New Ziferblat pay-per-minute cafe opens in Moscow dacha

The latest branch of pay-per-minute cafe Ziferblat has found its home in the Moscow countryside in a blue wooden dacha nestled in 40 acres of field and forest. With a terrace and garden equipped with hammocks and a samovar, the dacha has been kitted out both as a co-working space and a family weekend cottage. Each minute at the dacha costs two roubles ($0.05) with an overnight stay at 600 roubles ($16).

Launched by Russian entrepreneur Ivan Mitin, the Ziferblat chain has been hailed a success in both Russia and the UK, with east London’s Shoreditch the site of its British debut. Customers can take their own food and drink to the cafes while coffee, tea, biscuit, toast and jam are complimentary. Alcohol is forbidden. The aim of the cafes is to encourage collaboration with regular film screenings, lectures, poetry readings and more organised at the venues.

Ziferblat dacha, Moscow region

Ziferblat, Kazan

Ziferblat, Moscow

Ziferblat, Nizhny Novgorod

Ziferblat, Rostov-on-Don

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