Wireless community networks are the organizations taking a grassroots approach to providing wireless Internet access to citizens and businesses.

This page aims to list the ongoing initiatives for community wireless networks in Europe.

EU[edit]

CONFINE — Community Networks Testbed for the Future Internet (FP7 project) — http://confine-project.eu/

Austria[edit]

Funkfeuer, Vienna, Graz, Bad Ischl — http://www.funkfeuer.at
LZB-Net, Hofkichen — http://www.lanzenberg.at
Funkfeuer Wels, Wels — http://wels.funkfeuer.at
Funkfeuer Linz, Linz — http://linz.funkfeuer.at
Funkfeuer Traunviertel, Traunviertel in OÖ — http://traunviertel.funkfeuer.at
Funkfeuer Salzkammergut, Salzkammergut — http://salzkammergut.funkfeuer.at/

Belgium[edit]

Neutrinet, Brussels — https://neutrinet.be/

Old:

ReseauCitoyen, Brussels — http://www.reseaucitoyen.be/wiki
WirelessAntwerpen, Antwerp — http://www.wirelessantwerpen.be
WirelessBelgie, Belgium — http://www.wirelessbelgie.be
WirelessGent, Belgium — http://www.wirelessgent.be
WirelessBrussel, Belgium — http://www.wirelessbrussel.be
WirelessLeuven, Belgium — http://www.wirelessleuven.be
WirelessBrugge, Belgium — http://www.wirelessbrugge.be
WirelessBlankenberge, Belgium — http://www.wirelessblankenberge.be

Bosnia and Herzegovina[edit]

wireless.ba, United wireless communities in Bosnia — http://www.wireless.ba
wireless.rs.ba, United wireless communities in Republic of Srpska — http://www.wireless.rs.ba
saWireless, Sarajevo — http://sa.wireless.ba
Viwa net, Visoko — http://vi.wireless.ba
NEON Solucije, Kalesija — http://www.neon.ba
BLwireless, Banjaluka — http://www.blwireless.net
BDB@wireless, Banja Luka — http://www.bdb.rs.ba
mo-wireless, Mostar — http://mo.wireless.ba
LPwireless, LP — http://www.lpwireless.net
BNWireless, Bijeljina, http://www.bnwireless.net
NeumWIRELESS, Neum — http://www.neumwireless.org

Czech Republic[edit]

CZFree.Net, Czech Republic — http://www.czfree.net/
Czela.net, elákovice, Czech Republic — http://www.czela.net
HKFree.org, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic — http://www.hkfree.org
KLFree.Net, Kladno, Czech Republic — http://www.klfree.net
LBCFree.net, Liberec, Czech Republic — http://www.lbcfree.net
PilsFree.net, Plze , Czech Republic — http://www.pilsfree.net
UNHFree.net, Unhoš , Czech Republic — http://www.unhfree.net
KHnet.info, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic — http://www.khnet.info
mh2net, Mnichovo Hradišt , Czech Republic — http://www.mh2net.cz
Evkanet, Ostrava, Czech Republic — http://www.evkanet.net
CZF-Praha, Prague, Czech Republic — http://www.czf-praha.net
Krivonet, K ivoklátsko, Czech Republic — http://www.krivonet.info/
JM-Net, Prague, Czech Republic — http://www.jmnet.cz/
SLFree.Net, Slavi ín, Czech Republic — http://www.slfree.net/
Gavanet, Varnsdorf, Czech Republic — http://www.gavanet.org
AirDump.Net, ACzW, Czech &mdash — http://airodump.net/
NobodyNet, Holýšov, Czech Republic — http://www.nobody-network.net
PVFree.Net, Prost jov, Czech Republic — http://www.pvfree.net
Svobodna Praha, Czech Republic — http://www.svobodna-praha.net

Croatia[edit]

Map of Croatian Wireless Networks, — http://www.mreze.org/

Croatian Wireless Association, — http://www.hrfreenet.hr/
VGWireless, Velika Gorica — http://www.vgwireless.hr/
RiWireless, Rijeka — http://www.riwireless.net/
Dugave Wireless, Dugave, Zagreb — http://www.dugave.net/
PUWireless, Pula, Zagreb — http://www.pulawireless.hr/
BSWireless, Baška, Krk — http://www.bswireless.net/
BKWireless, Bakar — http://www.bkwireless.com/
DJWireless, akovo — http://www.djw.hr/
KAWireless, Karlovac — http://www.kawireless.hr/
VRWireless, Vrbovec — http://www.vrw.hr/
ZBWireless, Zabok — http://www.zabok-wireless.hr/
ZDWIreless, Zadar — http://www.zdwireless.hr/
WirelessKZ, Krizevci — http://www.wirelesskz.net/
ZGWireless, Zagreb — http://www.zgwireless.net/
Me imurje Wireless, akovec — http://www.mwireless.hr/
Extreme Wireless, Varaždin — http://www.extremewifi.hr/
OSWireless, Osijek — http://www.oswireless.hr/
ZNET, Zagreb — http://www.znetonline.net/
WiFiHR, Zagreb - Vrbovec — http://www.wifihr.net/

Denmark[edit]

DIIRWB, Djurslands International Institute of Rural Wireless
Broadband — http://www.diirwb.net/

Finland[edit]

OpenSpark — https://open.sparknet.fi/

France[edit]

List of French communities — http://www.wireless-fr.org/spip/article.php3?id_article=8

Fédération France Wireless — http://www.wireless-fr.org
Lille sans fil — http://lillesansfil.org/
Wifi Montauban, France — http://www.wifi-montauban.net/
Toulouse Sans Fil, Wifi Toulouse — http://www.toulouse-sans-fil.net/
Rural Area Networks Webring — http://ran.vaour.net/cgi-bin/ringlink/list.pl?ringid=ran
Haute Aspe Haut Débit, Vallée D'Aspe — http://hahd.fr/
Rhizome, Compiègne — http://rhizome-fai.net/
Sames Wireless, village de Sames — http://www.sameswireless.fr/

Germany[edit]

Freifunk Augsburg, wireless community in Augsburg, Germany — http://augsburg.freifunk.net/
Freifunk.net, Berlin a.o., Germany — http://www.freifunk.net/
Freifunk Bochum, Bochum, Germany — http://freifunk.das-labor.org/
Freifunk Brandenburg, Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany — http://www.freifunk-brb.de
Förderverein Bürgernetz Dresden e.V., Dresden, Germany — http://www.fbn-dd.de/
Freifunk Halle, wireless community in Halle, Germany — http://halle.freifunk.net/
Freifunk Koeln, wireless community in Cologne, Germany — http://www.freifunk-koeln.de
Freifunk Leipzig, wireless community in Leipzig, Germany — http://leipzig.freifunk.net/
Freifunk Moers, Freifunk in Moers, Germany — http://dasinter.net/ffmoers/
Freifunk Oldenburg, Freifunk in Oldenburg, Germany — http://freifunk-ol.de/
OpenNet Initiative, Rostock, Germany — http://www.opennet-initiative.de/
Freifunk Potsdam, wireless community in Potsdam, Germany — http://www.freifunk-potsdam.de/
Freifunk-Ruhrstadt.de, Zone of the Ruhrstadt, Germany — http://www.freifunk-ruhrstadt.de/
Freifunk Weimar, wireless community in Weimar, Germany — http://wireless.subsignal.org/

Greece[edit]

Wireless Networks Association, National — http://www.wna.gr/
Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network, Athens — http://www.awmn.net/
Cyclades Wireless Network, Cyclades — http://cywn.dyndns.org/
Heraklion Student Wireless Network, Heraklion — http://wireless.uoc.gr/
Patras Wireless Network, Patras — http://www.patraswireless.net/
Wireless Agrinio Network, Agrinio — http://www.wiran.gr/
Patras Wireless Metropolitan Network, Patras Patras Wirless Metropolitan Network WANA, Amalias — http://www.wana.gr/
Imathias Wireless Metropolitan Network, Imathia — http://www.iwmn.net/
Wireless Network of Korinth, Korinthia — http://wnk.awmn.net/
Messinia Wireless Network, Messina — http://kalamata.homelinux.com/

Hungary[edit]

Hungarian Wireless Community, Budapest — http://www.huwico.hu/

Ireland[edit]

IrishWAN, All-Ireland community radio project — http://www.irishwan.ie/

Italy[edit]

Ninux.org, Rome, IT — http://www.ninux.org/
eigenNet, Pisa, IT — http://www.eigenlab.org/
NECO, Vietri di Potenza (PZ), IT — http://www.progettoneco.org
Luna, Trento, Rovereto, Riva del Garda (TN) , IT — http://www.futur3.it/rete-luna/

Macedonia[edit]

Skopje Wireless Community, Skopje — http://www.skopjewifi.com
Macedonian Wireless Community, Macedonia — http://www.wifimacedonia.net

Netherlands[edit]

Wireless Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands — http://www.wirelessleiden.nl/en/ and http://wiki.wirelessleiden.nl/ (Wiki in dutch)

Portugal[edit]

Movimento Wireless Português — http://wireless.com.pt/
Unimos — http://unimos.net
MVNet Wireless wiki — http://moitasvenda.net/wireless/

Poland[edit]

Outernet — http://outernet.pl/

Serbia[edit]

BG Wireless, Belgrade — http://www.bgwireless.net
NS Wireless, Novi Sad — http://www.nswireless.org
VAWireless, Valjevo — http://www.vawireless.rs
Uzice bez zice, wireless community, Uzice — http://wireless.uzice.net
SuWireless, Subotica — http://www.suwireless.org
WirelessAR, Arandjelovac — http://www.arandjelovcani.com
Kruševac Open, Kruševac — http://www.krusevacopen.net
Titel Mreza, Titel — http://www.titelskibreg.org

Slovakia[edit]

SKFree.Net, Slovakia — http://www.skfree.net/

Slovenia[edit]

kiberpipa.net, Ljubljana — http://kiberpipa.net
wlan ljubljana, Ljubljana — http://wlan-lj.net

Spain[edit]

RedLibre — http://www.redlibre.net/
Guifi.net — http://www.guifi.net

Sweden[edit]

Ipredia — http://ipredia.se/wiki/Huvudsida

Switzerland[edit]

OpenWireless.ch, Bern — http://www.openwireless.ch/

United Kingdom[edit]

Neoeon, Holderness & Humber, UK — http://www.neoeon.com/
piertopier.net, Brighton, UK — http://www.piertopier.net/
Bristol Wireless, Bristol, UK — http://www.bristolwireless.net/
Kings Hill Wireless, Kings Hill, Kent, UK — http://www.kingshill.quickanet.com/
QuickaNet Broadband, United Kingdom, UK — http://www.quickanet.com/
Cambridge Matrix, Cambridge, UK — http://www.cambridgematrix.co.uk/
South Witham Broadband, Lincolnshire, UK — http://wireless.southwitham.net/
Consume the Net, London, UK — http://consume.net/
free2air, London, UK — http://www.free2air.org/
gmap, London, UK — http://londonist.com/2007/05/free_wifi_in_lo.php/
Lancaster Mesh, Lancaster, UK — http://www.lancastermesh.co.uk/
Manchester Wireless, Manchester, UK — http://www.manchesterwireless.net/
TottonWireless.net, Totton, UK — http://tottonwireless.net/
Boundless, Deptford, London, UK — http://boundless.coop/
WLAN ORG UK, original ww promoting site — http://www.wlan.org.uk/
Airzone Broadband, Essex, UK — http://www.airzone.net/
SOWN, Southampton, UK — http://www.sown.org.uk/
RHBMesh North Yorkshire, UK - http://rhbmesh.net
WiFi Foundation, London, UK - http://www.wififoundation.org/

More information[edit]

For more information on Wireless Community Networks, check out this report by New American Foundation (2011).

To follow policy developments in the EU regarding spectrum policy, visit this page.

Community Wireless Networks in Europe

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