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Revision as of 09:29, 12 November 2015 by Andrej Shadura (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Anti-café (also sometimes called a time club or a pay-per-minute café) is a type of a public business that became popular around 2011 in Russia a CIS countries. Anti-café is a place where people meet and spend time (either for leisure or work), which is similar to a café or a club, which is possible to ‘hire’ for a short time. Unlike a normal café, the primary purpose anti-café is intended to serve is communication rather consumption, but as in a regular café customers can order tea, coffee or other beverages. Typically, anti-cafés provide snacks and desserts, board games, coworking facilities, wireless Internet access, films and video game consoles (such as Xbox or PlayStation). None of these additional facilities are paid for, but rather the time customers spend in the anti-café.
History
The anti-café concept was invented and first implemented by a Russian writer Ivan Mitin in December 2010 in Moscow. Since then, anti-cafés have been spreading in Russia and neighbouring countries, with a first anti-café opened in Western Europe in 2012, in Paris. In 2013, the first UK branch of or Russian chain Ziferblat opened in London.