Community Wireless Networks in Europe

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

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

=Finland=
 * OpenSpark — https://open.sparknet.fi/

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

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

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

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

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

=Poland=
 * Outernet — http://outernet.pl/

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

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

=Spain=
 * RedLibre — http://www.redlibre.net/
 * Guifi.net — http://www.guifi.net

=Sweden=
 * Ipredia — http://ipredia.se/wiki/Huvudsida

=Switzerland=
 * OpenWireless.ch, Bern — http://www.openwireless.ch/

=United Kingdom=
 * 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=

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.