Boost your productivity. Join Working Afternoons today.

Escape your home office and join Cyprus's most productive co-working community. Our Working Afternoons bring together founders, entrepreneurs, remote workers, and digital nomads in a relaxed environment where great work gets done.

Working Afternoons
Drop-in flexibility.
No RSVP needed, no agenda required. Just bring your laptop and join us whenever it works for your schedule.
Perfect atmosphere.
Grab a coffee or your favorite drink while tackling your most important tasks alongside motivated professionals.
Community-driven.
Connect with like-minded individuals who understand the entrepreneurial journey and remote work lifestyle.

Start your own

Everything you need to launch your Working Afternoon

Ready to bring the productivity revolution to your city? Starting a Working Afternoon is simple and rewarding. Create a space where local professionals can escape isolation, boost productivity, and build meaningful connections in your community.

Find the place

Find a venue with reliable high-speed internet and accessible power outlets for laptops. Look for cafes, co-working spaces, or community centers with comfortable seating and a welcoming atmosphere that supports focused work.

Secure the time

Approach the venue owner about hosting a weekly Working Afternoon from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Most venues appreciate the consistent foot traffic and additional revenue during typically quieter afternoon hours.

Get listed

Contact us with your venue details, preferred day, and time slot. We'll add your Working Afternoon to our official directory and help promote it to the local startup and remote work community.

Working afternoons in Cyprus!

Hey founders, entrepreneurs, remote workers & digital nomads! Ready to break out of your home office? Join us for an informal co-working session where we'll tackle our work alongside other motivated professionals. The concept is simple: bring your laptop, grab a coffee or drink, and get things done in great company. No agenda, no presentations, no RSVP required! Just drop in whenever works for you. Let's make today more productive together! Want to start your own Working Afternoon? See the details.

Why start a Working Afternoon?
Build a thriving professional community in your area while creating consistent value for local venues. Working Afternoons foster genuine connections between entrepreneurs, remote workers, and digital nomads who are hungry for both productivity and community.
What we provide
Complete organizer support including promotional materials, community directory listing, social media promotion, and connection to our network of hosts across Cyprus and beyond.

From isolation to innovation

The story behind the movement

The concept of informal collaborative work sessions has transformed how independent professionals connect and create. What started as a simple solution to home office isolation has evolved into a global movement that redefined the future of work.

The mid-2000s marked a turning point for independent workers. As freelancers, remote employees, and entrepreneurs grew in numbers, a critical challenge emerged: professional and social isolation. Coffee shops offered temporary relief, but lacked the consistent community that creative minds craved.

The breakthrough came in February 2006 when two friends in New York City, Amit Gupta and Luke Crawford, decided to tackle this problem head-on. Working from separate home offices, they missed the creative energy and spontaneous collaboration of traditional workspaces. Their solution was elegantly simple: invite friends to work together from Amit's Chelsea loft for a day.

They called it "Jelly" - envisioning a group of independent professionals (invertebrates without rigid corporate structure) "jamming together." The tagline captured everything: "Show up with a laptop and work alongside others."

  • Open-source movement. Jelly was intentionally free and unstructured. No fees, no forced networking, no rigid schedules. People could arrive and leave as their productivity demanded, creating natural workflow rhythms.
  • Viral community growth. The concept spread organically across dozens, then hundreds of cities worldwide. Anyone with suitable space could host their own Jelly, supported by wiki documentation and grassroots enthusiasm.
  • Foundation for coworking. Jelly proved massive untapped demand for flexible, community-driven workspaces. This proof of concept directly inspired the coworking industry boom that followed, including giants like WeWork.

Jelly wasn't about the time of day - it was about transforming the where and how of independent work. This grassroots solution to digital age isolation became the catalyst for an entire industry that fundamentally reshaped our understanding of what an "office" can be.

The catalyst that changed everything

Today's Working Afternoons carry forward this same spirit: creating spaces where productivity meets community, where isolation transforms into collaboration, and where the best work happens naturally alongside others who share the journey.