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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Josy Forsdike

London's first pay per minute cafe - in pictures

Ziferblat: Ivan Mitin, founder of Cafe Ziferblat
Founder and owner of Cafe Ziferblat, Ivan Mitin Photograph: Ray Tang/Rex Features
Ziferblat: Selection of clocks at Ziferblat
Customers take a clock on their way in to time their visit Photograph: PR
Ziferblat: Customers at Ziferblat in London, the UK's first pay-as-you-go cafe,
People are able to use Ziferblat as a meeting place, somewhere to work or to meet new people. Its founder, Ivan, describes it as 'the social network in real life' Photograph: Rex Features
Ziferblat: The communal kitchen
The communal kitchen at Ziferblat
Photograph: Ray Tang/Rex Features
Ziferblat: Guestsmake their own food in the kitchen
Guests use the kitchen to make their own tea, coffee and food Photograph: Ray Tang/Rex Features
Ziferblat: Cafe Ziferblat UK's first pay-as-you-go cafe, London, Britain - 10 Jan 2014
Guests are also invited to bring their own food to the cafe Photograph: Ray Tang/Rex Features
Ziferblat: Ziferblat London
Ziferblat London's main communal room where patrons pay 3p per minute to be there Photograph: Ziferblat
Ziferblat: Ziferblat cafe in London
Ziferblat now has 10 cafes, London being their latest, and Pokrovka in Moscow, the first Photograph: Tal Cohen/EPA
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