By Sam Spurlin All of us in the coworking movement realize this is still a very young phenomenon. As we continue...
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- 25 June 2012
Locus’s Community Workspace Reconceived as Stalin’s Communist Workspace?
I came back to Locus a couple weeks ago after my second long trip away (10 lovely days in Devon,...
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- 22 June 2012
Coworking, Positive Psychology, and a Better Way to Work
By Sam Spurlin My name is Sam and I’m obsessed with coworking. It’s a strange thing, really, to be obsessed with...
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- 19 June 2012
Coworking in Prague | Coworking v Praze
Recently Locus Workspace has teamed up with a group of other coworking spaces in Prague to see how we can...
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- 15 February 2012
Death at Locus Workspace, or Coworking is Awesome
I recently got back to Prague and Locus Workspace after more than 2 weeks in Santa Monica, California. We didn’t...
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- 14 October 2011
Start of Weekly Locus Jellies & international Coworking Day
To commemorate International Coworking Day, Locus Workspace will host its first jelly. This will mark the start of an (almost*)...
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- 05 August 2011
Coworking Day Jelly going strong…
Locus’s first Jelly (informal working “events”: workatjelly.com) to celebrate International Coworking Day is off and running today. It’s the start...
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- 09 July 2011
Locus is Expanding!
Locus is Expanding! We just (April 12th!) signed a lease with our landlady for the space right above Locus, doubling...
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- 13 April 2011
Two more Locus events
1) This Friday, Dec. 3rd, 7pm: Film night. This is the first in a series of film nights that we’ll...
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- 30 November 2010
Free Talk at Locus Workspace: Procrastination – A Sidelong Glance
Time: November 18, 2010 from 11am to 12pm Location: Locus WorkspaceStreet: Krakovská 1307/22City/Town: Prague 1Phone: +420 223 017 593 You...
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- 09 November 2010
Join the Locus Meetup group to be informed about events at Locus!
Keep up with Locus Workspace events: Join our new Locus Event Meetup Group. Locus hosts a number of events of...
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- 01 November 2010
Texas Holdem Poker night (for complete beginners, too!) at Locus
Locus Workspace will have a small Texas Holdem Poker tournament next Friday, Oct. 22nd. (I’ll run a tutorial on how...
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- 14 October 2010
Texas Holdem Poker night (for complete beginners, too!) at Locus
Locus Workspace will have a small Texas Holdem Poker tournament next Friday, Oct. 22nd. (I’ll run a tutorial on how...
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- 14 October 2010
New Membership options and the end of the (50% discount) start-up membership drive as of Nov. 1
Two big pieces of news regarding Locus Workspace membership options and pricing: 1) Starting Nov. 1st (in just over 2...
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- 13 October 2010
New video promoting the space!
Jeff Stroud just finished producing this great video about Locus. Thanks, Jeff! https://www.youtube.com/embed/67V6ST5UlEA
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- 23 August 2010
Today, August 9th, “Interational Coworking Day”
Five years ago today Brad Neuberg publicly blogged about “coworking”–a term he coined–for the first time, announcing the first regular...
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- 09 August 2010
As online communities grow, offline communities shrink, and we need the latter for psychological health
There’s a short New York Times op-ed by Charles Blow out June 11th about the importance of “real live” social...
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- 12 June 2010
First day
See my impoverished description of the first day on the Locus Facebook page (http://facebook.com/locusworkspace). You don’t need to use facebook...
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- 05 May 2010
Fundraising for your creative venture?
Hi All, Thought I’d recommend a websites for fundraising since I guess people following this blog are interested in it....
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- 05 May 2010
Update
Opening the doors in two days and still a million things to do. Last week I lucked out. I was...
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- 02 May 2010
New Logo
Locus Workspace has a logo! Thanks Petr Šťastný!
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- 22 April 2010
New domain name!
Locus Workspace has a new url: http:://www.locusworkspace.com.
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- 13 April 2010
Inaugural member just signed up!
Proud to announce that Locus has just signed up it’s inaugural member! Jan Stojaspal is a former Time Magazine stringer...
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- 11 April 2010
Just signed the lease yesterday!
Just signed a lease for a space in the center of Prague, just off Wenceslas Square and minutes walk from...
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- 10 April 2010
