WiFi4EU was an initiative to promote free access to Wi-Fi connectivity for citizens in public spaces including parks, squares, public buildings, libraries, health centres and museums in municipalities throughout Europe.
The WiFi4EU initiative provided municipalities with the opportunity to apply for vouchers to the value €15,000. The vouchers would be used to install Wi-Fi equipment in public spaces that are not already equipped with a free Wi-Fi hotspot.
The WiFi4EU vouchers were distributed via four calls for applications in 2018-2020: 7 237 municipalities were selected – 10% of all municipalities in Europe - for an overall budget of €108 million. More than 90 000 WiFi4EU hotspots have been installed in public spaces.
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The municipality of Patmos (Greece), located in the southern Aegean Sea and famous for the vision of John as found in the Book of Revelation of the New Testament, is one of the proud winners of the second WiFi4EU call.
After several trials, the municipality of Candelaria, in the Spanish island of Tenerife, won a WiFi4EU voucher in the fourth and last call of the project.
Bouillante and Gourbeyre, two towns situated in the Caribbean Sea in Guadeloupe (France) have successfully implemented the WiFi4EU initiative. They are examples of how the project has had an impact also in the outermost regions of Europe.
Digital transformation is a key goal of the municipality of Lanusei in Sardinia, Italy and providing free Wi-Fi connection is part of a broader vision to capitalise on the area’s potential.
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5 October 2026