Guests can also become creative in the Kafi Uszyt,

A new café has been secretly opened in Oberägeri! Barbara Iten, Moni Meier and Nicole Hug stand in the small kitchen and serve the first guests. Some curious people have come here, even though there wasn’t a large celebration. "It's been a dream of each of us for a long time," says Moni Meier. She is an enthusiastic hobby hand worker and also gives courses to interested people. But she hasn’t been able to display her works easily and offer them for sale so far. The same sort of thing happened to her neighbour, Barbara Iten. "We often discussed the fact that there is no creative space for this in Oberägeri," says Iten.

As is always the case in a small village like Oberägeri, everyone knows each other. An acquaintance suggested that the two of them should partner with Nicole Hug, who they knew wanted to open a café. One thing led to the other, and now the "Kafi Uszyt - Kreativ’s Lädele" (time-out café – creative shopping) has become a reality. The ideal place was found in a new building on the Raindliweg. The restaurant is not too big, but cosy. "We can also use the terrace in the summer," adds Nicole Hug.

Barbara Iten, Nicole Hug and Moni Meier (from left) in their new café.

Chocolate brown and white dominate inside. Warm fake skins lie on some chairs, and the open kitchen is delimited by a counter. There are rüeblikuchen (carrot cakes) on the opening day – homemade, of course, like almost everything else here. There is homemade iced tea and ice cream from the farm, and the menu and table decorations bear the handwriting of the three women.

But there is more to discover: crafted, painted or sewn items are presented along an entire wall. Tea, for example, pants for babies, soaps or dog leads. The concept is simple: an exhibitor rents a space and displays his/her goods there. The rental fee goes to the café, and the money from any sales goes to the exhibitor. The items can be bought directly in the café, and the rental period is open-ended, with both sides having a right of termination. There is a total of 25 exhibition platforms, and each one has already been taken. Around half of the exhibitors come from the area, the others from abroad. "We even have a small waiting list," says a happy Moni Meier. They didn’t think that the interest would be so great, she adds.

The concept is similar for courses. “Interested parties can rent. The registration and organisation is then carried out by the renter - we simply offer the infrastructure,” explains Meier. She will also offer her own courses in the café in the future.

The opening will have to be celebrated properly later. The celebration that was originally planned had to be cancelled due to the Corona virus. "If we’re going to have a celebration, we want to do it as we imagined." If something is going to be done, then do it right.

More information about the café and the range is available online.