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Ziferblat Edge Street - All the cake you can eat

Ziferblat Edge Street

(45 reviews)

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Northern Quarter

Ok so I'm gonna come straight out and say this place is awesome - there... I just did it!…read more What a great concept, you pay 5p per minute for being here but everything is free including gourmet coffee (from Ancoats coffee roasters), food, juices (I'm currently quaffing some sort of fresh grapefruit juice). In fact a guy just walked around with a big barrel of tasty looking biscuits offering everyone some - is this utopia!?! The place is huge and had so much room to sit, move and just be lived in - the people it attracts all look to be in the same boat with their macbooks/creative mindset and within 5 mins I've got chatting to my neighbour in our plush leather chairs about how great it is that you don't feel under pressure to drink up and go like a standard coffee shop! I'll be back, probably most days! Make sure you get here soon :-)

I'd so many good things about Ziferblat but had always opted for the established coffee shops to…read morespend my mornings. Well the other day I changed that, and I have to say I was dead impressed with this place! The concept is fantastic, you pay for the time you spend there and in that time can eat and drink as much coffee and cake as you like. Some people think the concept is odd, and I can appreciate it's a little different, but look at it economically and you're practically stealing from them! I genuinely felt guilty when I paid about £2.80 for 45 minutes of time, in which I'd consumed 3 slices of cake and 2 coffees. Thats the norm for me though, not that I'm a greedy pig, just that if I'm sat working for an hour (anywhere) I'll need a couple of coffees and something to nibble on. And let me tell you this for free, it costs a damn sight more than £2.80 even if I'd make the cake myself at home! I do wonder how they cover expenses however I believe a lot of volunteer work is involved and if you do volunteer, you get free time in the place - wins all round!

Goethe-Institut - Image sourced at www.goethe.de

Goethe-Institut

(2 reviews)

If you like a little schnitzel with your noodles then get yourself to the Goethe-Institut and have…read moreyourself a bratwurst of a time. Sausage jokes aside, Manchester's German Institute is the place for all things Deutsche. Situated in the same offices as the Alliance Francaise (upstairs in swishy Churchgate House on Oxford Road), The Goethe-Institute is a brilliant cultural and language centre slap bang in the city centre. Offering language courses from the basic to the fluent as well as German cultural events and festivals, the Goethe-Institute is a wonderful place to learn, network and mingle. There are several large learning spaces as well as smaller classrooms and a library. There are racks of German newspapers (current and dated) as well as magazines and a selection of fiction and non fiction books, maps and textbooks. The centre also runs a drama group which put on German productions and dance groups. There are plenty of spaces in the office to chat and learn, as well as regular German movie nights showing some classic cinema as well as current offerings. With friendly staff and great learning resources, you'll soon know your sauerkraut from your frankfurters.

I've studied German at the Goethe-Insitute and although its one of the more expensive language…read moreschools its so worth the money! I've been to to other schools in England and they're not comparable to Goethe. The teachers are great and super structured. They have the ability to explain the most complicated grammar rules in a very easy and understandable way. I improved my German so well in the Goethe institute that I am now a freelance editor for a German company!

80 HERTZ Studios - 80 HERTZ Studios Reception

80 HERTZ Studios

(1 review)

Well, it's not every day you find yourself in a professional music studio, no siree. And my, was it…read moreamazing! I shall give you some context first, as although it would be awesome, I am not some kind of upcoming, next-big-thing music maestra (sigh), although my dad has been writing songs for a long time and has enough for a full album. So, seeing as I have music contacts, I arranged for him to record it in a proper studio. And boy, did I pick exactly the right place!! Marcus Alexander was our studio engineer for the day, and has been a friend of mine for quite some time, so he was how I found out about 80 Hertz. The studio is based in The Sharp Project, which has been built as sort of a counter point to Media City; an alternative space to use, if you will, and therefore has all the facilities necessary for almost any media work; there are studios in which they film T.V. for Channel 4 and Sky, media lawyers have offices there, there are web development, promotional and advertising companies... Basically, anything you may want in the world of media, you will find it here! Back to the studio though; upon arrival we were treated with a really friendly welcome and brew (always a winner), and were given the tour by John, who was helping Marcus, while my dad was able to set up and get his bearings around the studio. It was all of our first times in that environment as we were told to "Make [ourselves] at home" and were given free reign of the facilities such as the kitchen, canteen, vending machines, and were given an access pass allowing us into and out of the building for smoking purposes. We immediately felt comfortable, though obviously the initial hour or so we were trying to get used to the environment, but I highly recommend this studio for anyone who wishes to record an album or lay down a track in Manchester. I am aware there are alternatives, of which I am not yet versed, but I know that the way in which we were treated by everyone involved in the studio was lovely to each of us, and our first day of recording was hard work, but tonnes of fun! None of us can wait for day two of studio antics, and whether you are looking for an unusual gift for a budding musician, or something to further along your own musical ambition, 80 Hertz is a wonderful place in which to live and love the rock'n'roll experience!

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