Public Library Amsterdam (OBA Oosterdok)
Library · Oosterdokseiland, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Working environment
1 of 7 areas covered
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Members: real check-ins from the last 120 days, one per member, never our launch dataset. Google Maps facts are Google’s live listing, shown as Google gives them.
Laptop etiquette
- Laptops welcome · 5
Very busy on weekends and afternoons; quiet zones available.
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The signals
Not great for calls
The wifi here is too slow to lean on for video.
Average of 5 speed tests filed here — every dot is one test, the green mark is the average.
5 reports · all within a point
1 = Patchy · 5 = Rock-solid
5 reports · all within a point
1 = Bustling · 5 = Silent
5 reports · spread 2–4
1 = No sockets · 5 = Sockets everywhere
5 reports · spread 3–5
1 = Cramped · 5 = Loungey
5 reports · spread 3–5
1 = Dim · 5 = Bright
Best time to go
Quietest in the evening — quiet 2.7/5 from 3 reports.
Most reports are from the evening — 3 of 5.
Bars are how many reports came from each window, not a live busyness feed.
RWA write-up
A library in Oosterdokseiland, Amsterdam, averaging 28 Mbps across 5 speed tests, laptops welcome, rated 2.4/5 for quiet. Its 5 reports are demo reports from 5 demo profiles in the labelled launch dataset, and every number on this page is computed from them.
What people mention
On Google
Google’s public listing, fetched live. Separate from our check-ins and launch dataset.
- Monday8:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Tuesday8:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Wednesday8:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Thursday8:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Friday8:00 AM – 10:00 PM
- Saturday10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Sunday10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Where it is
Oosterdokseiland, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Community reports
Newest 8 Jul 2026 · oldest 14 Nov 2025
These are all launch-dataset reports — every one carries a “Demo dataset” tag. Real check-ins land alongside them and count the same.
Worked the evening ·
11 down when I tested it, the worst I have measured anywhere in this city. Tether if you actually need to get something done.
- Wifi holds up
- 3.0/5
- Quiet
- 3.0/5
- Plugs
- 4.0/5
- Seating
- 4.0/5
- Light
- 5.0/5
Worked the morning ·
School groups come through most mornings. Perfectly workable with headphones, quite frustrating without them.
- Wifi holds up
- 4.0/5
- Quiet
- 2.0/5
- Plugs
- 3.0/5
- Seating
- 4.0/5
- Light
- 4.0/5
Worked over lunch ·
There is a cafe level where talking is fine, but the noise carries up into the study floors. Choose your floor carefully.
- Wifi holds up
- 4.0/5
- Quiet
- 2.0/5
- Plugs
- 3.0/5
- Seating
- 4.0/5
- Light
- 4.0/5
Worked the evening ·
Busier and louder than a library has any right to be on a Sunday evening. Lovely light off the water, sluggish wifi.
- Wifi holds up
- 4.0/5
- Quiet
- 2.0/5
- Plugs
- 2.0/5
- Seating
- 3.0/5
- Light
- 5.0/5
Worked the evening ·
Enormous building and comfortable chairs, but finding a free socket on the upper floors took me a good twenty minutes.
- Wifi holds up
- 4.0/5
- Quiet
- 3.0/5
- Plugs
- 2.0/5
- Seating
- 5.0/5
- Light
- 3.0/5
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