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An anti-café (sometimes called a pay-per-minute café or a time club) is a venue that offers working space, food and drink, where customers only pay for the amount of time they spend in the establishment. Anti-cafés became popular around 2011 in Russia and some CIS countries, with further independent anti-cafés opening across the world.
The anti-cafe concept mostly targets entrepreneurs, digital nomads, students and creatives who need a cheap and convenient place to get their work done and meet other professionals. Spaces can also be used by companies as a place to organize presentations and press conferences at low cost.
Operation
Customers at an anti-café do not pay directly for what they drink and eat, instead paying for the time they spend in the space, typically on a pay-per-minute basis. They may help themselves to cups of coffee and tea, snacks and desserts in that time. As well as food and drink, anti-cafés may offer board games, libraries of books, coworking facilities, wireless Internet access, films, and video game consoles. Services vary according to spaces, with some offering lunch or brunch meals.
Although all anti-cafes work on the "pay for your time" basis, pricing systems vary. L'Anticafé in Paris operates on a pay-per-hour basis where customers are asked to pay 4€ for the first hour, 3€ for every subsequent hour, and 14€ for a whole day. Others adapt a pay-per-minute method – be'kech charges 5 cents per minute, that include a selection of drinks and lunch, or a whole day for 15€. An anti-café in Bordeaux uses a hybrid model of charging a fixed fee for the first hour and by the minute beyond that.
See also
Related articles
- The Anti-Café Where Time Is Money
- You Pay for Time, Not Coffee, at This 'Anti-Cafe'
- Anti-Café: Russian Café Concept Idea That Is Taking The World By Storm
- Berlin's First Anti-Café Opens Its Doors
References
- "We Tried Out The New Bangalore Cafe Where You Pay Only For The Time - OfficeChai". officechai.com. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- Poll, Bart van (2014-10-24). "A Trend in European Cities: The Anti-Cafe". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- "be'kech - Berlin's First Anti-Cafe and Coworking Space". be'kech. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- "Paris: AntiCafé offers coffee and Wi-Fi for €4 | EuroCheapo". EuroCheapo's Budget Travel Blog. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- "'Time is money' in new Wiesbaden café". 27 May 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- King, Megan. "Berlin's First Anti-Café Opens Its Doors". Culture Trip. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- France, Connexion. "New cafe charges customers by the hour..." www.connexionfrance.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.